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| March 30th, 2008 (March 30 2008) | Death | Dith Pran, The Killing Fields Photographer (born in 1942) | |
| March 30th, 2008 (March 30 2008) | Death | David Leslie, Touring Car Driver (born in 1953) | |
| March 30th, 2008 (March 30 2008) | Death | Richard Lloyd, Racing Car Driver (born in 1945) | |
| March 30th, 2006 (March 30 2006) | Event | Marcos Pontes is the first Brazilian astronaut in space. | |
| March 30th, 2006 (March 30 2006) | Event | UK Terrorism Act 2006 becomes law. | |
| March 30th, 2006 (March 30 2006) | Death | Red Hickey, American football coach (born in 1917) | |
| March 30th, 2005 (March 30 2005) | Death | Emil Dimitrov, Bulgarian singer (born in 1940) | |
| March 30th, 2005 (March 30 2005) | Death | Robert Creeley, American poet (born in 1926) | Robert Ley Quotes |
| March 30th, 2005 (March 30 2005) | Death | Milton Green, American athlete (born in 1913) | |
| March 30th, 2005 (March 30 2005) | Death | Fred Korematsu, American civil rights activist (born in 1919) | |
| March 30th, 2005 (March 30 2005) | Death | O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and cartoonist (born in 1930) | |
| March 30th, 2005 (March 30 2005) | Death | Derrick Plourde, American drummer (born in 1971) | |
| March 30th, 2004 (March 30 2004) | Death | Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (born in 1908) | |
| March 30th, 2004 (March 30 2004) | Death | Hubert Gregg, British broadcaster (born in 1914) | |
| March 30th, 2004 (March 30 2004) | Death | Michael King, New Zealand historian (born in 1945) | |
| March 30th, 2004 (March 30 2004) | Death | Timi Yuro, American singer (born in 1940) | |
| March 30th, 2003 (March 30 2003) | Death | Michael Jeter, American actor (born in 1952) | |
| March 30th, 2003 (March 30 2003) | Death | Valentin Pavlov, Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (born in 1937) | |
| March 30th, 2002 (March 30 2002) | Death | Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (born in 1900) | |
| March 30th, 1999 (March 30 1999) | Death | Gary Morton, American film and television producer (born in 1924) | |
| March 30th, 1997 (March 30 1997) | Event | Five (channel) Begins broadcasting in the UK | |
| March 30th, 1992 (March 30 1992) | Death | Manolis Andronikos, Greek archeologist, professor at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (born in 1919) | Aristotle Quotes |
| March 30th, 1988 (March 30 1988) | Death | Edgar Faure, French politician (born in 1908) | |
| March 30th, 1986 (March 30 1986) | Birth | Beni Arashiro, Japanese singer | |
| March 30th, 1986 (March 30 1986) | Birth | Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer | |
| March 30th, 1986 (March 30 1986) | Death | James Cagney, American actor (born in 1899) | |
| March 30th, 1985 (March 30 1985) | Death | Harold Peary, American actor and singer (heart attack) (born in 1908) | |
| March 30th, 1984 (March 30 1984) | Birth | Mario Ancic, Croatian tennis player | |
| March 30th, 1984 (March 30 1984) | Birth | Anna Nalick, American singer and songwriter. | |
| March 30th, 1984 (March 30 1984) | Death | Karl Rahner, German theologian (born in 1904) | |
| March 30th, 1983 (March 30 1983) | Birth | Jeremie Aliadiere, French footballer | |
| March 30th, 1983 (March 30 1983) | Birth | Zach Gowen, American professional wrestler | |
| March 30th, 1983 (March 30 1983) | Birth | Scott Moffatt, Canadian singer and songwriter | |
| March 30th, 1983 (March 30 1983) | Birth | Davis Romero, Panamanian baseball player | |
| March 30th, 1983 (March 30 1983) | Birth | Hebe Tian, Taiwanese singer (S.H.E) | |
| March 30th, 1982 (March 30 1982) | Event | Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. | |
| March 30th, 1982 (March 30 1982) | Birth | Jason Dohring, American actor | |
| March 30th, 1981 (March 30 1981) | Event | President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| March 30th, 1981 (March 30 1981) | Death | DeWitt Wallace, American publisher (born in 1889) | |
| March 30th, 1980 (March 30 1980) | Birth | Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer | |
| March 30th, 1980 (March 30 1980) | Birth | Yalin, Turkish singer and songwriter | |
