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30 Mar 1282
The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers
30 Mar 1296
Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed during armed conflict between Scotland and England
30 Mar 1422
Ketsugan Zen teacher performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple
30 Mar 1456
Prince Louis of Bourbon elected Bishop of Liege
30 Mar 1474
Duke Sigismund of Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
30 Mar 1533
Thomas Cranmer becomes Archbishop of Canterbury
30 Mar 1603
Battle at Mellifont English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
30 Mar 1814
Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification
30 Mar 1822
Congress combines East & West Florida into Florida Territory
30 Mar 1842
Ether used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Georgia)
30 Mar 1858
Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia)
30 Mar 1863
Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece
30 Mar 1866
Bedrich Smetanas Verkaufte Braut (Sold Bride) premieres
30 Mar 1867
US buys Alaska from Russia for 7200000 (2 cents an acre - Sewards Folly)
30 Mar 1870
15th Amendment to the US constitution is adopted guarantees right to vote regardless of race
30 Mar 1870
Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
30 Mar 1883
45th Grand National Austrian breeder owner Count Karel Kinsky rides Zoedone to 10 length win only 10 starters the smallest GN field in history first winning jockey from outside Britain and Ireland
30 Mar 1885
The Battle for Kushka triggers the Pandjeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
30 Mar 1893
Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
30 Mar 1894
56th Grand National Jockey Arthur Nightingall wins his second GN aboard 51 joint favourite Why Not
30 Mar 1895
British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford and Cambridge boat race
30 Mar 1918
Stanley Cup Mutual Street Arena Toronto ON Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory first series contested by the new NHL
30 Mar 1919
Paul Claudels Tte dOr premieres in Paris
30 Mar 1922
KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
30 Mar 1922
WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
30 Mar 1923
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority formed at Howard U in 1920 incorporates
30 Mar 1900
Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law
30 Mar 1900
62nd Grand National Algy Anthony wins aboard Ambush II owner is Prince Of Wales (King Edward VII)
30 Mar 1906
68th Grand National Aubrey Hastings wins aboard 201 shot Ascetics Silver
30 Mar 1909
New Yorks Queensboro Bridge opens linking Manhattan & Queens
30 Mar 1910
Mississippi Legislature founded The University of Southern Mississippi
30 Mar 1911
Ltschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13735 m) completed
30 Mar 1916
Stanley Cup Final Montreal Arena Westmount Quebec Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA) 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory
30 Mar 1925
Stanley Cup Final Patrick Arena Victoria BC Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montreal Canadiens (NHL) 6-1 for a 3-1 series win last non-NHL team to win trophy
30 Mar 1928
87th Grand National Mr. William Dutton aboard 1001 long-shot Tipperary Tim wins as all of the 41 other starters fall during the race
30 Mar 1935
Newfoundland changes time to 3 hrs W of Greenwich repeats 44 sec
30 Mar 1939
The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets the world airspeed record of 463 mph.
