This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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                               By Scott Labrecque 
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Births:  
 
03/30/1135 Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], C•rodoba Spain, philospher/physician

03/30/1135 Rambam, Jewish leader 
03/30/1222 Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint 
03/30/1432 Mohammed II [Fƒtih], Sultan of Turkey (1451-81) 
03/30/1681 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver 
03/30/1687 Johann Balthasar Freisslich, composer 
03/30/1697 John-Baptist Xavery, Flemish sculptor 
03/30/1719 John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music 
03/30/1727 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace) 
03/30/1746 Francisco Jose de Goya, Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja) 
03/30/1750 John Stafford Smith, composer 
03/30/1772 Johann Wilhelm Wilms, composer 
03/30/1790 Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877 
03/30/1804 Salomon Sulzer, composer 
03/30/1805 Adrien de La Fage, composer 
03/30/1815 Wincenty Studzinski, composer 
03/30/1823 Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 
03/30/1824 Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 
03/30/1825 Samuel Bell Maxey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 
03/30/1830 Auguste Tolbecque, composer 
03/30/1830 Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher 
03/30/1835 Bernhard Scholz, composer 
03/30/1836 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician 
03/30/1842 John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher 
03/30/1844 Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur) 
03/30/1853 Vincent van Gogh, Holland, artist who always lent an ear (Irises) 
03/30/1864 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician 
03/30/1865 Heinrich Rubens, German physicist 
03/30/1872 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, composer 
03/30/1876 Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer 
03/30/1880 Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World) 
03/30/1882 Melanie Klein, Austrian/British psycho analysis 
03/30/1883 Jo Davidson, US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman) 
03/30/1886 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician 
03/30/1887 Albert Termote, Belgian/Neth sculptor 
03/30/1888 Anna Q Nilsson, Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin) 
03/30/1891 John B Cammans, Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov) 
03/30/1892 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian 
03/30/1894 Sergei Ilyushin, Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin) 
03/30/1895 Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant) 
03/30/1898 Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill) 
03/30/1899 Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM) 
03/30/1903 Sol C Siegel, US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes) 
03/30/1904 Akarova, [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Lesson biches) 
03/30/1905 Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1928) 
03/30/1908 Camille Schmit, composer 
03/30/1908 Kurt Bruggemann, composer 
03/30/1913 Frankie Laine, Chicago Ill, actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide) 
03/30/1913 Richard Helms, former CIA head 
03/30/1914 Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician (Down & Out Blues) 
03/30/1917 Els Aarne, composer 
03/30/1917 Rudolf Bruci, composer 
03/30/1918 Joseph Allen Jr, actor (Death of a Champion, Night Before the Divorc

03/30/1919 McGeorge Bundy, national security adviser under JFK 
03/30/1920 Turhan Bey, actor (Dragon Seed, Sudam , Ali Baba & 40 Thieves) 
03/30/1921 Kan Ishii, composer 
03/30/1921 Oto Ferenczy, composer 
03/30/1922 German Germanovich Galinin, composer 
03/30/1922 Peter Jona Korn, composer 
03/30/1924 Milko Kelemen, composer 
03/30/1925 Ivo Malek, composer 
03/30/1926 Ray McAnally, actor (My Left Foot, Mission, We're No Angels) 
03/30/1926 Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph) 
03/30/1927 Peter Marshall, Huntington WV, TV host (Hollywood Squares) 
03/30/1928 Diether de la Motte, composer 
03/30/1929 Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law) 
03/30/1929 Shirley Stoler, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties) 
03/30/1930 John Astin, Balt Md, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Adamms Family)

