March 30

March 30 is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 276 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 598 – Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague.
• 1282 – The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
• 1296 – Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
• 1699 – Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.^[1]
• 1815 – Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
• 1818 – Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads a memoir on optical rotation to the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is "depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid.^[2]
• 1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
• 1841 – The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
• 1842 – Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
• 1844 – One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
• 1855 – Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
• 1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
• 1861 – Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.
• 1863 – Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
• 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
• 1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
• 1885 – The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.
• 1899 – German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
• 1912 – Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
• 1918 – Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
• 1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).
• 1940 – Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
• 1944 – World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
• 1944 – Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of the war.
• 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
• 1949 – Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
• 1961 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
• 1965 – Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
• 1979 – Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
• 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.
• 1982 – Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
• 2009 – Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
• 2017 – SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.^[3][4]

Births

• 892 – Shi Jingtang, founder of the Later Jin Dynasty (d. 942)
• 1135 – Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (April 6 also proposed, d. 1204)
• 1326 – Ivan II of Moscow (d. 1359)
• 1432 – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (d. 1481)
• 1510 – Antonio de Cabezón, Spanish composer and organist (d. 1566)
• 1551 – Salomon Schweigger, German theologian (d. 1622)
• 1606 – Vincentio Reinieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1647)
• 1632 – John Proctor, farmer hanged for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials
• 1640 – John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1695)
• 1727 – Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and educator (d. 1779)
• 1746 – Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor (d. 1828)
• 1750 – John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer (d. 1836)
• 1793 – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1877)
• 1805 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist (d. 1887)
• 1811 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (d. 1899)
• 1820 – Anna Sewell, English author (d. 1878)
• 1820 – James Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1882)^[5]
• 1844 – Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
• 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (d. 1890)
• 1853 – Arnoldo Sartorio, German composer, pianist, and teacher (d. 1936)
• 1857 – Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (d. 1926)
• 1858 – Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941)
• 1863 – Mary Calkins, American philosopher and psychologist (d. 1930)
• 1864 – Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (d. 1943)
• 1874 – Charles Lightoller, English 2nd officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1952)
• 1874 – Josiah McCracken, American hammer thrower, shot putter, and football player (d. 1962)
• 1874 – Nicolae Rădescu, Romanian general and politician, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1953)
• 1875 – Thomas Xenakis, Greek-American gymnast (d. 1942)
• 1879 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (d. 1954)
• 1880 – Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist, playwright, and memoirist (d. 1964)
• 1882 – Melanie Klein, Jewish Austrian-English psychologist and author (d. 1960)
• 1888 – J. R. Williams, Canadian-born cartoonist (d. 1957)
• 1891 – Chunseong, Korean monk, writer and philosopher (d. 1977)
• 1892 – Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician and academic (d. 1945)
• 1892 – Fortunato Depero, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1960)
