On this day, March 30

1763 An uprising by Ottawa Chief Pontiac against white settlers brought all of the inhabitants from outside Fort Pitt into the confines of the fort. Most of the surrounding homes were demolished.

1867 U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal ridiculed by critics as “Seward’s Folly.”

1936 The National Guard, which had been called in to keep order during St. Patrick’s Day flood, was withdrawn and the Golden Triangle was reopened. 1978 Pennsylvania government authorized over $55 million in federal, state and local funds to pay for the first phase of the proposed East Busway in Allegheny County. 1981 President Ronald Reagan was shot and seriously injured outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John W. Hinckley, Jr.; also wounded were White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and a District of Columbia police officer, Thomas Delahanty.

2010 President Barack Obama signed a single measure sealing his health care overhaul.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Alyssa Brown

Today’s birthdays: Game show host Peter Marshall, 94. Actor John Astin, 90. Actor-director Warren Beatty, 83. Rock musician Graeme Edge (The Moody Blues), 79. Rock musician Eric Clapton, 75. Actor Paul Reiser, 64. Rap artist MC Hammer, 58. Singer Tracy Chapman, 56. Actor Ian Ziering, 56. TV personality Piers Morgan, 55. Rock musician Joey Castillo, 54. Singer Celine Dion, 52. Actor Mark Consuelos, 49. Singer Norah Jones, 41. Actress Katy Mixon, 39. Actor Jason Dohring, 38. Actress Tessa Ferrer, 34. Country singer Thomas Rhett, 30. Rapper NF, 29.

Thought for Today: “We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves.”

— Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (18981983).