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March 30
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March 30''' is the
89 (number) 89th day of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar (90th in
Leap years). There are 276 days remaining.
Events
*
1282 - The people of
Sicily rebel against the
Angevin monarch king Charles I of Naples Charles I, in what becomes known as the
Sicilian Vespers.
*
1296 -
Edward I of England Edward I sacks
Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between
Scotland and
England.
*
1492 -
Ferdinand II of Aragon Ferdinand and
Isabella of Castile Isabella sign the
Alhambra decree aimed at expelling all
Jews from
Spain unless they convert to
Roman Catholicism.
*
1533 -
Thomas Cranmer becomes
Archbishop of Canterbury.
*
1814 -
Napoleonic Wars:
Sixth Coalition forces march into
Paris.
*
1822 -
Florida Territory created in the
United States.
*
1842 -
Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by
Dr. Crawford Long.
*
1844 - One of the most important battles of the
Dominican War of Independence from
Haiti takes place near the city of
Santiago de los Caballeros.
*
1855 -
Origins of the American Civil War:
Bleeding Kansas - "
Border Ruffians" from
Missouri invade
Kansas and force election of a pro-
slavery legislature.
*
1856 - The
Treaty of Paris (1856) is signed, ending the
Crimean War.
*
1858 -
Hymen Lipman patents a
pencil with an attached
eraser.
*
1867 -
Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by
United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. The news media call this
Seward's Folly.
*
1870 -
Texas is readmitted to the
Union following
Reconstruction era (United States) Reconstruction.
*
1910 -
Mississippi Legislature founded
University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi.
*
1912 -
King of Morocco Sultan Abdelhafid of Morocco Abdelhafid signs the
Treaty of Fez, making
Morocco a
France French protectorate.
*
1940 -
Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) Sino-Japanese War:
Japan declares
Nanking to be the capital of a new
China Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by
Wang Jingwei Wang Ching-wei.
*
1945 -
World War II:
Soviet Union Red Army forces invade
Austria and take
Vienna,
Armia Ludowa Polish and
Soviet forces liberate
Gdańsk.
*
1951 -
Remington Rand delivers the first
UNIVAC I computer to the
United States Census Bureau.
*
1954 - The first
metro subway in
Canada opens after five years of construction, in
Toronto.
*
1961 - The
Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at
New York.
*
1964 -
Merv Griffin's
game show Jeopardy! makes its debut on
television.
Art Fleming hosts the first episode on
NBC.
*
1965 -
Vietnam War: A
car bomb explodes in front of the
U.S. Embassy in
Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
*
1972 -
Vietnam War: The
Eastertide Offensive begins after
North Vietnamese forces cross into the
Demilitarized Zone (
DMZ) of
South Vietnam.
*
1981 -
Reagan assassination attempt:
President of the United States President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a
Washington, D.C., hotel by
John Hinckley, Jr. Reagan will become the first
U.S. president to survive
Tecumseh's curse, under which presidents elected in a year ending with zero died while in office.
*
2006 -
Marcos Pontes is the first
Brazilian astronaut in space.
Births
*
1135 -
Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (d.
1204).
*
1326 -
Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d.
1359).
*
1432 -
Mehmed II,
Ottoman Sultan (d.
1481).
*
1640 -
John Trenchard (Secretary of State) John Trenchard, English politican (d.
1695).
*
1746 -
Francisco Goya, Spanish painter and engraver (d.
1828).
*
1820 -
Anna Sewell, British author (d.
1878).
*
1844 -
Paul Verlaine, French poet (d.
1896).
*
1853 -
Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d.
1890).
*
1857 -
Thevenin Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d.
1926).
*
1864 -
Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (d.
1943).
*
1875 -
Jonathan Campbell, film pioneer (d.
1942).
*
1879 -
Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (d.
1954).
*
1880 -
Sean O'Casey, Irish dramatist (d.
1964).
*
1892 -
Fortunato Depero, Italian artist (d.