• 1892 – Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972)
• 1892 – Johannes Pääsuke, Estonian photographer and director (d. 1918)
• 1892 – Erwin Panofsky, German historian and academic (d. 1968)
• 1894 – Tommy Green, English race walker (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer, founded Ilyushin Aircraft Company (d. 1977)
• 1895 – Jean Giono, French author and poet (d. 1970)
• 1895 – Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (d. 1975)
• 1895 – Charlie Wilson, English footballer (d. 1971)
• 1899 – Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, Indian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1970)
• 1902 – Brooke Astor, American socialite and philanthropist (d. 2007)
• 1902 – Ted Heath, English trombonist and composer (d. 1969)
• 1903 – Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (d. 1984)
• 1904 – Ripper Collins, American baseball player and coach (d. 1970)
• 1905 – Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer (d. 1927)
• 1905 – Mikio Oda, Japanese triple jumper and academic (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Albert Pierrepoint, English hangman (d. 1992)
• 1907 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (d. 1994)
• 1910 – Józef Marcinkiewicz, Polish soldier, mathematician, and academic (d. 1940)
• 1911 – Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist and academic (d. 2002)
• 1912 – Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994)
• 1912 – Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004)
• 1913 – Marc Davis, American animator (d. 2000)
• 1913 – Richard Helms, American soldier and diplomat, 8th Director of Central Intelligence (d. 2002)
• 1913 – Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Ċensu Tabone, Maltese general, physician, and politician, 4th President of Malta (d. 2012)
• 1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d. 1948)
• 1915 – Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and politician (d. 2015)
• 1917 – Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1995)
• 1919 – McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (d. 1996)
• 1919 – Robin M. Williams, New Zealand mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
• 1921 – André Fontaine, French historian and journalist (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Turhan Bey, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1922 – Arthur Wightman, American physicist and academic (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright (d. 1986)
• 1926 – Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman, founded IKEA (d. 2018)
• 1927 – Wally Grout, Australian cricketer (d. 1968)
• 1928 – Robert Badinter, French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Justice
• 1928 – Colin Egar, Australian cricket umpire (d. 2008)
• 1928 – Tom Sharpe, English-Spanish author and educator (d. 2013)
• 1929 – Richard Dysart, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1929 – Ray Musto, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
• 1929 – István Rózsavölgyi, Hungarian runner (d. 2012)
• 1930 – John Astin, American actor
• 1930 – Rolf Harris, Australian singer-songwriter
• 1933 – Jean-Claude Brialy, French actor and director (d. 2007)
• 1934 – Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Hans Hollein, Austrian architect and academic, designed Haas House (d. 2014)
• 1935 – Karl Berger, German pianist and composer
• 1935 – Willie Galimore, American football player (d. 1964)
• 1935 – Gordon Mumma, American composer
• 1937 – Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1937 – Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth, English businessman
• 1938 – John Barnhill, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1938 – Klaus Schwab, German economist and engineer, founded the World Economic Forum
• 1940 – Norman Gifford, English cricketer
• 1940 – Jerry Lucas, American basketball player and educator
• 1940 – Hans Ragnemalm, Swedish lawyer and judge (d. 2016)
• 1941 – Graeme Edge, English singer-songwriter and drummer
• 1941 – Ron Johnston, English geographer and academic
• 1941 – Wasim Sajjad, Pakistani lawyer and politician, President of Pakistan
• 1941 – Bob Smith, American soldier and politician
• 1942 – Ruben Kun, Nauruan lawyer and politician, 14th President of Nauru (d. 2014)
• 1942 – Tane Norton, New Zealand rugby player
• 1942 – Kenneth Welsh, Canadian actor
• 1943 – Jay Traynor, American pop and doo-wop singer (d. 2014)
• 1944 – Mark Wylea Erwin, American businessman and diplomat
• 1944 – Brian Wilshire, Australian radio host
• 1945 – Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter
• 1947 – Dick Roche, Irish politician, Minister of State for European Affairs
• 1947 – Terje Venaas, Norwegian bassist
• 1948 – Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English computer programmer and politician
• 1948 – Eddie Jordan, Irish race car driver and team owner, founded Jordan Grand Prix
• 1948 – Mervyn King, English economist and academic
