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
- 1282 –The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
- 1814 –Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
- 1822 –The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
- 1842 –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.
- 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 British Empire and Russian Empire.
- 1910 –The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
- 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.
- 1940 –Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Ching-wei.
- 1945 –World War II: Soviet Union forces invade Austria and take Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Gdańsk.
- 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.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the US 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.
- 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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