Today is Friday, March 30, the 89th day of 2007. There are 276 days left in the year. On this date in 1981, President Reagan is shot and seriously injured outside a Washington hotel by John W.

Today is Friday, March 30, the 89th day of 2007. There are 276 days left in the year. On this date in 1981, President Reagan is shot and seriously injured outside a Washington hotel by John W. Hinckley Jr. Also wounded are White House press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia police officer.
In 1822, Florida becomes a U.S. territory. In 1842, Dr. Crawford W. Long of Jefferson, Ga., first uses ether as an anesthetic during a minor operation. In 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reaches agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for 7.2 million, a deal widely ridiculed as "Seward's Folly." In 1870, the 15th amendment to the Constitution, giving all citizens the right to vote regardless of race, is declared in effect by Secretary of State Hamilton Fish.
March 30, 1982: James A. Traficant Jr. says he expects to be indicted for taking money from area mobsters during the 1980 sheriff's race, but he has no intention of resigning.
Massive program and personnel cuts are planned for Youngstown public schools to offset declining revenue and enrollment.
March 30, 1967: Republic Steel Corp. will spend 8 million at its Youngstown District steel facilities.
Youngstown's income tax produced 4.9 million in 1966, a record for the 19 years the tax has been collected.
House Bill 134 to make Youngstown University a state university is unanimously approved by the Ohio House Education Committee.
March 30, 1957: The Senate Racket Committee is looking at the operations of the Teamsters Union in Ohio after it is disclosed that James R. Hoffa, the Teamsters Midwest boss, lent 1 million to Cleveland Raceways Inc., which operates two horse racing tracks in the Cleveland area.
The Heller-Murray Co. will build a 900,000 office building in the Struthers yards of the Pittsburgh & amp; Lake Erie Railroad.
March 30, 1932: There are more than 40,000 names of taxpayers on the county books who have failed to pay personal taxes for 1926 through 1930, ranging from a few cents to more than 1,000. A check of county books shows the names of many who are known as well-off.
The New Castle Mining & amp; Clay Products Co. announces receipt of an order from Philadelphia for 3,500,000 bricks for use in public projects. The order means capacity operation of the New Castle plant for four months.