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What happened in history on this day: March 30?
On March 30 in ...
- 1957 - First performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony.
- 1970 - Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical Applause premieres at Palace Theater New York City for 900 performances.
Births on March 30
- 1727 - Birth of Tommaso Traetta Italy's opera composer/band leader (Farnace).
- 1913 - Birth of Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer ("Hey, Good Lookin'", "That's My Desire"), actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide).
- 1914 - Birth of Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee]; blues musician (Down and Out Blues).
- 1926 - Birth of Werner Torkanowsky in Berlin, Germany; conductor (New Orleans Symphony).
- 1930 - Birth of Rolf Harris in Bassendean, Western Australia; Australian/British cartoonist, singer ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport"), actor (The Little Convict).
- 1931 - Birth of Harold Burrage; American singer/pianist ("Hi Yo Silver").
- 1940 - Birth of Astrud Gilberto in Brazil; singer ("Girl From Ipanema").
- 1942 - Birth of Graeme Edge in Rochester, Staffordshire, England; rock drummer (The Moody Blues - "Nights in White Satin", "Your Wildest Dreams").
- 1945 - Birth of Eric Clapton [Eric Patrick Clapp] in Ripley, England; legendary guitarist/singer (The Yardbirds, Cream, "Tears in Heaven").
- 1948 - Birth of Dave Ball; rocker (Procol Harum).
- 1948 - Birth of Jim Dandy Mangrum; vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas - "Jim Dandy").
- 1950 - Birth of Rupert Greenall; rock keyboardist (The Fixx).
- 1955 - Birth of Randy Van Warmer in Indian Hills, Colorado, USA; vocalist ("Just When I Needed You Most").
- 1964 - Birth of Tracy Chapman; US singer/songwriter ("Freedom Now", "I Got a Fast Car").
- 1968 - Birth of Celine Dion in Québec, Canada; singer ("I'm Your Woman").
- 1969 - Birth of Marco Foddis; pop drummer (Pestilence).
- 1979 - Birth of Simon Webbe; English singer (Blue).
Deaths on March 30
- 1964 - Willem CN Andriessen, Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at age 76.
- 2022 - Death of Tom Parker from brain cancer at age 33; singer (Wanted).
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