03/30/1930 Rolf Harris, British cartoonist 
03/30/1931 Harold Burrage, US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver) 
03/30/1931 Sandor Szokolay, composer 
03/30/1933 Jean-Claude Brialy, actor (Circle of Love, Claire's Knee, Cousins) 
03/30/1935 Gordon Mumma, composer 
03/30/1935 John Charles Eaton, composer 
03/30/1936 Richard Baker, Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher/Dharma Sangha 
03/30/1937 Jay W Macintosh, Gainesville Ga, actress (Sons & Daughters) 
03/30/1937 Warren Beatty, Richmond Va, (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy) 
03/30/1940 Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer(?)/orchestra leader(?) 
03/30/1940 Jerry Lucas, NBA center (NY Knicks) (NBA rookie of year 1964) 
03/30/1941 Robert C Smith, (Rep-R-NH, 1985-  ) 
03/30/1941 Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964) 
03/30/1944 Gerrit Komr˜, poet/essayist (Happy Schizo) 
03/30/1944 Graeme Edge, drummer (Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams) 
03/30/1945 Eric Clapton, [Clapp], guitarist/vocalist (Cream, Tears In Heaven) 
03/30/1948 Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy) 
03/30/1948 Justin Deas, Penn, actor (Dream Lover, Montana, Intimate Strangers) 
03/30/1950 Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981-  ) 
03/30/1950 Eugene Bowen, composer 
03/30/1955 Randy Wanwarmer, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most) 
03/30/1957 Paul Reiser, NYC, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Cross My Heart) 
03/30/1957 Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russia, cosmonaut 
03/30/1962 'M C' Hammer, [Stanley], rapper (It's Hammer Time) 
03/30/1964 Tracy Chapman, US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast Car) 
03/30/1967 Ian Ziering, West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 9021

03/30/1968 Celine Dion, Quebec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman) 
03/30/1969 Marco Foddis, pop drummer (pestilence) 
03/30/1970 Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown (1973) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
03/30/ 988 Arnulf II, count of Flanders, dies 
03/30/1202 Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies 
03/30/1547 Fran‡ois I van Valois-Angoulˆme, King of France, dies at 52 
03/30/1707 S‚bastien le Prestre Vauban, French fortress architect, dies at 73 
03/30/1757 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz, composer, dies at 40 
03/30/1764 Pietro Antonio Locatelli, Italian violinist/composer, dies at 68 
03/30/1864 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser, composer, dies 52 
03/30/1871 WFAA Louisa/Lovisa, queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42 
03/30/1872 Nicolaos Mantzaros, composer, dies at 76 
03/30/1875 Marie Moke Pleyel, composer, dies at 63 
03/30/1879 David Van de Kellen, coin engraver, dies at 74 
03/30/1884 Hans Hampel, composer, dies at 61 
03/30/1906 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 
03/30/1910 Jean Mor‚as, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies 
03/30/1912 Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies 
03/30/1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austria philosopher (anthroposophy), dies 
03/30/1926 Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies 
03/30/1930 Jean Mor‚as, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies 
03/30/1935 Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan, composer, dies at 51 
03/30/1945 Karel Moor, composer, dies at 71 
03/30/1946 John SSPV Barley, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies 
03/30/1948 Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated in New Delhi 
03/30/1949 Friedrich CR Bergius, German chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies 
03/30/1950 L‚on Blum, French premier (People's Front Govt), dies 
03/30/1953 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar, composer, dies at 75 
03/30/1955 Harl McDonald, composer, dies at 55 
03/30/1960 Joseph Haas, composer, dies at 81 
03/30/1961 P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies 
03/30/1963 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk, composer, dies at 69 
03/30/1964 Willem CN Andriessen, composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76 
03/30/1966 Erwin Piscator, German play director (Plebeians test rebellion), die

03/30/1966 Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95 
03/30/1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies 
03/30/1971 Selmer Jackson, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82 
03/30/1972 Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81 
03/30/1972 Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55 
03/30/1974 Ludovicus J Rogier, historian (Freedom Reborn), dies at 79 
03/30/1976 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies 
03/30/1977 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky, composer, dies at 88 
03/30/1979 Airey Neave, British Conservatives MP, killed by a bomb 
03/30/1981 Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91 
03/30/1983 Pal Kadosa, composer, dies at 79 
03/30/1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 7