30 Mar 1939
First flight of the Australian C.A.C. CA-16 Wirraway military aircraft
30 Mar 1940
2nd NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Indiana beats Kansas 60-42
30 Mar 1942
1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau
30 Mar 1942
SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki concentration camp
30 Mar 1943
5th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Wyoming beats Georgetown 46-34
30 Mar 1945
289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund
30 Mar 1945
World War II a defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmitt Me 262A-1 to Americans
30 Mar 1946
St Louis Woman opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 113 performances
30 Mar 1946
Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
30 Mar 1946
Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill OReilly (5-14 & 3-19)
30 Mar 1949
Riot breaks out in Austurvllur square in Reykjavk when Iceland joins NATO
30 Mar 1950
Phototransistor invention announced Murray Hill New Jersey
30 Mar 1952
6th Tony Awards The Fourposter and The King & I win
30 Mar 1954
Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers v England at Kingston
30 Mar 1957
1st performance of Walter Pistons 4th Symphony
30 Mar 1957
111th Grand National Fred Winter aboard 201 bet Sundew wins by 8 lengths from Wyndburgh
30 Mar 1959
WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo NY (PBS) begins broadcasting
30 Mar 1961
NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169600 (51690 m)
30 Mar 1961
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York
30 Mar 1963
117th Grand National 19-year old jockey Pat Buckley aboard 661 outsider Ayala wins by 34 of a length from Carrickbeg
30 Mar 1965
Vietnam War A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon killing 22 and wounding 183 others
30 Mar 1967
Cover picture of Beatles Sgt Peppers is photographed
30 Mar 1968
General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia
30 Mar 1968
122nd Grand National 20-year old Brian Fletcher aboard 1007 chance Red Alligator rides the first of 3 GN victories
30 Mar 1969
Loyalists bomb water and electricity installations in Northern Ireland in the hope that the attacks would be blamed on the IRA and on elements of the civil rights movement which was demanding an end to discrimination against Catholics
30 Mar 1970
Applause opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances
30 Mar 1970
Strouse Adams Comden & Greens musical Applause premieres in NYC
30 Mar 1970
USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
30 Mar 1972
Funny Thing Happened... opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 performances
30 Mar 1972
North Vietnam launches a major conventional offensive against South Vietnam
30 Mar 1972
Northern Irelands Government and Parliament dissolved by the British Government and direct rule from Westminster is introduced
30 Mar 1973
Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam
30 Mar 1974
128th Grand National Brian Fletcher aboard Red Rum wins for the 2nd consecutive year horse goes on to win 1977 race for 3 GN victories Fletchers record 3rd GN win
30 Mar 1975
Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
30 Mar 1976
Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
30 Mar 1978
History of the American Film opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 performances
30 Mar 1979
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.
30 Mar 1980
Mark Medoffs Children of a Lesser God premieres in NYC
30 Mar 1981
43rd NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
30 Mar 1981
Chariots of Fire directed by Hugh Hudson and starring Ben Cross and Ian Charleson premieres at a Royal Command Film Performance (Best Picture 1982)
30 Mar 1982
3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands NM
30 Mar 1982
John Pielmeiers Agnes of God premieres in NYC
30 Mar 1983
Ray Cooneys Run for your Wives premieres in London
30 Mar 1983
New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) begins trading in crude oil future
30 Mar 1984
US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
30 Mar 1984
Worlds most valuable tip - New York police detective Robert Cunningham offers waitress Phyllis Penzo half of 1 lottery ticket next day they win 6 million
30 Mar 1985
139th Grand National Welsh jockey Hywel Davies aboard 11-year old 501 outsider Last Suspect wins by 1 lengths from Mr. Snugfit
30 Mar 1985
Ireland beats England 13-10 at Lansdowne Road Dublin to clinch its 10th outright Five Nations Rugby Championship and 6th triple Crown
30 Mar 1986
Tango Argentino closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 198 performances
30 Mar 1986
5th NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Texas beats USC 97-81
30 Mar 1986
PGA Tournament Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass John Mahaffey wins by 1 stroke ahead of runner-up Larry Mize
30 Mar 1988
Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy
30 Mar 1991
Speed of Darkness closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 performances
30 Mar 1991
1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles)
30 Mar 1991
Last issue of Dutch Newspaper Vre Folk (Free People)
30 Mar 1991
Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title
30 Mar 1991
William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman (found not guilty)
30 Mar 1992
CBS TV premieres overnight news program Up To The Minute
30 Mar 1992
Man accidentally backs in As Jose Cansecos 225000 Lamborghini
30 Mar 1992
WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC)
30 Mar 1993
Redwood Curtain opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 40 performances
30 Mar 1993
Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election
30 Mar 1993
Lanford Wilsons Redwood Curtain premieres in NYC
30 Mar 1993
New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield
30 Mar 1993
Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Crickets Ranji Trophy
30 Mar 1994
Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Crickets Ranji Trophy
30 Mar 1994
England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
30 Mar 1995
Arcadia opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 204 performances
30 Mar 1996
Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
30 Mar 1996
NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
30 Mar 1996
149th Grand National 71 favourite Rough Quest ridden by Irish jockey Mick Fitzgerald wins by 1 lengths from Encore Un Peu
30 Mar 1997
16th NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59
30 Mar 1997
PGA Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass Steve Elkington of Australia leads wire-to-wire to win his 2nd PC title a record 7 strokes ahead of runner-up Scott Hoch.
