March 30 facts for kids

March 30 is the 89th day of the year (90th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 276 days remain until the end of the year.

March 30 is a special day with many important events throughout history. From ancient battles to modern space missions, this day has seen many changes and discoveries. Many famous people were also born or passed away on this date. Let's explore some of the interesting things that happened on March 30!

Historical Events

Early History (Before 1600)

• 598 – During the Balkan Campaign, the Avars stopped their attack on the Byzantine city of Tomis. Their leader, Bayan I, went back north of the Danube River because a terrible plague had greatly reduced his army of Avars and Slavs.
• 1282 – The people of Sicily started a big rebellion against their king, Charles I. This event is famously known as the Sicilian Vespers.
• 1296 – King Edward I of England attacked and took over the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed. This happened during a time of fighting between Scotland and England.

Major Events (1601–1900)

• 1699 – Guru Gobind Singh created the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. This was an important step in the history of Sikhism.
• 1815 – Joachim Murat issued the Rimini Proclamation. This was one of the first public calls for Italian unification, aiming to bring all the different parts of Italy together as one country.
• 1822 – The Florida Territory was officially created in the United States.
• 1841 – The National Bank of Greece was started in Athens, Greece.
• 1842 – For the first time ever, ether was used to make someone sleep during a surgery. This amazing medical breakthrough was done by American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
• 1844 – A very important battle in the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti happened near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
• 1855 – In the lead-up to the American Civil War, a group called "Border Ruffians" from Missouri went into Kansas. They forced the election of a government that supported slavery.
• 1856 – The Treaty of Paris was signed, which officially ended the Crimean War.
• 1861 – Sir William Crookes announced that he had discovered a new chemical element called thallium.
• 1863 – Danish prince Wilhelm Georg was chosen to become King George of Greece.
• 1867 – Alaska was bought by the United States from Russia for $7.2 million. This was a huge purchase, costing only about two cents per acre!
• 1870 – Texas was allowed back into the United States Congress after the period of Reconstruction following the Civil War.
• 1885 – The Battle for Kushka happened, which almost led to a war between the Russian and British Empires. This event is known as the Panjdeh Incident.
• 1900 – Archaeologists working in Knossos, Crete, found the first clay tablet with a special kind of writing called hieroglyphics. This writing system was later named Linear B.

Modern Times (1901–Present)

• 1912 – Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fez. This agreement made Morocco a French protectorate, meaning France had control over its foreign affairs.
• 1918 – The start of the terrible March Events took place in Baku and other areas of the Baku Governorate.
• 1939 – The Heinkel He 100 fighter plane set a new world airspeed record, flying at an incredible 463 miles per hour (745 km/h).
• 1940 – During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Japan declared Nanking as the capital of a new Chinese puppet government. This government was supposedly led by Wang Jingwei, but Japan was really in control.
• 1944 – World War II: Allied planes carried out their heaviest bombing attack on Sofia, Bulgaria.
• 1944 – Also in 1944, out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes, and Mosquito planes sent to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers did not return. This was the biggest loss for the RAF Bomber Command during the war.
• 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces entered Austria and captured Vienna. Polish and Soviet forces also freed Danzig.
• 1949 – Cold War: A riot broke out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, when Iceland decided to join NATO.
• 1959 – Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, escaped from Tibet and found safety in India.
• 1972 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive began. North Vietnamese forces crossed into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and attacked South Vietnam.
• 1976 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: For the first time since 1948, Palestinians organized a protest against Israeli policies. This day became known as the first Land Day.
• 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest outside a hotel in Washington, D.C., by John Hinckley Jr.. Three other people were also hurt in the attack.
• 1982 – Space Shuttle program: The STS-3 mission was completed when the Columbia landed at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
• 2002 – The 2002 Lyon car attack took place in Lyon, France.
• 2006 – Cyclone Glenda, one of the most powerful tropical cyclones in the Australian region, hit land near Onslow, Western Australia.
• 2008 – Drolma Kyi was arrested by Chinese authorities.
• 2009 – Twelve gunmen attacked the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
• 2011 – Min Aung Hlaing was chosen as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces.
• 2017 – SpaceX made history by successfully completing the world's first reflight of a rocket designed to go into orbit. This means they reused a rocket that had already flown to space.
• 2018 – The Israeli Army killed 17 Palestinians and injured 1,400 during Land Day protests in Gaza.
• 2019 – Pope Francis visited Morocco.
• 2023 – Donald Trump became the first former United States president to be charged with a crime by a grand jury.

