March 30
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March 30 is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 276 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events [change]
- 1296 – Edward I storms Berwick-upon-Tweed, sacking the then-Scottish border town, slaughtering almost everyone, even those fleeing to the churches.
- 1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
- 1492 – Ferdinand and Isabella sign a 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 – Hyman Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser.
- 1863 – Prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleeswÿk-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg is chosen as King George I of Greece.
- 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.
- 1909 – In New York City the Queensboro Bridge connecting Manhattan and Queens is opened to traffic.
- 1912 – Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
- 1940 – Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking to be the capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei.
- 1945 – World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Alger Hiss congratulated in Moscow for his part in bringing about the Western betrayal at the Yalta Conference.
- 1951 – Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau.
- 1954 – The first subway in Canada opens after five years of construction, in Toronto.
- 1961 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.
- 1962 – Jack Paar hosts his last episode of The Tonight Show.
- 1964 – The game show Jeopardy! debuts on television.
- 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.
- 1974 – The Ramones play their first ever gig as a trio at CBGB's in New York City.
- 1981 – President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., family friend of the Vice President.
- 1987 – One of Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings is bought by Japanese insurance magnate Yasuo Goto for $39.85 million.
- 2002 – Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother, dies at Windsor Castle, aged 101, just seven weeks after her daughter, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon.
- 2006 – The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law.
- 2006 – Marcos Pontes becomes the first Brazilian in space on board the Soyuz TMA-8 aircraft, to the International Space Station.
- 2008 – The controversial 2008 Zimbabwean Presidential election is held.
Births [change]
- 1135 – Maimonides, Jewish philosopher (d. 1204)
- 1326 – Ivan II of Russia (d. 1359)
- 1432 – Mehmed II, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (d. 1481)
- 1746 – Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (d. 1828)
- 1793 – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentine military leader (d. 1877)
- 1820 – Anna Sewell, British writer (d. 1878)
- 1844 – Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
- 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)
- 1857 – Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)
- 1880 – Sean O'Casey, Irish dramatist (d. 1964)
- 1894 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aerospace engineer (d. 1977)
- 1900 – Santos Urdinaran, Uruguayan footballer (d. 1979)
- 1905 – Albert Pierrepoint, British executioner (d. 1992)
- 1910 – Jozef Marcinkiewicz, Polish mathematician (d. 1940)
- 1913 – Frankie Laine, American singer (d. 2007)
- 1913 – Censu Tabone, former President of Malta (d. 2012)
- 1913 – Richard Helms, American CIA director (d. 2002)
- 1913 – Marc Davis, American animator (d. 2000)
- 1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (d. 1948)
- 1922 – Virgilio Noe, Italian cardinal (d. 2011)
- 1926 – Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman (IKEA)
- 1930 – Rolf Harris, Australian artist, singer and entertainer
- 1937 – Warren Beatty, American actor
- 1941 – Wasim Sajjad, former President of Pakistan
- 1942 – Ruben Kun, former President of Nauru
- 1945 – Eric Clapton, British guitarist/singer
- 1948 – Eddie Jordan, Irish racing driver and team owner
- 1948 – Mervyn King, British economist
- 1950 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor
- 1962 – M.C. Hammer, American rapper and musician
- 1962 – Bil Dwyer, American actor
- 1964 – Tracy Chapman, American singer
- 1965 – Piers Morgan, British journalist and television personality
- 1968 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer
- 1973 – Jan Koller, Czech footballer
- 1978 – Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player
- 1979 – Anatoliy Tymoschuk, Ukrainian footballer
- 1979 – Norah Jones, American singer and musician
- 1979 – Simon Webbe, British singer
- 1980 – Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer
- 1981 – Andrea Masi, Italian rugby player
- 1984 – Mario Ancic, Croatian tennis player
- 1984 – Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
- 1986 – Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
Deaths [change]
- 365 – Jin Aidi, Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 341)
- 1526 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471)
- 1559 – Adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)
- 1764 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (b. 1695)
- 1783 – William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (b. 1718)
- 1830 – Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
- 1896 – Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek Prime Minister (b. 1832)
- 1912 – Karl May, German writer (b. 1842)
- 1914 – John Henry Poynting, English physicist (b. 1852)
- 1925 – Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (b. 1861)
- 1949 – Friedrich Bergius, German chemist (b. 1884)
- 1950 – Leon Blum, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
- 1952 – Jigme Wangchuck, King of Bhutan (b. 1905)
- 1965 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician (b. 1896)
- 1970 – Heinrich Bruening, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
- 1977 – Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929)
- 1986 – James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
- 2000 – Rudolf Kirchschlaeger, President of Austria (b. 1915)
- 2002 – Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
- 2003 – Valentin Pavlov, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
- 2005 – Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
- 2008 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist (b. 1942)
- 2010 – Martin Sandberger, German military officer (b. 1911)
- 2011 – Lyudmila Gurchenko, Russian actress and singer (b. 1935)
