Root Canal Awareness Week begins (Mar 30-Apr 5). 8th annual.
Birth anniversaries of artists Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) and Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90).
Birth anniversary of Irish playwright Sean O’Casey (1880-1964).
Happy Birthday! John Astin, Eric Clapton, Celine Dion
1533 - Henry VIII divorced his first wife, Catherine of Aragon. 
1842 - Dr. Crawford W. Long performed the first operation while his patient was anesthetized by ether.
1858 - Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patented the pencil.
1867 - The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
1870 - The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, was passed by the U.S. Congress.
1909 - The Queensboro bridge in New York opened linking Manhattan and Queens. It was the first double decker bridge.
1940 - The Japanese set up a puppet government called Manchuko in Nanking, China.
1941 - The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel began its first offensive against British forces in Libya.
1950 - The invention of the phototransistor was announced.
1964 - "Jeopardy" debuted on NBC-TV.
1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, DC, by John W. Hinckley Jr. Two police officers and Press Secretary James Brady were also wounded.
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