Monday 30 March 2020

ON THIS DAY MARCH 30 - JUST FOR FUN

1959 - Dalai Lama flees China and is granted political asylum in India.

1867 -  Alaska Purchase: US buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 ($109 million in 2018), roughly 2 cents an acre.

1870 -"15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted, guarantees right to vote regardless of race.

1981 - "Chariots of Fire" directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982).

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