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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