1960).
*
1894 -
Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aerospace engineer (d.
1977)
*
1895 -
Nikolai Bulganin,
Premier of the Soviet Union (d.
1975).
*
1902 -
Ted Heath (bandleader) Ted Heath, British musician and band leader (d.
1969).
* 1902 -
Brooke Astor, American philanthropist.
*
1903 -
Countee Cullen, American poet (d.
1946).
*
1904-
Ripper Collins, Major League Baseball player (d.
1970)
*
1910 -
Józef Marcinkiewicz, mathematician (d.
1940)
*
1913 -
Marc Davis, American animator (d.
2000).
* 1913 -
Richard Helms, American Central Intelligence Agency director (d.
2002).
* 1913 -
Frankie Laine, American singer.
* 1913 -
Censu Tabone,
President of Malta.
*
1914 -
Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (d.
1948).
*
1919 -
McGeorge Bundy, American National Security Advisor (d.
1996).
*
1922 -
Turhan Bey, Turkish-Czechoslovakian actor.
*
1923 -
Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (d.
1986).
*
1926 -
Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish entrepreneur.
*
1927 -
Peter Marshall (game show host) Peter Marshall, American game show host.
*
1928 -
Robert Badinter, French politician.
*
1929 -
Richard Dysart, American actor.
*
1930 -
John Astin, American actor.
* 1930 -
Rolf Harris, Australian artist and entertainer.
*
1932 -
Ted Morgan, Swiss-born writer.
*
1935 -
Willie Galimore, American football running back (d.
1964)
*
1937 -
Warren Beatty, American actor and director.
*
1940 -
Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer.
* 1940 -
Jerry Lucas, American basketball player.
*
1941 -
Graeme Edge, British Musician
Moody Blues.
*
1941 -
Wasim Sajjad, former
President of Pakistan.
*
1945 -
Eric Clapton, British guitarist.
*
1949 -
Lene Lovich, American singer.
*
1950 -
Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian.
*
1952 -
Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach.
*
1956 -
Bill Butler, Scottish politician.
*
1957 -
Paul Reiser, American actor.
*
1958 -
Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor.
*
1962 -
MC Hammer, American rapper.
*
1963 -
Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian
composer,
conductor and
Music theory music theorist.
*
1964 -
Tracy Chapman, American singer.
* 1964 -
Ian Ziering, American actor.
* 1964 -
Dave Ellett, Former Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
*
1966 -
Joey Castillo American Drummer (
Queens of the Stone Age).
*
1967 -
Megumi Hayashibara, Japanese seiyū.
*
1968 -
Donna D'Errico, American actress and model.
* 1968 -
Celine Dion Céline Dion, Canadian singer.
*
1970 -
Mark Consuelos, American actor.
* 1970 -
Secretariat (racehorse) Secretariat, American racehorse (d.
1989).
*
1976 -
Obadele Thompson, Barbadian athlete.
*
1978 -
Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player.
*
1979 -
Norah Jones, American singer and pianist.
*
1980 -
Paul Wall, American rapper.
*
1984 -
Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter
Deaths
*
1486 -
Thomas Bourchier,
Archbishop of Canterbury
*
1526 -
Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b.
1471)
*
1540 -
Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b.
1469)
*
1559 -
Adam Ries, German mathematician (b.
1492)
*
1587 -
Ralph Sadler, English statesman (b.
1507)
*
1662 -
François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet (b.
1592)
*
1707 -
Vauban, French architect (b.
1633)
*
1764 -
Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (b.
1695)
*
1783 -
William Hunter (anatomist) William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b.
1718)
*
1804 -
Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (b.
1718)
*
1840 -
Beau Brummell, English celebrity and dandy (b.
1778)
*
1842 -
Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (b.
1755)
*
1879 -
Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (b.
1815)
*
1912 -
Karl May, German author (b.
