About March 30

March 30, 2023 is the 89th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 276 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

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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 317 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On March 30

  • 1296
    Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
  • 1814
    Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Declaration which would later inspire Italian Unification.
  • 1842
    Anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
  • 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.
  • 1870
    Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
  • 1909
    The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
  • 1910
    The Mississippi Legislature founds The University of Southern Mississippi.
  • 1912
    Sultan Abdelhafid 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.
  • 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.
  • 1954
    The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
  • 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
    President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.
  • 1982
    Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
  • 2006
    The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law.
  • 2009
    Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.

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