• 1948 – Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, American rock singer (Black Oak Arkansas)
• 1949 – Liza Frulla, Canadian talk show host and politician, 3rd Minister of Canadian Heritage
• 1949 – Dana Gillespie, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 1949 – Naomi Sims, American model and author (d. 2009)
• 1950 – Janet Browne, English-American historian and academic
• 1950 – Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor
• 1950 – Grady Little, American baseball player, coach, and manager
• 1950 – Warren Snowdon, Australian educator and politician, 39th Australian Minister for Veterans' Affairs
• 1951 – Tina Monzon-Palma, Filipino journalist
• 1952 – Stuart Dryburgh, English-New Zealand cinematographer
• 1952 – Peter Knights, Australian footballer and coach
• 1955 – Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2004)
• 1956 – Bill Butler, Scottish educator and politician
• 1956 – Juanito Oiarzabal, Spanish mountaineer
• 1956 – Shahla Sherkat, Iranian journalist and author
• 1957 – Marie-Christine Koundja, Chadian author and diplomat^[6]
• 1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor and comedian
• 1958 – Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor and stand-up comedian
• 1958 – Joey Sindelar, American golfer
• 1959 – Martina Cole, English television host and author
• 1960 – Laurie Graham, Canadian skier
• 1960 – Bill Johnson, American skier (d. 2016)
• 1961 – Mike Thackwell, New Zealand race car driver
• 1961 – Doug Wickenheiser, Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1999)
• 1962 – Mark Begich, American politician
• 1962 – MC Hammer, American rapper and actor
• 1963 – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, Mongolian journalist and politician, 4th President of Mongolia
• 1963 – Eli-Eri Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor
• 1963 – Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, Greek footballer
• 1964 – Vlado Bozinovski, Macedonian-Australian footballer and manager
• 1964 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965 – Piers Morgan, English journalist and talk show host
• 1966 – Efstratios Grivas, Greek chess player and author
• 1966 – Dmitry Volkov, Russian swimmer
• 1966 – Leonid Voloshin, Russian triple jumper
• 1967 – Christopher Bowman, American figure skater and coach (d. 2008)
• 1967 – Richard Hutten, Dutch furniture designer
• 1967 – Julie Richardson, New Zealand tennis player
• 1968 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Troy Bayliss, Australian motorcycle racer
• 1970 – Tobias Hill, English poet and author
• 1971 – Mari Holden, American cyclist
• 1971 – Mark Consuelos, American actor and television personality
• 1972 – Mili Avital, Israeli-American actress
• 1972 – Emerson Thome, Brazilian footballer and scout
• 1972 – Karel Poborský, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Adam Goldstein, American keyboard player, DJ, and producer (d. 2009)
• 1973 – Jan Koller, Czech footballer
• 1973 – Kareem Streete-Thompson, Caymanian-American long jumper
• 1974 – Martin Love, Australian cricketer
• 1975 – Paul Griffen, New Zealand-Italian rugby player
• 1976 – Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player
• 1976 – Obadele Thompson, Barbadian sprinter
• 1976 – Troels Lund Poulsen, Danish politician, Minister for Education of Denmark
• 1977 – Abhishek Chaubey, Indian director and screenwriter
• 1978 – Paweł Czapiewski, Polish runner
• 1978 – Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player and coach
• 1978 – Bok van Blerk, South African singer-songwriter and actor
• 1979 – Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and pianist
• 1979 – Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian footballer
• 1980 – Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer
• 1981 – Jammal Brown, American football player
• 1981 – Andrea Masi, Italian rugby player
• 1982 – Mark Hudson, English footballer
• 1982 – Philippe Mexès, French footballer
• 1982 – Javier Portillo, Spanish footballer
• 1982 – Jason Dohring, American actor
• 1983 – Jérémie Aliadière, French footballer
• 1984 – Mario Ančić, Croatian tennis player
• 1984 – Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
• 1985 – Giacomo Ricci, Italian race car driver
• 1986 – Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
• 1987 – Trent Barreta, American wrestler
• 1987 – Calum Elliot, Scottish footballer
• 1987 – Kwok Kin Pong, Hong Kong footballer
• 1987 – Marc-Édouard Vlasic, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1988 – Will Matthews, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 – Thanasis Papazoglou, Greek footballer
• 1988 – Richard Sherman, American football player
• 1989 – Chris Sale, American baseball player
• 1989 – João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player
• 1990 – Michal Březina, Czech figure skater
• 1992 – Palak Muchhal, Indian playback singer
• 1993 – Javid Bowen, Australian rugby league player
• 1993 – Anitta, Brazilian singer and entertainer
• 1994 – Jetro Willems, Dutch footballer