Famous Births

Born Before 1600

• 892 – Shi Jingtang, who founded the Later Jin Dynasty.
• 1135 – Maimonides, a Spanish rabbi and very important philosopher.
• 1326 – Ivan II of Moscow, a Grand Prince of Moscow.
• 1432 – Mehmed the Conqueror, a powerful Ottoman sultan.
• 1510 – Antonio de Cabezón, a Spanish composer and organ player.
• 1551 – Salomon Schweigger, a German theologian.

Born Between 1601 and 1900

• 1606 – Vincentio Reinieri, an Italian mathematician and astronomer.
• 1640 – John Trenchard, an English politician.
• 1727 – Tommaso Traetta, an Italian composer and teacher.
• 1746 – Francisco Goya, a famous Spanish-French painter and sculptor.
• 1750 – John Stafford Smith, an English organist and composer.
• 1793 – Juan Manuel de Rosas, an Argentinian soldier and politician.
• 1805 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, a German-Swedish linguist and botanist.
• 1811 – Robert Bunsen, a German chemist who invented the Bunsen burner.
• 1820 – Anna Sewell, an English author, famous for Black Beauty.
• 1820 – James Whyte, a Scottish-Australian politician.
• 1844 – Paul Verlaine, a French poet.
• 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, a very famous Dutch-French painter.
• 1853 – Arnoldo Sartorio, a German composer and pianist.
• 1857 – Léon Charles Thévenin, a French engineer.
• 1858 – Siegfried Alkan, a German composer.
• 1863 – Mary Calkins, an American philosopher and psychologist.
• 1864 – Franz Oppenheimer, a German-American sociologist and economist.
• 1874 – Charles Lightoller, the second officer on the RMS Titanic.
• 1874 – Josiah McCracken, an American athlete and football player.
• 1874 – Nicolae Rădescu, a Romanian general and politician.
• 1875 – Thomas Xenakis, a Greek-American gymnast.
• 1879 – Coen de Koning, a Dutch speed skater.
• 1880 – Seán O'Casey, an Irish writer of plays and memoirs.
• 1882 – Melanie Klein, an Austrian-English psychologist and author.
• 1888 – J. R. Williams, a Canadian-born cartoonist.
• 1891 – Chunseong, a Korean monk, writer, and philosopher.
• 1892 – Stefan Banach, a Polish mathematician.
• 1892 – Fortunato Depero, an Italian painter and sculptor.
• 1892 – Erhard Milch, a German field marshal.
• 1892 – Johannes Pääsuke, an Estonian photographer and director.
• 1892 – Erwin Panofsky, a German historian.
• 1894 – Tommy Green, an English race walker.
• 1894 – Sergey Ilyushin, a Russian engineer who founded the Ilyushin Design Bureau.
• 1895 – Jean Giono, a French author and poet.
• 1895 – Carl Lutz, a Swiss vice-consul who saved many Jews during WWII.
• 1895 – Charlie Wilson, an English footballer.
• 1899 – Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay, an Indian author and screenwriter.

Born After 1900

• 1902 – Brooke Astor, an American socialite and generous giver.
• 1902 – Ted Heath, an English trombonist and composer.
• 1903 – Joy Ridderhof, an American missionary.
• 1904 – Ripper Collins, an American baseball player and coach.
• 1905 – Archie Birkin, an English motorcycle racer.
• 1905 – Mikio Oda, a Japanese triple jumper.
• 1905 – Albert Pierrepoint, an English hangman.
• 1907 – Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte, a German general.
• 1910 – Józef Marcinkiewicz, a Polish soldier and mathematician.
• 1911 – Ekrem Akurgal, a Turkish archaeologist.
• 1912 – Jack Cowie, a New Zealand cricketer.
• 1912 – Alvin Hamilton, a Canadian politician.
• 1913 – Marc Davis, an American animator for Disney.
• 1913 – Richard Helms, an American intelligence officer.
• 1913 – Frankie Laine, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1913 – Ċensu Tabone, a Maltese physician and politician.
• 1914 – Sonny Boy Williamson I, an American singer-songwriter and harmonica player.
• 1915 – Pietro Ingrao, an Italian journalist and politician.
• 1917 – Els Aarne, an Ukrainian-Estonian pianist and composer.
• 1919 – McGeorge Bundy, an American intelligence officer and diplomat.
• 1919 – Robin Williams, a New Zealand mathematician.
• 1921 – André Fontaine, a French historian and journalist.
• 1922 – Turhan Bey, an American actor.
• 1922 – Arthur Wightman, an American physicist.
• 1923 – Milton Acorn, a Canadian poet and playwright.
• 1926 – Ingvar Kamprad, a Swedish businessman who founded IKEA.
• 1927 – Wally Grout, an Australian cricketer.
• 1928 – Robert Badinter, a French lawyer and politician.
• 1928 – Colin Egar, an Australian cricket umpire.
• 1928 – Tom Sharpe, an English-Spanish author.
• 1929 – Richard Dysart, an American actor.
• 1929 – Ray Musto, an American politician.
• 1929 – István Rózsavölgyi, a Hungarian runner.
• 1930 – John Astin, an American actor.
• 1930 – Rolf Harris, an Australian singer-songwriter.
• 1933 – Jean-Claude Brialy, a French actor and director.
• 1933 – Joe Ruby, an American animator.
• 1934 – Paul Crouch, an American broadcaster.
• 1934 – Hans Hollein, an Austrian architect.
• 1935 – Karl Berger, a German pianist and composer.
• 1935 – Willie Galimore, an American football player.
• 1935 – Gordon Mumma, an American composer.
• 1937 – Warren Beatty, an American actor, director, and producer.
• 1937 – Ian MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth, an English businessman.
• 1938 – John Barnhill, an American basketball player and coach.
• 1938 – Klaus Schwab, a German economist who founded the World Economic Forum.
• 1940 – Norman Gifford, an English cricketer.
• 1940 – Jerry Lucas, an American basketball player.
• 1940 – Hans Ragnemalm, a Swedish lawyer and judge.
• 1941 – Graeme Edge, an English singer-songwriter and drummer.
• 1941 – Ron Johnston, an English geographer.
• 1941 – Wasim Sajjad, a Pakistani lawyer and politician.
• 1941 – Bob Smith, an American politician.
• 1942 – Ruben Kun, a Nauruan lawyer and politician.
• 1942 – Tane Norton, a New Zealand rugby player.
• 1942 – Kenneth Welsh, a Canadian actor.
• 1943 – Jay Traynor, an American pop singer.
• 1944 – Mark Wylea Erwin, an American businessman and diplomat.
• 1944 – Brian Wilshire, an Australian radio host.
• 1945 – Eric Clapton, a famous English guitarist and singer-songwriter.
• 1947 – Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin, an American activist.
• 1947 – Dick Roche, an Irish politician.
• 1947 – Terje Venaas, a Norwegian bassist.
• 1948 – Nigel Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, an English computer programmer and politician.
• 1948 – Eddie Jordan, an Irish racing team owner.
• 1948 – Mervyn King, an English economist.
• 1948 – Jim "Dandy" Mangrum, an American rock singer.
• 1949 – Liza Frulla, a Canadian politician.
• 1949 – Dana Gillespie, an English singer-songwriter and actress.
• 1949 – Naomi Sims, an American model and author.
• 1950 – Janet Browne, an English-American historian.
• 1950 – Robbie Coltrane, a Scottish actor.
• 1950 – Grady Little, an American baseball coach.
• 1952 – Stuart Dryburgh, an English-New Zealand cinematographer.
• 1952 – Peter Knights, an Australian footballer.
• 1955 – Randy VanWarmer, an American singer-songwriter.
• 1956 – Bill Butler, a Scottish politician.
