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What happened in history on this day: March 30?
On March 30 in ...
- 1895 - British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge.
- 1964 - NBC-TV debuts game show Jeopardy, hosted by Art Fleming.
- 1970 - ABC debuts the TV drama show The Best of Everything.
- 1970 - ABC debuts the TV drama show A World Apart.
- 1970 - NBC debuts the TV drama show Somerset.
- 1978 - NBC airs the final episode of Police Woman TV show.
- 1984 - Fox releases the film Romancing the Stone to theaters.
- 1992 - 64th Academy Awards (Silence of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress).
- 1992 - CBS TV premieres overnight news program Up To The Minute.
Births on March 30
- 1888 - Birth of Anna Q Nilsson in Ystad, Sweden; actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin).
- 1891 - Birth of Jan B Cammans; Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov).
- 1899 - Birth of Irving Thalberg; US film producer (MGM).
- 1903 - Birth of Sol C Siegel; US producer (High Society, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes).
- 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).
- 1917 - Birth of Herbert Anderson; actor (Henry - Dennis the Menace).
- 1918 - Birth of Joseph Allen Junior in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Death of a Champion).
- 1919 - Birth of Ramsay Ames; actress (G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves).
- 1920 - Birth of Turhan Bey in Vienna, Austria; actor (Dragon Seed, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves).
- 1926 - Birth of Ray McAnally in Buncrana County, Donegal, Ireland; actor (My Left Foot, Empire State, Sicilian).
- 1929 - Birth of Richard Dysart in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Leland MacKenzie - L.A. Law).
- 1929 - Birth of Shirley Stoler in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Frankenhooker, Seven Beauties).
- 1930 - Birth of John Astin in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Gomez - Addams Family).
- 1930 - Birth of Peter Marshall [Pierre LaCock] Huntington in Long Island, New York, USA; TV game show host (Hollywood Squares).
- 1930 - Birth of Rolf Harris in Bassendean, Western Australia; Australian/British cartoonist, singer ("Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport"), actor (The Little Convict).
- 1933 - Birth of Jean-Claude Brialy in Aumale, Algeria; actor (Circle of Love, Cousins).
- 1937 - Birth of Jay W Macintosh in Gainesville, Georgia, USA; actress (Sons and Daughters).
- 1937 - Birth of Warren Beatty in Richmond, Virginia, USA; actor (Bonnie and Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy).
- 1948 - Birth of Justin Deas in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Buzz - Guiding Light, Dream Lover, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara).
- 1950 - Birth of Joseph Cali in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Nick - Today's FBI).
- 1957 - Birth of Paul Reiser in New York City, New York, USA; actor (My Two Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You).
- 1967 - Birth of Ian Ziering in West Orange, New Jersey, USA; actor (Steve Sanders - Beverly Hills 90210).
- 1968 - Birth of Donna D'Errico in Dothan, Alabama, USA; actress (Baywatch).
- 1970 - Birth of Mark Consuelos in Zaragosa, Spain; actor (Mateo Santos - All My Children).
Deaths on March 30
- 1971 - Selmer Jackson, actor (Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at age 82.
- 1972 - Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at age 55.
- 1976 - Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies at age 99.
- 1985 - Harold Peary, actor (Herb - Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at age 76.
- 1986 - James F Cagney, American actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at his Stanfordville, New York farm at age 86 (born 1899).
- 1989 - Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies.
- 1991 - Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies.
- 1992 - Death of Art Hannes at age 69 of a respiratory ailment; announcer (The Ed Sullivan Show).
- 1993 - Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adventures of Darly and Samy), dies hiking at age 20.
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