this a rock........

30 is.........

....Part of the title of TV show 30 Rock starring Alec Baldwin
....The number of upright stones that formed the Sarsen Circle at Stonehenge, also the supposed number of holes forming the arrays of Y and Z Holes at Stonehenge.
....The atomic number of zinc
....Used to indicate the end of a newspaper story (a copy editor's typographical notation)
....The number of days in the months April, June, September and November
....The minimum age for United States senators
....In years of marriage - the pearl wedding anniversary
....The length of a war (1618-1648 largely a religious conflict fought in the Holy Roman Empire and what is now Germany)
....The number of the Interstate that runs between Texas and Arkansas and the Route that runs between Oregon and New Jersey
....The number of tracks on The Beatles' eponymous album, usually known as The White Album
....The number of silver pieces given to Judas Iscariot in order to betray Jesus. Matthew 26:15.


Happenings on today's date in history
- 1487 - Bell chimes were invented
- 1647 - King Charles I handed over to English parliament and the Scots agree to sell him to them for £400
- 1661 - Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England is ritually executed after having been dead for two years.
- 1826 - The Menai Suspension Bridge, considered the world's first modern suspension bridge, connecting the Isle of Anglesey to the north West coast of Wales is opened.
- 1969 - Beatles perform their last gig together, a free concert


Famous Birthday's
Christian Bale
Phil Collins
Vanessa Redgrave
Gene Hackman
Franklin D. Roosevelt