• 1956 – Juanito Oiarzabal, a Spanish mountaineer.
• 1956 – Paul Reiser, an American actor and comedian.
• 1956 – Shahla Sherkat, an Iranian journalist and author.
• 1957 – Marie-Christine Koundja, a Chadian author and diplomat.
• 1958 – Maurice LaMarche, a Canadian voice actor.
• 1958 – Joey Sindelar, an American golfer.
• 1959 – Martina Cole, an English television host and author.
• 1960 – Laurie Graham, a Canadian skier.
• 1960 – Bill Johnson, an American skier.
• 1961 – Mike Thackwell, a New Zealand racing driver.
• 1961 – Doug Wickenheiser, a Canadian-American ice hockey player.
• 1962 – Mark Begich, an American politician.
• 1962 – MC Hammer, a famous American rapper and actor.
• 1962 – Gary Stevens, an English international footballer.
• 1963 – Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, a Mongolian politician.
• 1963 – Panagiotis Tsalouchidis, a Greek footballer.
• 1964 – Vlado Bozinovski, a Macedonian-Australian footballer.
• 1964 – Tracy Chapman, a famous American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1965 – Piers Morgan, an English journalist and talk show host.
• 1966 – Efstratios Grivas, a Greek chess player.
• 1966 – Dmitry Volkov, a Russian swimmer.
• 1966 – Leonid Voloshin, a Russian triple jumper.
• 1967 – Christopher Bowman, an American figure skater.
• 1967 – Richard Hutten, a Dutch furniture designer.
• 1967 – Julie Richardson, a New Zealand tennis player.
• 1968 – Celine Dion, a world-famous Canadian singer-songwriter.
• 1969 – Troy Bayliss, an Australian motorcycle racer.
• 1970 – Tobias Hill, an English poet and author.
• 1970 – Sylvain Charlebois, a Canadian food researcher.
• 1971 – Mari Holden, an American cyclist.
• 1971 – Mark Consuelos, an American actor.
• 1972 – Mili Avital, an Israeli-American actress.
• 1972 – Emerson Thome, a Brazilian footballer.
• 1972 – Karel Poborský, a Czech footballer.
• 1973 – Adam Goldstein, an American DJ.
• 1973 – Jan Koller, a Czech footballer.
• 1973 – Kareem Streete-Thompson, a Caymanian-American long jumper.
• 1974 – Martin Love, an Australian cricketer.
• 1975 – Paul Griffen, a New Zealand-Italian rugby player.
• 1976 – Ty Conklin, an American ice hockey player.
• 1976 – Obadele Thompson, a Barbadian sprinter.
• 1976 – Troels Lund Poulsen, a Danish politician.
• 1977 – Abhishek Chaubey, an Indian director.
• 1978 – Paweł Czapiewski, a Polish runner.
• 1978 – Chris Paterson, a Scottish rugby player.
• 1978 – Bok van Blerk, a South African singer.
• 1979 – Norah Jones, a famous American singer-songwriter and pianist.
• 1979 – Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, an Ukrainian footballer.
• 1980 – Katrine Lunde, a Norwegian handball goalkeeper.
• 1980 – Kristine Lunde-Borgersen, a Norwegian handball player.
• 1980 – Ricardo Osorio, a Mexican footballer.
• 1981 – Jammal Brown, an American football player.
• 1981 – Andrea Masi, an Italian rugby player.
• 1982 – Mark Hudson, an English footballer.
• 1982 – Philippe Mexès, a French footballer.
• 1982 – Javier Portillo, a Spanish footballer.
• 1982 – Jason Dohring, an American actor.
• 1983 – Jérémie Aliadière, a French footballer.
• 1984 – Mario Ančić, a Croatian tennis player.
• 1984 – Samantha Stosur, an Australian tennis player.
• 1985 – Giacomo Ricci, an Italian racing driver.
• 1986 – Sergio Ramos, a famous Spanish footballer.
• 1987 – Trent Barreta, an American wrestler.
• 1987 – Calum Elliot, a Scottish footballer.
• 1987 – Kwok Kin Pong, a Hong Kong footballer.
• 1987 – Marc-Édouard Vlasic, a Canadian ice hockey player.
• 1988 – Will Matthews, an Australian rugby league player.
• 1988 – Thanasis Papazoglou, a Greek footballer.
• 1988 – Richard Sherman, an American football player.
• 1988 – Larisa Yurkiw, a Canadian alpine skier.
• 1989 – Chris Sale, an American baseball player.
• 1989 – João Sousa, a Portuguese tennis player.
• 1990 – Thomas Rhett, an American country music singer.
• 1990 – Michal Březina, a Czech figure skater.
• 1992 – Palak Muchhal, an Indian playback singer.
• 1993 – Anitta, a Brazilian singer.
• 1994 – Alex Bregman, an American baseball player.
• 1994 – Jetro Willems, a Dutch footballer.
• 1997 – Lee Dong-min, a South Korean singer and actor.
• 1998 – Kalyn Ponga, an Australian rugby league player.
• 2000 – Colton Herta, an American race car driver.
• 2001 – Anastasia Potapova, a Russian tennis player.