| March 30th, 1979 (March 30 1979) | Event | Airey Neave, a British politician, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility. | |
| March 30th, 1979 (March 30 1979) | Birth | Norah Jones, American singer and pianist | Norah Jones Quotes |
| March 30th, 1979 (March 30 1979) | Birth | Simon Webbe, English singer | |
| March 30th, 1978 (March 30 1978) | Birth | Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player | |
| March 30th, 1977 (March 30 1977) | Death | Abdel Halim Hafez, Egyptian singer and actor (born in 1929) | |
| March 30th, 1976 (March 30 1976) | Birth | Mark McClelland, Northern Irish musician (Degrassi) | |
| March 30th, 1976 (March 30 1976) | Birth | Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player | |
| March 30th, 1976 (March 30 1976) | Birth | Obadele Thompson, Barbadian athlete | |
| March 30th, 1975 (March 30 1975) | Birth | Bahar Soomekh, American actress | |
| March 30th, 1973 (March 30 1973) | Birth | Jan Koller, Czech footballer | |
| March 30th, 1973 (March 30 1973) | Birth | Matthew Pritchard, Welsh Stuntman | |
| March 30th, 1972 (March 30 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam. | |
| March 30th, 1972 (March 30 1972) | Birth | Mili Avital, Israeli-American actress | |
| March 30th, 1972 (March 30 1972) | Death | Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (born in 1890) | |
| March 30th, 1971 (March 30 1971) | Birth | Mark Consuelos, American actor | |
| March 30th, 1970 (March 30 1970) | Birth | Secretariat, American racehorse (died in 1989) | |
| March 30th, 1970 (March 30 1970) | Death | Heinrich Bruning, Chancellor of Germany (born in 1885) | |
| March 30th, 1968 (March 30 1968) | Birth | Donna D Errico, American actress and model | |
| March 30th, 1968 (March 30 1968) | Birth | Celine Dion, Canadian singer | |
| March 30th, 1968 (March 30 1968) | Death | Bobby Driscoll, American actor (born in 1937) | |
| March 30th, 1967 (March 30 1967) | Birth | Christopher Bowman, American figure skater (died in 2008) | |
| March 30th, 1967 (March 30 1967) | Birth | Hayashibara Megumi, Japanese voice actress and singer | |
| March 30th, 1967 (March 30 1967) | Death | Jean Toomer, American writer (born in 1894) | Jean Toomer Quotes |
| March 30th, 1966 (March 30 1966) | Birth | Joey Castillo, American drummer (Queens of the Stone Age) | |
| March 30th, 1966 (March 30 1966) | Birth | Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess grandmaster and author | |
| March 30th, 1966 (March 30 1966) | Death | Maxfield Parrish, American artist (born in 1870) | |
| March 30th, 1966 (March 30 1966) | Death | Newbold Morris, American politician (born in 1902) | |
| March 30th, 1965 (March 30 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others. | |
| March 30th, 1965 (March 30 1965) | Birth | Piers Morgan, British journalist | |
| March 30th, 1965 (March 30 1965) | Death | Philip Showalter Hench, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1896) | |
| March 30th, 1964 (March 30 1964) | Birth | Tracy Chapman, American singer | |
| March 30th, 1964 (March 30 1964) | Birth | Vlado Bozinovski, Australian former footballer | |
| March 30th, 1964 (March 30 1964) | Birth | Dave Ellett, Canadian hockey player | |
| March 30th, 1964 (March 30 1964) | Birth | Ian Ziering, American actor | |
| March 30th, 1963 (March 30 1963) | Birth | Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor | |
| March 30th, 1962 (March 30 1962) | Birth | MC Hammer, American rap musician | |
| March 30th, 1962 (March 30 1962) | Birth | Bil Dwyer, American actor | |
| March 30th, 1961 (March 30 1961) | Event | The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York. | |
| March 30th, 1961 (March 30 1961) | Birth | Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1999) | |
| March 30th, 1959 (March 30 1959) | Birth | Peter Ellis, convicted child abuser | |
| March 30th, 1959 (March 30 1959) | Birth | Sabine Meyer, German clarinetist | |
| March 30th, 1959 (March 30 1959) | Death | Daniil Andreev, Russian writer and mystic (born in 1906) | |
| March 30th, 1959 (March 30 1959) | Death | Riccardo Zanella, president of Free State of Fiume (born in 1875) | |