30 Mar 1997
Nabisco Dinah Shore Womens Golf Mission Hills CC 41-year old Betsy King wins her 3rd title in this event 2 strokes ahead of Kris Tschetter and Amy Fruhwirth last of her 6 major titles
30 Mar 1998
60th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Kentucky beats Utah 78-69
30 Mar 2003
In a final match decider England beats Ireland 42-6 in Dublin to complete a Grand Slam and win the Six Nations Rugby Championship Jonny Wilkinson kicks 3 conversions a penalty and 2 dropped goals for England
30 Mar 2003
PGA Players Championship TPC at Sawgrass Davis Love III shoots a final round 64 to win his 2nd Players title 6 strokes ahead of runners-up Jay Haas and Pdraig Harrington
30 Mar 2003
Kraft Nabisco Championship Womens Golf Mission Hills CC Patricia Meunier-Lebouc of France wins her only major title 1 stroke ahead of the 2-time defending champion Annika Srenstam of Sweden
30 Mar 2006
Marcos Pontes is the first Brazilian astronaut in space
30 Mar 2011
Global credit information group Experian report that economic recovery in Wales slower than the rest of the UK forecasting growth of 1.6% vs 2.2% for the rest of the UK
30 Mar 2012
Spanish Government cuts 27 billion Euros from its budget in a tough austerity measure
30 Mar 2012
Mastercard and Visa announce a massive breach in security with over ten million compromised credit card numbers
30 Mar 2012
American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars
30 Mar 2013
North Korea declares it is at a state of war with South Korea
30 Mar 2013
Uhuru Kenyatta is declared the rightful winner of the Kenyan presidential election by the Supreme Court
30 Mar 2017
North Carolina repeals its controversial bathroom law that restricted transgender use
30 Mar 2017
Venezuela Supreme Court takes over legislative powers of the National Assembly opposition calls it a coup
30 Mar 2017
Ex-South Korean president Park Geun-hye arrested in corruption investigation
30 Mar 2018
Palestinians begin a Great March of Return 6 weeks of protests on the Gaza Strip demanding Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to Israel. 19 Palestinians killed 1416 injured on the first day.
30 Mar 1939
Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph
30 Mar 1940
2nd NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Indiana beats Kansas 60-42 Hoosiers forward Marvin Huffman is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
30 Mar 1943
5th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Wyoming beats Georgetown 46-34 Cowboys point guard Ken Sailors is named tournament Most Outstanding Player
30 Mar 1947
LPGA Titleholders Championship Womens Golf Augusta CC Babe Didrikson Zaharias wins her first of 3 Titleholders titles by 5 strokes ahead of Dorothy Kirby
30 Mar 1972
Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 performances
30 Mar 1986
5th NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Texas beats USC 97-81 Longhorns Clarissa Davis MOP award complete first undefeated season (34-0)
30 Mar 1992
P J Patterson resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica
30 Mar 1997
16th NCAA Womens Basketball Championship Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59 Volunteers 5th national title
30 Mar 1998
60th NCAA Mens Basketball Championship Kentucky beats Utah 78-69 Wildcats 2nd title in 3 seasons and 7th overall
30 Mar 2003
WrestleMania XIX Safeco Field Seattle WA (54097) Brock Lesnar wins WWE Heavyweight Championship against Kurt Angle
30 Mar 2019
Zuzana Caputova elected President of Slovakia the countrys first female head of state
30 Mar 2020
Russian city Moscow begins a city-wide lockdown after 4 hours notice due to coronavirus COVID-19
30 Mar 1951
1st performance of Walter Pistons 4th Symphony commissioned to mark the University of Minnesotas centennial debuts by the Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra Antal Dorti conducting
30 Mar 2020
Russian city Moscow begins a city-wide lockdown after 4 hours notice due to COVID-19
30 Mar 2020
Three out of four Americans now ordered to stay home due to COVID-19 as states of Virginia Maryland Arizona and Florida issue lockdowns
