This Week in History

MARCH 26

Marisa O’Brien was born.

Kelly Byrnes was born.

Katrina Visco was born.

1827 – Composer Ludwig van Beethoven died at age 56 in Vienna, Austria.

1945 – The battle of Iwo Jima ended; about 22,000 Japanese troops were killed or

captured and more than 4,500 U.S. troops were killed.

2000 – Vladimir Putin was elected president of Russia.

MARCH 27

Tara Walter was born.

Casey Vitale was born.

Tom Ray was born.

1884 – The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.

MARCH 28

Kate Johnson was born.

Yarden Flatow was born.

1939 – The Spanish Civil War ended.

1979 – A nuclear power plant accident at Three Mile Island, near Harrisburg,

Pennsylvania, occurred.

MARCH 29

Grace Leahy was born.

Davina Grincevicius was born.

Chris Howard was born.

1973 – The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam.

1999 – The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time at 10,006.78.

MARCH 30

Judy Aiken was born.

Marie Allen was born.

Bob Ferriola was born.

Andy Lauro was born.

Melissa Carrington was born.

1842 – Anesthesia was used for the first time in an operation.

1964 – The game show Jeopardy! debuted on television.

1981 – President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley.

MARCH 31

Artie Boyland was born.

Lauren Ferriola was born.

1889 – The Eiffel Tower in Paris officially opened.

1918 – Daylight Saving Time went into effect in the United States.

APRIL 1

Matthew Harris was born.

Gina McKenna Markle was born.

Beth McMahon was born.

Brenda Murphy was born.

1945 – American forces landed on Okinawa during World War II.

1976 – Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer.