March 30
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is the 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 king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
- 1296 - Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
- 1492 - Ferdinand and 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.
- 1910 - Mississippi Legislature founded The University of Southern Mississippi.
- 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, Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- 2006 - UK Terrorism Act 2006 became law.
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, English politician (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 - Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (d. 1926)
- 1864 - Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (d. 1943)
- 1875 - Jonathan Campbell, American film pioneer (d. 1942)
- 1879 - Coen de Koning, Dutch ice skater (d. 1954)
- 1880 - Sean O'Casey, Irish dramatist (d. 1964)
- 1892 - Fortunato Depero, Italian artist (d. 1960)
- 1892 - Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
- 1894 - Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aerospace engineer (d. 1977)
- 1895 - Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1975)
- 1902 - Ted Heath, British musician and band leader (d. 1969)
- 1902 - Brooke Astor, American philanthropist
- 1903 - Countee Cullen, American poet (d. 1946)
- 1904- Ripper Collins, 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 actor
- 1923 - Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (d. 1986)
- 1926 - Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish entrepreneur
- 1927 - 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 player (d. 1964)
- 1937 - Warren Beatty, American actor and director
- 1940 - Jerry Lucas, American basketball player
- 1941 - Graeme Edge, British musician (Moody Blues)
- 1941 - Wasim Sajjad, President of Pakistan
- 1945 - Eric Clapton, British guitarist/singer
- 1949 - Lene Lovich, American singer
- 1949 - Naomi Sims, American fashion model and businesswoman
- 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
- 1959 - Peter Ellis, disputed convicted child abuser
- 1960 - Luc Franco, Belgian journalist
- 1962 - MC Hammer (Stanley Kirk Burrell), American rapper
- 1963 - Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor
- 1964 - Tracy Chapman, American singer
- 1964 - Ian Ziering, American actor
- 1964 - Dave Ellett, Canadian hockey player
- 1966 - Joey Castillo, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age)
- 1967 - Megumi Hayashibara, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1968 - Donna D'Errico, American actress and model
- 1968 - Céline Dion, Canadian singer
- 1970 - Mark Consuelos, American actor
- 1970 - Secretariat, American racehorse (d. 1989)
- 1973 - Jan Koller, Czech footballer
- 1976 - Obadele Thompson, Barbadian athlete
- 1978 - Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player
- 1978 - Fabian Basabe, American reality series star
- 1979 - Norah Jones, American singer and pianist
- 1980 - Paul Wall, American rapper
- 1983 - Jeremie Aliadière, French footballer
- 1984 - Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter
- 1984 - Mario Ancic, Croatian tennis player
- 1986 - Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
- 1988 - Stephen McLeod Blythe, Scottish singer songwriter in The RipOffs
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, 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)
- 1936 - Conchita Supervia, Spanish oper singer (b. 1895)
- 1943 - Jan Bytnar, Polish activist
- 1943 - Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
- 1949 - Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, 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)
- 1970 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
- 1972 - Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
- 1977 - Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (b. 1929).
- 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 drummer (b. 1971)
- 2006 - Red Hickey, American football coach (b. 1917)
Holidays and observances
- Roman Empire - Festival devoted to Salus.
- Land Day.
- Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day - Public holiday in Trinidad and Tobago.
- National Doctors' Day - observed in the USA.
Liturgical feasts
- Saint John Climacus (died 649)
- Saint Quirinus (d. 117)
- Saint Veronus
- Blessed Amadeus IX of Savoy
- Easter in 1975, 1986, 1991, and 1997.
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