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.
- 1296 –Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
- 1814 –Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1912 –Sultan Abdelhafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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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