What are the important events that happened on March 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 30 is the 89th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 276 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 17, 2025 – a Sunday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,054,880 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontaenneagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 324 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,482 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 30 Historical 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.
- 1814 –Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
- 1842 –Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
- 1909 –The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
- 1910 –The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
- 1944 –World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 1949 –A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
- 1972 –Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
Who were born on March 30?
- 1863 –Mary Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (d. 1930)
- 1903 –Countee Cullen, American poet (d. 1946)
- 1922 –Turhan Bey, Turkish actor
- 1929 –Richard Dysart, American actor
- 1930 –Rolf Harris, Australian artist and entertainer
- 1935 –Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician
- 1948 –Mervyn King, British economist, Governor of the Bank of England (2003–present)
- 1972 –Mili Avital, Israeli-American actress
- 1973 –Ali Ahmed Qatari archer
- 1975 –Bahar Soomekh, American actress
Who died on March 30?
- 365 –Jin Aidi, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (b. 341)
- 1486 –Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1804 –Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (b. 1718)
- 1959 –Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (b. 1875)
- 1966 –Maxfield Parrish, American artist (b. 1870)
- 1981 –DeWitt Wallace, American publisher (b. 1889)
- 1986 –James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
- 2005 –Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (b. 1919)
- 2005 –Milton Green, American athlete (b. 1913)
- 2005 –Robert Creeley, American poet (b. 1926)
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