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 90th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 276 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 17, 2024 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,711,756,800 seconds 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 ‘enneacontagon’ day.
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 305 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 4,117 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 30 Historical Events
- 1814 –Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.
- 1842 –Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
- 1856 –The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
- 1863 –Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
- 1870 –Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
- 1912 –Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
- 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.
- 1981 –President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
- 2009 –Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
Who were born on March 30?
- 1830 –Mihály Zsupánek Slovene writer, poet and soldier in Hungary (d. 1898? 1905?)
- 1892 –Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
- 1922 –Turhan Bey, Turkish actor
- 1933 –Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director (d. 2007)
- 1941 –Graeme Edge, British musician (Moody Blues)
- 1947 –Ryszard Kotla, Polish travel writer and activist
- 1964 –Dave Ellett, Canadian hockey player
- 1966 –Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess grandmaster and author
- 1976 –Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player
- 1988 –Thanasis Papazoglou, Greek footballer
Who died on March 30?
- 1804 –Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (b. 1718)
- 1879 –Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (b. 1815)
- 1925 –Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (b. 1861)
- 1943 –Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
- 1966 –Maxfield Parrish, American artist (b. 1870)
- 1966 –Newbold Morris, American politician (b. 1902)
- 1972 –Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
- 1985 –Harold Peary, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
- 2005 –Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)
- 2006 –John McGahern, Irish novelist (b. 1934)
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