30 Mar 1814
Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification
30 Mar 1866
Bedich Smetanas comic operaVerkaufte Braut (The Bartered Bride) premieres at Prague Provisional Theatre
30 Mar 1893
Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
30 Mar 1916
Stanley Cup Final Montreal Arena Westmount Quebec Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA) 2-1 for a 3-2 series victory
30 Mar 1950
Bell Telephone Laboratories announces invention of the phototransistor in Murray Hill New Jersey
30 Mar 1970
Soap opera Another World in Somerset premieres on NBC running through 1976
30 Mar 1970
Strouse Adams Comden & Greens musical Applause an adaptation of the 1950 film All About Eve premieres in NYC runs for 900 performances
30 Mar 1975
James Rupert kills 11 members of his family on Easter Sunday in Hamilton Ohio
30 Mar 1982
3rd NASA Space Shuttle Mission Columbia 3 lands at White Sands New Mexico
30 Mar 1982
John Pielmeiers playAgnes of God about a nun who gives birth and insists it was immaculate conception premieres at the Music Box Theatre. NYC runs for 599 performances
30 Mar 1990
Jack Nicklaus makes his debut on the Senior PGA Tour with a 71 (-1) in the first round of The Tradition at Desert Mountain wins the event by 4 strokes from Gary Player
30 Mar 1993
Lanford Wilsons play Redwood Curtain starring Jeff Daniels opens at Brooks Atkinson Theatre NYC runs for 40 performances
30 Mar 1997
TV network Channel 5 begins broadcasting in the UK
30 Mar 1952
6th Tony Awards The Fourposter (play) and The King & I (musical) win
30 Mar 1970
American television soap opera Another World in Somerset premieres on NBC runs until 1976
30 Mar 1970
Strouse Adams Comden & Greens musical Applause an adaptation of the 1950 film All About Eve starring Lauren Bacall opens at the Palace Theatre NYC runs for 896 performances and wins 4 Tony and 3 Drama Desk Awards
30 Mar 1970
USSR wins its 8th straight Ice Hockey World Championship in Stockholm Sweden 10th overall win
30 Mar 2020
International Olympic Committee announces postponed Summer Olympic Games will be held July 23-August 8 in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic
30 Mar 2022
Computers Turing Award won by American programmer Jack Dongarra whose work paved the way for supercomputers [1]
30 Mar 1982
John Pielmeiers playAgnes of God about a nun who gives birth and insists it was immaculate conception premieres at the Music Box Theatre NYC runs for 599 performances
30 Mar 1999
Craig Kilborn becomes the host of The Late Late Show on CBS hosts the program through 2004
30 Mar 1422
Zen teacher Ketsugan performs exorcisms to free Aizji Temple in Fukushima Japan
30 Mar 1870
The 15th Amendment to the US Constitution is adopted guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race
30 Mar 1972
Northern Irelands government and parliament are dissolved by the British government and direct rule from Westminster is introduced
30 Mar 1982
John Pielmeiers play Agnes of God about a nun who gives birth and insists it was immaculate conception premieres at the Music Box Theatre NYC runs for 599 performances
30 Mar 1984
Worlds most valuable tip - New York police detective Robert Cunningham offers waitress Phyllis Penzo half of a 1 lottery ticket the next day they win 6 million
30 Mar 1842
Ether is used as an anesthetic for the first time by Dr. Crawford Long in Georgia
30 Mar 1858
Pencil with attached eraser is patented by Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia
30 Mar 1939
Batman debuts in the 27th issue of Detective Comics by DC Comics
30 Mar 1976
Land Day six unarmed Palestinians killed and hundreds injured at protest against Israels land confiscation
30 Mar 1991
1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium in Miami Gardens Florida (New York Yankees vs Baltimore Orioles)
30 Mar 2018
Palestinians begin a Great March of Return six weeks of protests on the Gaza Strip demanding Palestinian refugees be allowed to return to Israel. 19 Palestinians killed 1416 injured on the first day