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What happened in history on this day: March 30?
On March 30 in ...
- 1822 - US Congress combines East and West Florida into Florida Territory.
- 1833 - A fire destroys the US Treasury building.
- 1842 - First surgical operation using ether as anaesthetic (to remove a neck cyst), performed by Dr. Crawford Long on James Venable, in Jefferson, Georgia, USA.
- 1858 - Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA).
- 1864 - Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas.
- 1865 - Battle at Five Forks, Virginia.
- 1867 - The Russian empire sells the Alaskan territory to the USA for US$7.2 million (2 cents per acre).
- 1870 - 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race.
- 1870 - Texas is re-admitted to USA.
- 1889 - John T Reid opens first US golf course (Yonkers, New York).
- 1893 - Thomas F Bayard becomes first US ambassador in Great Britain.
- 1909 - Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens in New York City.
- 1923 - Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard University in 1920, incorporates.
- 1950 - Phototransistor invention announced, in Murray Hill, New Jersey, USA.
- 1952 - 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win.
- 1955 - 27th Academy Awards: On the Waterfront, Marlon Brando and Grace Kelly win.
- 1961 - NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600 feet (51,690 metres).
- 1965 - In Rat Islands, Alaska, a magnitude 7.3 earthquake occurs. One of the largest earthquakes in the United States.
- 1966 - The US Mint releases first 1965-dated copper-nickel clad Roosevelt dimes to circulation.
- 1972 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1973 - Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam.
- 1981 - US President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., hotel. Six shots are fired, hitting Reagan, White House Press Secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy, and District of Columbia policeman Thomas Delahaney. None is killed.
- 1982 - Third space shuttle mission - Columbia 3 lands at White Sands New Mexico.
- 1984 - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force.
- 1987 - 59th Academy Awards: Platoon, Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win.
- 1992 - 64th Academy Awards (Silence of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress).
- 1993 - Peanuts comic strip character Charlie Brown hits a baseball game-winning home run, his first in 43 years.
- 2003 - Meigs Field Airport in Chicago, Illinois is demolished overnight.
- 2009 - General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is ordered to step down by US President Barack Obama.
- 2022 - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drops its cruise ship health travel notice.
Births on March 30
- 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).
- 1913 - Birth of Marc Davis in Bakersfield, California, USA; Disney Studios 1935-78, animator on many films, worked on Disneyland attractions, named Disney Legend 1989.
- 1918 - Birth of Joseph Allen Junior in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Death of a Champion).
- 1919 - Birth of McGeorge Bundy in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; national security adviser under President John Kennedy.
- 1929 - Birth of Richard Dysart in Brighton, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Leland MacKenzie - L.A. Law).
- 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).
- 1936 - Birth of Richard Baker in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha).
- 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).
- 1940 - Birth of Jerry Lucas in Middletown, Ohio, USA; NBA center (New York Knicks, NBA rookie of year 1964, Olympics-gold-60).
- 1948 - Birth of Justin Deas in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Buzz - Guiding Light, Dream Lover, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara).
- 1950 - Birth of Dave McCurdy; American politician (Representative-Democrat-Oklahoma, 1981-).
- 1950 - Birth of Joseph Cali in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Nick - Today's FBI).
- 1955 - Birth of Randy Van Warmer in Indian Hills, Colorado, USA; vocalist ("Just When I Needed You Most").
- 1957 - Birth of Paul Reiser in New York City, New York, USA; actor (My Two Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad About You).
- 1958 - Birth of Joseph Paul Sindelar in Fort Knox, Kentucky, USA; PGA golfer (British Columbia Open-1985, 1987).
- 1962 - Birth of M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] in Oakland, California, USA; rapper ("U Can't Touch This").
- 1964 - Birth of Corey Millen in Cloquet, Minnesota, USA; NHL center (Calgary Flames).
- 1964 - Birth of Dave Ellett in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs).
- 1964 - Birth of Tracy Chapman; US singer/songwriter ("Freedom Now", "I Got a Fast Car").
- 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 Shane Bertsch in Denver, Colorado, USA; Nike golfer (1994 Permina Basin Open-14th).
- 1971 - Birth of Mari Holden in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; cyclist (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Caroline Ramagos; Miss Mississippi-USA (1996).
- 1973 - Birth of [Kirk] Kareem Streete-Thompson in Ithaca, New York, USA; 100 metre/long jumper.
- 1978 - Birth of Wendy Christina Roberts; Miss South Carolina Teen-USA (1996).
- 1980 - Birth of Liriel Higa in Los Angeles, California; rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-1996).
- 1983 - Birth of Zach Gowen; American wrestler.
- 1983 - Birth of California condor chick in San Diego, California, first born in captivity.
Deaths on March 30
- 1853 - Death of Abigail Powers in Washington, DC, USA; spouse of US President Millard Fillmore.
- 1951 - Death of Hans Schuler; American sculptor (Ariadne, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse), designer of 1934 Maryland Tercentenary commemorative half dollar.
- 1955 - Harl McDonald, US composer (Santa Fé Trail), dies at age 55.
- 1966 - Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at age 95.
- 1970 - Death of Heinrich Brüning in Norwich, Vermont, USA (born in Münster, Germany); member of the Catholic Centre Party, chancellor of the Weimar Republic (1930-32), taught political science at Harvard University from 1937 to 1952.
- 1972 - Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at age 81.
- 1976 - Death of Richard Irvine at age 55; art director for films, some Disney, headed Imagineering (WED) for creation of every Disneyland attraction, Walt Disney World, retired 1973, named Disney Legend 1990.
- 1981 - Dewitt Wallace, American magazine founder/publisher (Reader's Digest), dies at age 91 (born 1889).
- 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).
- 1986 - John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at age 69.
- 1993 - Richard C Diebenkorn Junior, US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies at age 70.
- 1994 - Albert Goldman, American rock biographer (Elvis Presley, John Lennon), dies at age 66.
- 2008 - Death of Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photojournalist (born 1942).
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