Tukuk-OS📅 March 30
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 30? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2023 — Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to be indicted by a grand jury.
- 2009 — The Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked and held for several hours by 12 gunmen, resulting in 16 deaths and 95 injuries.
- 2002 — Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, widow of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, died at Royal Lodge aged 101.
- 1977 — Annie Hall had its first screening at the LA Film Festival; it was voted the funniest screenplay ever by members of the Writers Guild of America.
- 1972 — Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South Vietnamese units as possible.
- 1964 — Jeopardy!, the popular American game show created by Merv Griffin, made its debut on the NBC television network.
- 1950 — Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as the first Indonesian film.
- 1921 — The Australian Air Corps was disbanded, to be replaced the following day by the Australian Air Force.
- 1918 — Four days of inter-ethnic clashes broke out in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in about 12,000 deaths.
- 1912 — Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a French protectorate.
Abd al-Hafid of MoroccoTreaty of FesFrench protectorate in Morocco
- 1867 — U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million.
- 1863 — George I (pictured) became King of the Hellenes.
- 1861 — British chemist William Crookes published his discovery of thallium using flame spectroscopy.
- 1822 — The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory.
- 1815 — Joachim Murat, King of Naples, issued the Rimini Proclamation, among the earliest calls for Italian unification.
Joachim MuratKingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)Rimini Proclamation
- 1730 — The Author's Farce, by Henry Fielding, premiered at the Little Theatre in London.
- 1282 — Sicilians began to rebel against the rule of the Angevin King Charles I of Naples, starting the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
Births
- 2001 — Anastasia Potapova, Russian tennis player
- 2000 — Colton Herta, American race car driver
- 1998 — Kalyn Ponga, Australian rugby league player
- 1997 — Cha Eun-woo, South Korean singer, actor, and model
- 1996 — Ryan Noda, American baseball player
- 1995 — Zay Jones, American football player
- 1995 — Simone Ashley, English actress
- 1994 — Alex Bregman, American baseball player
- 1994 — Jetro Willems, Dutch footballer
- 1993 — Anitta, Brazilian singer and entertainer
- 1992 — Palak Muchhal, Indian playback singer
- 1991 — NF, American rapper
Deaths
- 2026 — Chan Santokhi, Surinamese politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1959)
- 2024 — Tim McGovern, American visual effects artist (born 1955)
- 2024 — Chance Perdomo, British-American actor (born 1996)
- 2023 — Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host (born 1951)
- 2021 — G. Gordon Liddy, chief operative in the Watergate scandal (born 1930)
- 2021 — Myra Frances, British actress (born 1942)
- 2020 — Manolis Glezos, Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and folk hero (born 1922)
- 2020 — Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
- 2018 — Bill Maynard, English actor (born 1928)
- 2015 — Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
- 2015 — Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (born 1954)
- 2015 — Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1921)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy
- Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka
- Christian feast day: John Climacus
- Christian feast day: Mamertinus of Auxerre
- Christian feast day: Quirinus of Neuss
- Christian feast day:
Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs)
Thomas Son ChasuhnMarie-Nicolas-Antoine DaveluyKorean Martyrs
- Christian feast day: Tola of Clonard
- Christian feast day: March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Land Day (Palestine)
- National Doctors' Day (United States)
- Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)
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