• 1998 – Kalyn Ponga, Australian rugby league player
• 2000 – Colton Herta, American racing driver^[7]

Deaths

• 116 – Quirinus of Neuss, Roman martyr and saint
• 365 – Ai of Jin, emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b. 341)
• 943 – Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (b. 889)
• 987 – Arnulf II, Count of Flanders (b. 960)
• 1180 – Al-Mustadi, Caliph (b. 1142)
• 1202 – Joachim of Fiore, Italian mystic and theologian (b. 1135)
• 1465 – Isabella of Clermont, queen consort of Naples (b. c. 1424)
• 1472 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (b. 1435)
• 1486 – Thomas Bourchier, English cardinal (b. 1404)
• 1526 – Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471)
• 1540 – Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German cardinal (b. 1469)
• 1559 – Adam Ries, German mathematician and academic (b. 1492)
• 1587 – Ralph Sadler, English politician, Secretary of State for England (b. 1507)
• 1662 – François le Métel de Boisrobert, French poet and playwright (b. 1592)
• 1689 – Kazimierz Łyszczyński, Polish atheist and philosopher (b. 1634)
• 1707 – Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, French general and engineer (b. 1633)
• 1764 – Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and composer (b. 1695)
• 1783 – William Hunter, Scottish anatomist and physician (b. 1718)
• 1804 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French Secretary of State for War (b. 1718)
• 1806 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757)
• 1830 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763)
• 1840 – Beau Brummell, English-French fashion designer (b. 1778)
• 1842 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755)
• 1864 – Louis Schindelmeisser, German clarinet player, composer, and conductor (b. 1811)
• 1873 – Bénédict Morel, Austrian-French psychiatrist and physician (b. 1809)
• 1879 – Thomas Couture, French painter and educator (b. 1815)
• 1886 – Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Premier of Quebec (b. 1838)
• 1896 – Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician, 55th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1832)
• 1912 – Karl May, German author (b. 1842)
• 1925 – Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and author (b. 1861)
• 1935 – Romanos Melikian, Armenian composer (b. 1883)
• 1936 – Conchita Supervía, Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1895)
• 1940 – Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1876)
• 1943 – Jan Bytnar, Polish lieutenant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1921)
• 1943 – Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish sergeant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1920)
• 1945 – Béla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1885)
• 1949 – Friedrich Bergius, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1884)
• 1949 – Dattaram Hindlekar, Indian cricketer (b. 1909)
• 1950 – Léon Blum, French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
• 1952 – Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905)
• 1955 – Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1899)
• 1956 – Edmund Clerihew Bentley, English author and poet (b. 1875)
• 1959 – Daniil Andreyev, Russian mystic and poet (b. 1906)
• 1959 – John Auden, English solicitor, deputy coroner and a territorial soldier (b. 1894)
• 1959 – Riccardo Zanella, Italian politician (b. 1875)
• 1960 – Joseph Haas, German composer and educator (b. 1879)
• 1961 – Philibert Jacques Melotte, English astronomer (b. 1880)
• 1963 – Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and composer (b. 1893)
• 1964 – Nella Larsen, American nurse and author (b. 1891)
• 1965 – Philip Showalter Hench, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1896)
• 1966 – Newbold Morris, American lawyer and politician (b. 1902)
• 1966 – Maxfield Parrish, American painter and illustrator (b. 1870)
• 1966 – Erwin Piscator, German director and producer (b. 1893)
• 1967 – Paul Clayton, American folksinger and folklorist
• 1967 – Frank Thorpe, Australian public servant (b. 1885)
• 1967 – Jean Toomer, American poet and novelist (b. 1894)
• 1969 – Lucien Bianchi, Belgian race car driver (b. 1934)
• 1970 – Heinrich Brüning, German economist and politician, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1885)
• 1972 – Mahir Çayan, Turkish politician (b. 1946)
• 1972 – Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator (b. 1890)
• 1973 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, Scottish pilot and politician (b. 1903)
• 1973 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, French racing driver (b. 1904)
• 1975 – Peter Bamm, German journalist and author (b. 1897)
• 1977 – Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer and educator (b. 1889)
• 1978 – George Paine, English cricketer and coach (b. 1908)
• 1978 – Memduh Tağmaç, Turkish general (b. 1904)
• 1979 – Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (b. 1916)
