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Today in History
Monday, 30 March 2026
2006
The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law.
1982
Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of ''Columbia'' at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
1981
President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
1979
Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
1972
Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
1965
Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
1961
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
1954
The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
1949
A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
1945
World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to the Americans.
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