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30 Mar 2017
North Carolina repealed its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use.
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30 Mar 2017
An orbital-class rocket was successfully reused for the first time.
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30 Mar 2001
Swimmer Michael Phelps smashed the world record for the 200-meter butterfly swim at just 15 years old.
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30 Mar 1987
Vincent van Gogh's famous painting 'Sunflowers' was sold for an incredible $39.7 million, the most ever paid for a painting.
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30 Mar 1984
A police detective offered to split a lottery ticket with his regular waitress at a pizzeria in Yonkers, NY. She ended up with a $3 million tip!
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30 Mar 1981
Someone tried to shoot President Ronald Reagan.
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30 Mar 1976
Thousands of Palestinians protest against Israel's massive land expropriation.
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30 Mar 1971
Starbucks first opened its doors in Seattle, Washington, USA.
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30 Mar 1964
Jeopardy! is aired for the first time.
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30 Mar 1959
The Dalai Lama received political asylum in India after fleeing from China.
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30 Mar 1949
Riots broke out in Iceland when the Icelandic parliament decided to join NATO.
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30 Mar 1939
The Heinkel He 100 fighter set a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
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30 Mar 1870
The US adopted the 15th Amendment, guaranteeing citizens the right to vote.
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30 Mar 1867
The United States bought Alaska from the Russian Empire.
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30 Mar 1865
The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
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30 Mar 1858
Hyman Lipman patented the pencil with an eraser on top.
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30 Mar 1842
Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, by American surgeon Crawford Long, in Athens, Georgia.
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30 Mar 1796
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss constructed the first heptadecagon using a ruler and a compass.