• 1979 – Ray Ventura, French pianist and bandleader (b. 1908)
• 1981 – DeWitt Wallace, American publisher, co-founded Reader's Digest (b. 1889)
• 1984 – Karl Rahner, German-Austrian priest and theologian (b. 1904)
• 1985 – Harold Peary, American actor and singer (b. 1908)
• 1986 – James Cagney, American actor and dancer (b. 1899)
• 1986 – John Ciardi, American poet and etymologist (b. 1916)
• 1988 – Edgar Faure, French historian and politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Harry Bridges, Australian-born American activist and trade union leader (b. 1901)
• 1992 – Manolis Andronikos, Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1919)
• 1993 – S. M. Pandit, Indian painter (b. 1916)
• 1993 – Richard Diebenkorn, American painter (b. 1922)
• 1995 – Rozelle Claxton, American pianist (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Tony Lock, English-Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1929)
• 1995 – Paul A. Rothchild, American record producer (b. 1935)
• 1996 – Hugh Falkus, English pilot and author (b. 1917)
• 1996 – Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (b. 1916)
• 2000 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (b. 1915)
• 2002 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
• 2002 – Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and lyricist (b. 1930)
• 2003 – Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952)
• 2003 – Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and politician, 11th Prime Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
• 2004 – Alistair Cooke, English-American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 2004 – Hubert Gregg, English actor and director (b. 1914)
• 2004 – Michael King, New Zealand historian and author (b. 1945)
• 2004 – Timi Yuro, American singer and songwriter (b. 1940)
• 2005 – Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist, and poet (b. 1926)
• 2005 – Milton Green, American hurdler and soldier (b. 1913)
• 2005 – Fred Korematsu, American political activist (b. 1919)
• 2005 – O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and illustrator (b. 1930)
• 2005 – Mitch Hedberg, American stand-up comedian (b. 1968)
• 2006 – Red Hickey, American football player and coach (b. 1917)
• 2006 – John McGahern, Irish author and educator (b. 1934)
• 2007 – John Roberts, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician, 46th Secretary of State for Canada (b. 1933)
• 2008 – Roland Fraïssé, French mathematical logician (b. 1920)
• 2008 – David Leslie, Scottish racing car driver (b. 1953)
• 2008 – Richard Lloyd, English racing car driver (b. 1945)
• 2008 – Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photographer and journalist (b. 1942)
• 2010 – Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator (b. 1930)
• 2010 – Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (b. 1922)
• 2010 – Martin Sandberger, German SS officer (b. 1911)
• 2012 – Janet Anderson Perkin, Canadian baseball player and curler (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Aquila Berlas Kiani, Indian-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Francesco Mancini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Granville Semmes, American businessman, founded 1-800-Flowers (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Leonid Shebarshin, Russian KGB officer (b. 1935)
• 2013 – Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (b. 1923)
• 2013 – Bobby Parks, American basketball player and coach (b. 1962)
• 2013 – Phil Ramone, South African-American songwriter and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (b. 1934)
• 2013 – Edith Schaeffer, Chinese-Swiss religious leader and author, co-founded L'Abri (b. 1914)
• 2013 – Bob Turley, American baseball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2014 – Ray Hutchison, American lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
• 2014 – Kate O'Mara, English actress (b. 1939)
• 2015 – Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
• 2015 – Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1954)
• 2015 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1921)
• 2018 – Bill Maynard, English actor (b. 1928)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy
  • Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka
  • John Climacus
  • Mamertinus of Auxerre
  • Quirinus of Neuss
  • Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs)
  • Tola of Clonard
  • March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Earliest day on which the first day of Hocktide can fall, while April 3 is the latest; observed on the second Monday after Easter. (Hungerford, England; popular in medieval England)
• Land Day (Palestine)
• National Doctors' Day (United States)
• Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
• School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)

References

External links

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• BBC: On This Day
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