| March 30th, 1958 (March 30 1958) | Birth | Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor | |
| March 30th, 1957 (March 30 1957) | Birth | Paul Reiser, American actor | |
| March 30th, 1956 (March 30 1956) | Birth | Bill Butler, Scottish politician | |
| March 30th, 1955 (March 30 1955) | Birth | Randy VanWarmer, American singer and songwriter (died in 2004) | |
| March 30th, 1954 (March 30 1954) | Event | Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada. | |
| March 30th, 1953 (March 30 1953) | Birth | Cydney Bernard, American film producer | |
| March 30th, 1952 (March 30 1952) | Birth | Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach | |
| March 30th, 1951 (March 30 1951) | Event | Remington Rand delivers the first UNIVAC I computer to the United States Census Bureau. | |
| March 30th, 1951 (March 30 1951) | Birth | Yves Seguin, Quebec politician | |
| March 30th, 1950 (March 30 1950) | Birth | Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian | |
| March 30th, 1950 (March 30 1950) | Death | Leon Blum, French prime minister (born in 1872) | |
| March 30th, 1949 (March 30 1949) | Event | Riot breaks out in Austurvollur square in Reykjavik, when Iceland joined NATO. | |
| March 30th, 1949 (March 30 1949) | Birth | Naomi Sims, American fashion model and businesswoman | |
| March 30th, 1949 (March 30 1949) | Birth | Liza Frulla, Quebec politician | |
| March 30th, 1949 (March 30 1949) | Death | Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born in 1884) | |
| March 30th, 1948 (March 30 1948) | Birth | Mervyn King, British economist | |
| March 30th, 1948 (March 30 1948) | Birth | Eddie Jordan Former owner of Jordan Grand Prix | |
| March 30th, 1947 (March 30 1947) | Birth | Ryszard Kotla, Polish travel writer and activist, tour guide, journalist, academic teacher, engineer | |
| March 30th, 1945 (March 30 1945) | Event | World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna, Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdansk. | |
| March 30th, 1945 (March 30 1945) | Event | World War II: a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans. | |
| March 30th, 1945 (March 30 1945) | Birth | Eric Clapton, British guitarist/singer | Eric Clapton Quotes |
| March 30th, 1945 (March 30 1945) | Birth | Johnnie Walker, British DJ | |
| March 30th, 1943 (March 30 1943) | Birth | Ken Forssi, American musician (Love) (died in 1998) | |
| March 30th, 1943 (March 30 1943) | Death | Jan Bytnar, Polish activist (born in 1921) | |
| March 30th, 1943 (March 30 1943) | Death | Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (born in 1920) | |
| March 30th, 1941 (March 30 1941) | Birth | Graeme Edge, British musician (Moody Blues) | |
| March 30th, 1941 (March 30 1941) | Birth | Wasim Sajjad, President of Pakistan | |
| March 30th, 1941 (March 30 1941) | Birth | Bob Smith, former American politician | |
| March 30th, 1940 (March 30 1940) | Event | Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking to be the capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei. | An Wang Quotes |
| March 30th, 1940 (March 30 1940) | Birth | Jerry Lucas, American basketball player | |
| March 30th, 1939 (March 30 1939) | Event | The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets the world airspeed record of 463 mph. | |
| March 30th, 1939 (March 30 1939) | Event | First flight of the Australian C.A.C. CA-16 Wirraway. | |
| March 30th, 1937 (March 30 1937) | Birth | Warren Beatty, American actor and director | |
| March 30th, 1936 (March 30 1936) | Death | Conchita Supervia, Spanish opera singer (born in 1895) | |
| March 30th, 1935 (March 30 1935) | Birth | Karl Berger, German musicologist and musician | |
| March 30th, 1935 (March 30 1935) | Birth | Willie Galimore, American football player (died in 1964) | |
| March 30th, 1933 (March 30 1933) | Birth | Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director (died in 2007) | |
| March 30th, 1932 (March 30 1932) | Birth | Ted Morgan, Swiss-born writer | |
| March 30th, 1930 (March 30 1930) | Birth | John Astin, American actor | |
