About March 30
March 30, 2024 is the 90th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 276 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 305 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On March 30
- 1814 –Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
- 1814 –Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.
- 1822 –The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
- 1855 –Origins of the American Civil War: Bleeding Kansas – “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.
- 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.
- 1909 –The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
- 1912 –Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
- 1940 –Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei.
- 1944 –Allied bombing raid on Nuremberg. Along the English eastern coast 795 aircraft are despatched, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and 9 Mosquitos. The bombers meet resistance at the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands from German fighters. In total, 95 bombers are lost, making it the largest Bomber Command loss of World War II.
- 1944 –World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 1949 –A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
- 1954 –The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
- 1961 –The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
- 1976 –The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine.
- 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.
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