“The President has been shot once in the left chest. The bullet entered from his left side. ”

The shooting seriously injures Regan early in his presidency and permanently disables his White House Press Secretary James Brady.

1867Secretary of State William Seward reaches a deal with Russia to buy the territory of Alaska. At the time, critics ridicule the 7.2-million-dollar purchase as “Seward’s Folly”.

1986Actor James Cagney known for his movie “tough guy” roles dies at his farm in upstate New York at age 86. Cagney won an Oscar for playing Broadway legend George Cohan in Yankee Doodle Dandy.

And 1945British rock musician Eric Clapton is born in Surrey, England. Today in History, March 30th, Ross Simpson, the Associated Press.