| March 30th, 1930 (March 30 1930) | Birth | Rolf Harris, Australian artist and entertainer | |
| March 30th, 1929 (March 30 1929) | Birth | Richard Dysart, American actor | |
| March 30th, 1928 (March 30 1928) | Birth | Robert Badinter, French politician | |
| March 30th, 1928 (March 30 1928) | Birth | Tom Sharpe, English satirical author | |
| March 30th, 1927 (March 30 1927) | Birth | Peter Marshall, American game show host | |
| March 30th, 1926 (March 30 1926) | Birth | Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish entrepreneur | |
| March 30th, 1926 (March 30 1926) | Birth | Werner Torkanowsky, German conductor (died in 1992) | |
| March 30th, 1925 (March 30 1925) | Death | Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher (born in 1861) | Philo Quotes |
| March 30th, 1923 (March 30 1923) | Birth | Milton Acorn, Canadian poet (died in 1986) | |
| March 30th, 1922 (March 30 1922) | Birth | Turhan Bey, Turkish actor | |
| March 30th, 1919 (March 30 1919) | Birth | McGeorge Bundy, American National Security Advisor (died in 1996) | |
| March 30th, 1914 (March 30 1914) | Birth | Sonny Boy Williamson I, American musician (died in 1948) | |
| March 30th, 1913 (March 30 1913) | Birth | Marc Davis, American animator (died in 2000) | |
| March 30th, 1913 (March 30 1913) | Birth | Richard Helms, American CIA director (died in 2002) | |
| March 30th, 1913 (March 30 1913) | Birth | Frankie Laine, American singer (died in 2007) | |
| March 30th, 1913 (March 30 1913) | Birth | Censu Tabone, President of Malta | |
| March 30th, 1912 (March 30 1912) | Event | Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate. | |
| March 30th, 1912 (March 30 1912) | Death | Karl May, German author (born in 1842) | |
| March 30th, 1910 (March 30 1910) | Event | Mississippi Legislature founded The University of Southern Mississippi. | |
| March 30th, 1910 (March 30 1910) | Birth | Jozef Marcinkiewicz, mathematician (died in 1940) | |
| March 30th, 1909 (March 30 1909) | Event | The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens. | |
| March 30th, 1907 (March 30 1907) | Birth | Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German Luftwaffe Officer (died in 1994) | |
| March 30th, 1905 (March 30 1905) | Birth | Albert Pierrepoint, English executioner (died in 1992) | |
| March 30th, 1904 (March 30 1904) | Birth | Ripper Collins, baseball player (died in 1970) | |
| March 30th, 1903 (March 30 1903) | Birth | Countee Cullen, American poet (died in 1946) | |
| March 30th, 1903 (March 30 1903) | Birth | Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (died in 1984) | |
| March 30th, 1902 (March 30 1902) | Birth | Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (died in 2007) | Brooke Astor Quotes |
| March 30th, 1902 (March 30 1902) | Birth | Ted Heath, British musician and band leader (died in 1969) | |
| March 30th, 1899 (March 30 1899) | Birth | Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, well known Bengali writer (died in 1970) | |
| March 30th, 1896 (March 30 1896) | Death | Charilaos Trikoupis, seven times prime-minister of Greece (born in 1832) | |
| March 30th, 1895 (March 30 1895) | Birth | Jean Giono, French author (died in 1970) | |
| March 30th, 1894 (March 30 1894) | Birth | Sergey Ilyushin, Russian aerospace engineer (died in 1977) | |
| March 30th, 1892 (March 30 1892) | Birth | Fortunato Depero, Italian artist (died in 1960) | |
| March 30th, 1892 (March 30 1892) | Birth | Erhard Milch, German field marshal (died in 1972) | Erhard Milch Quotes |
| March 30th, 1886 (March 30 1886) | Death | Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, French Canadian politician (born in 1838) | |
| March 30th, 1885 (March 30 1885) | Event | The Battle for Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire. | |
| March 30th, 1880 (March 30 1880) | Birth | Sean O Casey, Irish dramatist (died in 1964) | |
| March 30th, 1879 (March 30 1879) | Birth | Coen de Koning, Dutch ice skater (died in 1954) | |
| March 30th, 1879 (March 30 1879) | Death | Thomas Couture, French painter and teacher (born in 1815) | |
| March 30th, 1870 (March 30 1870) | Event | Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction. | |
