TODAY IN HISTORY

MARCH 30th

1842:Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.

1856:The Treaty of Paris was signed, ending the Crimean War.

1867:A treaty for the purchase of Alaska from Russia for the sum of $7.2 million, approximately two cents an acre, was submitted to the U.S. Senate.

1870:The 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race.

1964:The game show Jeopardy debuted on television.

1981:President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley as he left a Washington hotel.

2002:The Queen Mother Elizabeth of England died at the age of 101.