Birthday March 30, 1222 Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest, saint
Birthday March 30, 1719 Sir John Hawkins, wrote 1st history of music, English
Birthday March 30, 1746 Francisco Jose de Goya, Spanish painter, etcher
Birthday March 30, 1820 Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, is born
Birthday March 30, 1825 Samuel Bell Maxey born
Birthday March 30, 1844 Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet
Birthday March 30, 1853 Vincent Van Gogh, artist
Birthday March 30, 1880 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright
Birthday March 30, 1886 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Polish logician, mathematician
Birthday March 30, 1913 Richard Helms, former CIA head
Birthday March 30, 1913 Frankie Laine, singer
Birthday March 30, 1919 McGeorge Bundy, Natl security adviser
Birthday March 30, 1930 Peter Marshall, (Hollywood Squares)
Birthday March 30, 1930 John Astin, Actor
Birthday March 30, 1937 Warren Beatty, Actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Reds)
Birthday March 30, 1945 Eric Clapton, musician
History March 30, 1775 King George endorses New England Restraining Act
History March 30, 1814 Allies capture Paris
History March 30, 1822 Fla became a US territory
History March 30, 1842 Dr. Crawford Long - 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic
History March 30, 1855 Violence disrupts first Kansas election
History March 30, 1858 Hyman Lipman of Phila patents a pencil with attached eraser
History March 30, 1867 Seward's Folly
History March 30, 1867 US purchases Alaska for $7 -200 -000 (Seward's Folly)
History March 30, 1870 15th Amendment adopted
History March 30, 1870 Tx readmitted to US after Civil War
History March 30, 1870 15th Amendment passes - guarantees right to vote regardless of race
History March 30, 1891 Sockless Simpson rallies populist farmers
History March 30, 1909 Queensboro Bridge opens linking Manhattan & Queens
History March 30, 1918 Allied troops halt Germans at Moreuil Wood
History March 30, 1932 Amelia Earhart 1st woman to solo cross the Atlantic
History March 30, 1940 Japanese set up puppet regime at Nanking
History March 30, 1945 USSR invades Austria during WW II
History March 30, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi
History March 30, 1948 Henry Wallace criticizes Truman's Cold War policies
History March 30, 1950 Phototransistor invention announced - Murray Hill - NJ
History March 30, 1961 P.J Melotte - discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae - dies
History March 30, 1964 John Glenn withdrew from Ohio senate race
History March 30, 1965 Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Saigon
History March 30, 1965 Bill Bradley scores 58 points for Princeton
History March 30, 1972 North Vietnamese launch Nguyen Hue Offensive
History March 30, 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to S Vietnam
History March 30, 1974 John Denver has his first #1 hit with Sunshine On My Shoulders
History March 30, 1980 Oil workers drown in North Sea
History March 30, 1981 Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr
History March 30, 1981 Reagan is shot
History March 30, 1981 Ronald Reagan is shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
History March 30, 1981 Obsessed Jodie Foster fan John Hinckley Jr. shoots President Reagan
History March 30, 1982 3rd Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 3 returns to Earth
History March 30, 1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
History March 30, 1986 James Cagney dies at his Stanfordville NY farm at 86
History March 30, 2009 President Obama announces auto industry shakeup
March 30, 1222 Nichiren, Japanese Buddhist priest, saint
March 30, 1719 Sir John Hawkins, wrote 1st history of music, English
March 30, 1746 Francisco Jose de Goya, Spanish painter, etcher
March 30, 1820 Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, is born
March 30, 1825 Samuel Bell Maxey born
March 30, 1844 Paul Verlaine, French lyric poet
March 30, 1853 Vincent Van Gogh, artist
March 30, 1880 Sean O'Casey, Irish playwright
March 30, 1886 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Polish logician, mathematician
March 30, 1913 Richard Helms, former CIA head
March 30, 1913 Frankie Laine, singer
March 30, 1919 McGeorge Bundy, Natl security adviser
March 30, 1930 Peter Marshall, (Hollywood Squares)
March 30, 1930 John Astin, Actor
March 30, 1937 Warren Beatty, Actor (Bonnie & Clyde, Reds)
March 30, 1945 Eric Clapton, musician
March 30, 1775 King George endorses New England Restraining Act
March 30, 1814 Allies capture Paris
March 30, 1822 Fla became a US territory
March 30, 1842 Dr. Crawford Long - 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic
March 30, 1855 Violence disrupts first Kansas election
March 30, 1858 Hyman Lipman of Phila patents a pencil with attached eraser
March 30, 1867 Seward's Folly
March 30, 1867 US purchases Alaska for $7 -200 -000 (Seward's Folly)
March 30, 1870 15th Amendment adopted
March 30, 1870 Tx readmitted to US after Civil War
March 30, 1870 15th Amendment passes - guarantees right to vote regardless of race
March 30, 1891 Sockless Simpson rallies populist farmers
March 30, 1909 Queensboro Bridge opens linking Manhattan & Queens
March 30, 1918 Allied troops halt Germans at Moreuil Wood
March 30, 1932 Amelia Earhart 1st woman to solo cross the Atlantic
March 30, 1940 Japanese set up puppet regime at Nanking
March 30, 1945 USSR invades Austria during WW II
March 30, 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi
March 30, 1948 Henry Wallace criticizes Truman's Cold War policies
March 30, 1950 Phototransistor invention announced - Murray Hill - NJ
March 30, 1961 P.J Melotte - discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae - dies
March 30, 1964 John Glenn withdrew from Ohio senate race
March 30, 1965 Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Saigon
March 30, 1965 Bill Bradley scores 58 points for Princeton
March 30, 1972 North Vietnamese launch Nguyen Hue Offensive
March 30, 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to S Vietnam
March 30, 1974 John Denver has his first #1 hit with Sunshine On My Shoulders
March 30, 1980 Oil workers drown in North Sea
March 30, 1981 Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr
March 30, 1981 Reagan is shot
March 30, 1981 Ronald Reagan is shot by John Hinckley, Jr.
March 30, 1981 Obsessed Jodie Foster fan John Hinckley Jr. shoots President Reagan
March 30, 1982 3rd Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 3 returns to Earth
March 30, 1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
March 30, 1986 James Cagney dies at his Stanfordville NY farm at 86
March 30, 2009 President Obama announces auto industry shakeup