| March 30th, 1867 (March 30 1867) | Event | Alaska is purchased for $7.2 million, about 2 cent/acre ($4.19/km?), by United States Secretary of State William H. Sewardied in The news media call this Seward s Folly. | |
| March 30th, 1864 (March 30 1864) | Birth | Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (died in 1943) | |
| March 30th, 1863 (March 30 1863) | Event | Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece. | |
| March 30th, 1858 (March 30 1858) | Event | Hymen Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser. | |
| March 30th, 1857 (March 30 1857) | Birth | Leon Charles Thevenin, French telegraph engineer (died in 1926) | |
| March 30th, 1856 (March 30 1856) | Event | The Treaty of Paris (1856) is signed, ending the Crimean War. | |
| March 30th, 1855 (March 30 1855) | Event | Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas"Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature. | |
| March 30th, 1853 (March 30 1853) | Birth | Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (died in 1890) | Vincent Van Gogh Quotes |
| March 30th, 1844 (March 30 1844) | Event | One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros. | |
| March 30th, 1844 (March 30 1844) | Birth | Paul Verlaine, French poet (died in 1896) | Paul Verlaine Quotes |
| March 30th, 1842 (March 30 1842) | Event | Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long. | |
| March 30th, 1842 (March 30 1842) | Death | Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, French painter (born in 1755) | |
| March 30th, 1840 (March 30 1840) | Death | Beau Brummell, English celebrity and dandy (born in 1778) | |
| March 30th, 1822 (March 30 1822) | Event | Florida Territory created in the United States. | |
| March 30th, 1820 (March 30 1820) | Birth | Anna Sewell, British author (died in 1878) | |
| March 30th, 1814 (March 30 1814) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris. | |
| March 30th, 1814 (March 30 1814) | Event | Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification. | |
| March 30th, 1804 (March 30 1804) | Death | Victor-Francois, 2nd duc de Broglie, Marshal of France (born in 1718) | |
| March 30th, 1783 (March 30 1783) | Death | William Hunter, Scottish anatomist (born in 1718) | |
| March 30th, 1764 (March 30 1764) | Death | Pietro Locatelli, Italian composer (born in 1695) | |
| March 30th, 1750 (March 30 1750) | Birth | John Stafford Smith, English composer (died in 1836) | |
| March 30th, 1746 (March 30 1746) | Birth | Francisco Goya, Spanish painter (died in 1828) | Francisco Goya Quotes |
| March 30th, 1739 (March 30 1739) | Birth | Maria Josepha of Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (died in 1767) | |
| March 30th, 1707 (March 30 1707) | Death | Vauban, French architect (born in 1633) | |
| March 30th, 1662 (March 30 1662) | Death | Francois le Metel de Boisrobert, French poet (born in 1592) | |
| March 30th, 1640 (March 30 1640) | Birth | John Trenchard, English politician (died in 1695) | |
| March 30th, 1587 (March 30 1587) | Death | Ralph Sadler, English statesman (born in 1507) | |
| March 30th, 1559 (March 30 1559) | Death | Adam Ries, German mathematician (born in 1492) | |
| March 30th, 1540 (March 30 1540) | Death | Matthaus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (born in 1469) | |
| March 30th, 1526 (March 30 1526) | Death | Konrad Mutian, German humanist (born in 1471) | |
| March 30th, 1486 (March 30 1486) | Death | Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury | |
| March 30th, 1432 (March 30 1432) | Birth | Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (died in 1481) | |
| March 30th, 1326 (March 30 1326) | Birth | Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (died in 1359) | |
| March 30th, 1296 (March 30 1296) | Event | Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England. | |
| March 30th, 1282 (March 30 1282) | Event | The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. | |
| March 30th, 1135 (March 30 1135) | Birth | Maimonedes, philosopher (died in 1204) | Philo Quotes |
| March 30th, 0240 (March 30 0240) | Event | 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley s Comet. | |