03/30/1986 James Cagney, actor (Yankke Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86 
03/30/1986 John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69 
03/30/1989 Dort Clark, actor (In Harms Way), dies 
03/30/1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies 
03/30/1992 Art Hannes, entertainer, dies 
03/30/1992 Luigi De Laurentiis, Itallian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies 
03/30/1993 Jeremy Siegrist, entertainer, dies 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
03/30/ 239 -BC- 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 
03/30/ 804 Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Mnster 
03/30/ 988 Boudewijn IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders 
03/30/1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force 
03/30/1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple 
03/30/1456 Prince Louis van Bourbon elected bishop of Luik 
03/30/1492 King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spai

03/30/1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon 
03/30/1822 Territory of Florida organized 
03/30/1842 Dr Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 
03/30/1858 Hyman Lipman of Phila patents a pencil with attached eraser 
03/30/1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas 
03/30/1865 -4] Battle at Five Forks Virginia 
03/30/1866 Bedrich Smetana's 'That Verkaufte Braut' premieres 
03/30/1867 US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (Seward's Folly) 
03/30/1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 
03/30/1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union 
03/30/1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #224 Oceana 
03/30/1889 John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY) 
03/30/1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accept Compulsory education law 
03/30/1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #662 Newtonia 
03/30/1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens 
03/30/1911 Lochtschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed 
03/30/1912 French protectorate in Morocco established 
03/30/1914 A Massinger discovers asteroid #785 Zwetana 
03/30/1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #820 Adriana 
03/30/1916 Montreal Canadiens beat Portland Rosebuds 3 games to 2 for Stanley C

03/30/1918 Toronto Arenas beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 
03/30/1919 Belgian Army attack Dsseldorf 
03/30/1919 Gandhi introduces resistance against Rowlatt Act 
03/30/1922 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 
03/30/1922 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions 
03/30/1923 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates 
03/30/1925 Stalin supports in Komintern rights of not-Swedish Yugoslavian 
03/30/1925 Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians 
03/30/1929 L Volta discovers asteroid #1107 Lictoria 
03/30/1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3« hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 
03/30/1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #3166 
03/30/1941 German counter offensive in North-Africa 
03/30/1941 Indiana University wins NCAA basketball championship 
03/30/1942 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau 
03/30/1942 SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp 
03/30/1943 British 1st army recaptures Sejenane 
03/30/1943 University of Wyoming wins NCAA basketball championship 
03/30/1945 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund 
03/30/1945 USSR invades Austria during WW II 
03/30/1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ 
03/30/1952 Goethe Link Observ discovers asteroids #1761 Edmondson & #1824 Hawor

03/30/1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory 
03/30/1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2026 Cottrell 
03/30/1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 
03/30/1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 
03/30/1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race 
03/30/1966 Barbra Striesand stars on 'Color Me Barbra' special on CBS 
03/30/1967 Cover picture of Beatles' 'Sgt Pepper's' is photographed 
03/30/1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia 
03/30/1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released 
03/30/1970 Soap opera 'Somerset' premieres 
03/30/1970 USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship 
03/30/1972 North Vietnamese troops pull out of South Vietnam 
03/30/1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam 
03/30/1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital 
03/30/1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation 
03/30/1981 Indiana beats North Carolina for NCAA basketball title 
03/30/1981 Pres Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr 
03/30/1982 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM 
03/30/1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force [0126?] 
03/30/1987 59th Oscar awards 
03/30/1987 Indiana wins NCAA woman's basketball championship 
03/30/1987 Vincent van Goghs 'Sunflowers' sells for record œ22.5 million 
03/30/1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the 'Seniors' golf tournament 
03/30/1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles) 
03/30/1991 Last edition of The Free People newspaper 
03/30/1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper 'Vr˜e Folk' 
03/30/1991 William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman 
03/30/1992 64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps) 
03/30/1992 CBS TV premieres overnight news program 'Up To The Minute' 
03/30/1992 P J Patterson, resigns as 6th PM of Jamaica 
03/30/1992 WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC) 
03/30/1993 French govt of Balladur forms 
03/30/1993 Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election 
  
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