Thursday, March 30, 2000

We will not lend our respective resources, whether they be in the form of police officers or any other resources, to assist the federal government in any way, shape or form to inappropriately repatriate Elian Gonzalez to Cuba. Alex Penelas, Miami-Dade County mayor

• The United Nations opens a conference in the Cayman Islands on drafting international banking standards to fight against money laundering.
• Mule Day is celebrated in Columbia, Tennessee, with a parade, arts and crafts show, and flea market.
• Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader campaigns in Phoenix, Arizona.

• On Friday, March 31, the three-day Feminist Expo 2000 begins in Baltimore.
• On Saturday, April 1, April Fools' Day is celebrated.
• On Sunday, April 2, Mothering Sunday, popularly known as Mother's Day, is celebrated in England.
• On Monday, April 3, the trial of two Libyans accused of blowing up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, is scheduled to begin.
• On Tuesday, April 4, Taiwan observes National Tomb-Sweeping Day.

• In 1867, the United States purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.
• In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to make a solo flight across the Atlantic.
• In 1945, during World War II, the U.S.S.R. invaded Austria.
• In 1972, Britain assumed direct rule over Northern Ireland.
• In 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded in Washington, D.C., by John W. Hinkley Jr.
• In 1993, in Sarajevo, two Serb militiamen were sentenced to death for war crimes committed in Bosnia.