| 1492 |
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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign a decree expelling all Jews from Spain. |
| 1840 |
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"Beau" Brummell, the English dandy and former favorite of the prince regent, dies in a French lunatic asylum for paupers. |
| 1858 |
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Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patents the pencil with an eraser attached on one end. |
| 1867 |
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Russian Baron Stoeckl and U.S. Secretary of State Seward completed the draft of a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States. The treaty is signed the following day. |
| 1870 |
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The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, passes. |
| 1885 |
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Texas is the last Confederate state readmitted to the Union. |
| 1885 |
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In Afghanistan, Russian troops inflict a crushing defeat on Afghan forces Ak Teppe despite orders not to fight. |
| 1909 |
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The Queensboro Bridge in New York opens. It is the first double decker bridge and links Manhattan and Queens. |
| 1916 |
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Mexican bandit Pancho Villa kills 172 at the Guerrero garrison in Mexico. |
| 1936 |
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Britain announces a naval construction program of 38 warships. This is the largest construction program in 15 years. |
| 1941 |
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The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel begins its first offensive against British forces in Libya. |
| 1943 |
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Rodgers and Hammerstein's first collaboration, Oklahoma, opens on Broadway. |
| 1944 |
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The U.S. fleet attacks Palau, near the Philippines. |
| 1945 |
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The Red Army advances into Austria. |
| 1946 |
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The Allies seize 1,000 Nazis attempting to revive the Nazi party in Frankfurt. |
| 1950 |
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President Harry S Truman denounces Senator Joe McCarthy as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy. |
| 1957 |
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Tunisia and Morocco sign a friendship treaty in Rabat. |
| 1972 |
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Hanoi launches its heaviest attack in four years, crossing the DMZ. |
| 1975 |
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As the North Vietnamese forces move toward Saigon, desperate South Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets. |
| 1981 |
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President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in Washington, D.C. by John W. Hinkley Jr. |
| 1987 |
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Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers is bought for $39.85 million. |
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Born on March 30 |
| 1719 |
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Sir John Hawkins, author of the first history of music. |
| 1820 |
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Anna Sewell, English novelist (Black Beauty). |
| 1853 |
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Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch impressionist artist. |
| 1880 |
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Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright. |
| 1883 |
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Jo Davidson, American sculptor. |
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