1842)
*
1943 –
Jan Bytnar ('''''Rudy'''''), Polish Scoutmaster (
harcmistrz), Polish Scouting resistance activist
*
1943 –
Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski ('''''Alek'''''), Polish Scoutmaster (
harcmistrz), Polish Scouting resistance activist
*
1949 -
Friedrich Bergius, German chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1884)
*
1950 -
Léon Blum, French prime minister (b.
1872)
*
1959 -
Daniil Andreev, Russian writer and mystic (b.
1906)
*
1965 -
Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1896)
*
1966 -
Maxfield Parrish, American artist (b.
1870)
*
1968 -
Bobby Driscoll, American actor (b.
1937)
*
1972 -
Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b.
1890)
*
1981 -
DeWitt Wallace, American publisher (b.
1889)
*
1984 -
Karl Rahner, German theologian (b.
1904)
*
1985 -
Harold Peary, American actor and singer (heart attack) (b.
1908)
*
1986 -
James Cagney, American actor (b.
1899)
*
1999 -
Gary Morton, American film and television producer (b.
1924)
*
2002 -
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b.
1900)
*
2003 -
Michael Jeter, American actor (b.
1952)
*2003 -
Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b.
1937)
*
2004 -
Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (b.
1908)
*2004 -
Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (b.
1914)
*2004 -
Michael King, New Zealand historian (b.
1945)
*2004 -
Timi Yuro, American singer (b.
1940)
*
2005 -
Robert Creeley, American poet (b.
1926)
*2005 -
Milton Green, American athlete (b.
1913)
*2005 -
Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b.
1919)
*2005 -
O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (b.
1930)
*2005 -
Derrick Plourde, American punk drummer (b.
1971)
*2006 -
Red Hickey, NFL Head Coach (b.
1917)
Holidays and observances
*
Roman Empire - Festival devoted to
Hygieia Salus.
*
Land Day.
*
Spiritual Baptist Shouter Liberation Day Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day - Public holiday in
Trinidad and Tobago.
*
Easter in
1975,
1986, and
1997.
*
National Doctors' Day - observed in the
USA.
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
-
Epic Idiot: On This Day
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February 28 -
February 29 - (
February 30) -
March 29 -
March 31 -
April 30 --
historical anniversaries listing of all days
{{months}}
af:30 Maart
ar:30 مارس
an:30 de marzo
ast:30 de marzu
bg:30 март
be:30 Ñ?акавіка
bs:30. mart
br:30 Meurzh
ca:30 de març
ceb:Marso 30
cv:Пуш, 30
co:30 di marzu
cs:30. březen
cy:30 Mawrth
da:30. marts
de:30. März
et:30. märts
el:30 ΜαÏ?τίου
es:30 de marzo
eo:30-a de marto
eu:Martxoaren 30
fo:30. mars
fr:30 mars
fy:30 maart
fur:30 di Març
ga:30 Márta
gl:30 de marzo
ko:3ì›” 30ì?¼
hr:30. ožujka
io:30 di marto
ilo:Marso 30
id:30 Maret
ia:30 de martio
is:30. mars
it:30 marzo
he:30 במרץ
jv:30 Maret
ka:30 მ�რტი
csb:30 strumiannika
ku:30'ê adarê
lt:Kovo 30
lb:30. Mäerz
hu:Március 30
mk:30 март
ms:30 Mac
nap:30 'e mà rzo
nl:30 maart
ja:3月30日
no:30. mars
nn:30. mars
oc:30 de març
pl:30 marca
pt:30 de Março
ro:30 martie
ru:30 марта
sco:30 Mairch
sq:30 Mars
scn:30 di marzu
simple:March 30
sk:30. marec
sl:30. marec
sr:30. март
fi:30. maaliskuuta
sv:30 mars
tl:Marso 30
tt:30. Mart
te:మార�చి 30
th:30 มีนาคม
vi:30 tháng 3
tr:30 Mart
uk:30 березнÑ?
wa:30 di måss
war:Marso 30
zh:3月30日
pam:Marsu 30
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