# What happened on March 30 in history?

**Date:** March 30  
**Events recorded:** 45  
**Years spanned:** 598 – 2023  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/30/

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## Featured Event

**2017** — SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX)

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## Events on this date

- **598** — Avar–Byzantine wars: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic army is decimated by the plague. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice's_Balkan_campaigns))
- **1282** — The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily))
- **1296** — Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_I))
- **1699** — Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guru_Gobind_Singh))
- **1815** — Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation, among the earliest calls for Italian unification. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Murat))
- **1818** — Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads a memoir on optical rotation to the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is "depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel))
- **1822** — The Florida Territory is created in the United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Territory))
- **1841** — The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Bank_of_Greece))
- **1842** — Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethyl_ether))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Santiago_(1844)))
- **1855** — Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origins_of_the_American_Civil_War))
- **1856** — The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_(1856)))
- **1861** — Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_chemical_element_discoveries))
- **1863** — Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece))
- **1867** — Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about two cents/acre ($4.19/km2), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska))
- **1870** — Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas))
- **1885** — The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empires. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panjdeh_incident))
- **1899** — German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Isotopic_Abundances_and_Atomic_Weights))
- **1900** — Archaeologists in Knossos, Crete, discover the first clay tablet with hieroglyphic writing in a script later called Linear B. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology))
- **1912** — Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Morocco))
- **1918** — Beginning of the bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_Days))
- **1939** — The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinkel_He_100))
- **1940** — Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War))
- **1944** — World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1944** — World War II:  In a raid on Nuremberg, RAF Bomber Command suffers its greatest loss of the war, losing 95 bombers from a force of 795. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_Nuremberg_in_World_War_II))
- **1945** — World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna. Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Army))
- **1949** — Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_War))
- **1959** — Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_Dalai_Lama))
- **1961** — The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs))
- **1965** — Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1967** — Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashes at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, killing 19. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Air_Lines_Flight_9877))
- **1972** — Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Offensive))
- **1976** — Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict))
- **1979** — Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament (MP), is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airey_Neave))
- **1981** — U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan))
- **1982** — Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_program))
- **2002** — The 2002 Lyon car attack takes place. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Lyon_synagogue_attack))
- **2006** — Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Glenda))
- **2008** — Drolma Kyi arrested by Chinese authorities. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drolma_Kyi))
- **2009** — Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Lahore_police_academy_attack))
- **2011** — Min Aung Hlaing is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min_Aung_Hlaing))
- **2017** — SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX))
- **2018** — The Israeli Army kills 17 Palestinians and wounds 1,400 in Gaza during Land Day protests. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Defense_Forces))
- **2019** — Pope Francis visits Morocco. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Francis))
- **2023** — Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to be indicted by a grand jury. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump))

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## Notable births on March 30

- **2001** — **Anastasia Potapova** — Russian tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia_Potapova))
- **2000** — **Colton Herta** — American race car driver ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colton_Herta))
- **1998** — **Kalyn Ponga** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalyn_Ponga))
- **1997** — **Cha Eun-woo** — South Korean singer, actor, and model ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cha_Eun-woo))
- **1996** — **Ryan Noda** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Noda))
- **1995** — **Zay Jones** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zay_Jones))
- **1994** — **Alex Bregman** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Bregman))
- **1994** — **Jetro Willems** — Dutch footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetro_Willems))
- **1993** — **Anitta** — Brazilian singer and entertainer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anitta_(singer)))
- **1992** — **Palak Muchhal** — Indian playback singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palak_Muchhal))

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## Notable deaths on March 30

- **2026** — **Chan Santokhi** — Surinamese politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1959) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan_Santokhi))
- **2024** — **Tim McGovern** — American visual effects artist (born 1955) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_McGovern))
- **2024** — **Chance Perdomo** — British-American actor (born 1996) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chance_Perdomo))
- **2023** — **Doug Mulray** — Australian radio and television host (born 1951) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Mulray))
- **2021** — **G. Gordon Liddy** — chief operative in the Watergate scandal (born 1930) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._Gordon_Liddy))
- **2021** — **Myra Frances** — British actress (born 1942) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myra_Frances))
- **2020** — **Manolis Glezos** — Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and folk hero (born 1922) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manolis_Glezos))
- **2020** — **Bill Withers** — American singer-songwriter (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Withers))
- **2018** — **Bill Maynard** — English actor (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Maynard))
- **2015** — **Helmut Dietl** — German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Dietl))

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