March 30 - Happy Birthday, Will!

Happy Birthday, Will!

This Day In History

1842

Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.

1867

Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.

1909

The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.

1954

The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.

1982

STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

Famous Birthdays

1746

Francisco Jose de Goya, Spainish painter, etcher, and printmaker (d. 1828)

1811

Robert Bunsen, German chemist (d. 1899)

1820

Anna Sewell, British author (d. 1878)

1853

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)

1913

Marc Davis, American animator (d. 2000)

1922

Turhan Bey, Turkish actor

1930

John Astin, American actor

1945

Eric Clapton, British guitarist

1950

Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian^*

^{* I shouldn't have told you that.}