Notable Deaths

Passed Away Before 1600

• 116 – Quirinus of Neuss, a Roman saint.
• 365 – Ai of Jin, an emperor of the Jin Dynasty.
• 943 – Li Bian, an emperor of Southern Tang.
• 987 – Arnulf II, Count of Flanders.
• 1180 – Al-Mustadi, a Caliph.
• 1202 – Joachim of Fiore, an Italian mystic.
• 1465 – Isabella of Clermont, a queen of Naples.
• 1472 – Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy.
• 1486 – Thomas Bourchier, an English cardinal.
• 1526 – Konrad Mutian, a German humanist.
• 1540 – Matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, a German cardinal.
• 1559 – Adam Ries, a German mathematician.
• 1587 – Ralph Sadler, an English politician.

Passed Away Between 1601 and 1900

• 1662 – François le Métel de Boisrobert, a French poet.
• 1689 – Kazimierz Łyszczyński, a Polish philosopher.
• 1707 – Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, a French general and engineer.
• 1764 – Pietro Locatelli, an Italian violinist and composer.
• 1783 – William Hunter, a Scottish anatomist and physician.
• 1804 – Victor-François, 2nd duc de Broglie, a French general and politician.
• 1806 – Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.
• 1830 – Louis I, Grand Duke of Baden.
• 1840 – Beau Brummell, an English-French fashion designer.
• 1842 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, a French painter.
• 1864 – Louis Schindelmeisser, a German composer and conductor.
• 1873 – Bénédict Morel, an Austrian-French psychiatrist.
• 1874 – Carl Julian (von) Graba, a German ornithologist.
• 1879 – Thomas Couture, a French painter.
• 1886 – Joseph-Alfred Mousseau, a Canadian judge and politician.
• 1896 – Charilaos Trikoupis, a Greek politician.

Passed Away After 1900

• 1912 – Karl May, a German author.
• 1925 – Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian philosopher.
• 1935 – Romanos Melikian, an Armenian composer.
• 1936 – Conchita Supervía, a Spanish singer and actress.
• 1940 – Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet, a Scottish soldier and politician.
• 1943 – Jan Bytnar, a Polish resistance fighter in WWII.
• 1943 – Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, a Polish resistance fighter in WWII.
• 1945 – Béla Balogh, a Hungarian actor and director.
• 1949 – Friedrich Bergius, a German chemist who won the Nobel Prize.
• 1949 – Dattaram Hindlekar, an Indian cricketer.
• 1950 – Léon Blum, a French lawyer and politician.
• 1952 – Nikos Beloyannis, a Greek resistance leader.
• 1952 – Jigme Wangchuck, a Bhutanese king.
• 1955 – Harl McDonald, an American composer.
• 1956 – Edmund Clerihew Bentley, an English author.
• 1959 – Daniil Andreyev, a Russian mystic and poet.
• 1959 – John Auden, an English soldier.
• 1959 – Riccardo Zanella, an Italian politician.
• 1960 – Joseph Haas, a German composer.
• 1961 – Philibert Jacques Melotte, an English astronomer.
• 1963 – Aleksandr Gauk, a Russian conductor.
• 1964 – Nella Larsen, an American nurse and author.
• 1965 – Philip Showalter Hench, an American physician who won the Nobel Prize.
• 1966 – Newbold Morris, an American lawyer and politician.
• 1966 – Maxfield Parrish, an American painter.
• 1966 – Erwin Piscator, a German director.
• 1967 – Frank Thorpe, an Australian public servant.
• 1967 – Jean Toomer, an American poet and novelist.
• 1969 – Lucien Bianchi, a Belgian racing driver.
• 1970 – Heinrich Brüning, a German economist and politician.
• 1972 – Mahir Çayan, a Turkish politician.
• 1972 – Gabriel Heatter, an American radio commentator.
• 1973 – Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton, a Scottish pilot and politician.
• 1973 – Yves Giraud-Cabantous, a French racing driver.
• 1975 – Peter Bamm, a German journalist and author.
• 1977 – Levko Revutsky, an Ukrainian composer.
• 1978 – George Paine, an English cricketer.
• 1978 – Memduh Tağmaç, a Turkish general.
• 1979 – Airey Neave, an English politician.
• 1979 – Ray Ventura, a French pianist.
• 1981 – DeWitt Wallace, an American publisher who co-founded Reader's Digest.
• 1984 – Karl Rahner, a German-Austrian priest and theologian.
• 1985 – Harold Peary, an American actor and singer.
• 1986 – James Cagney, a famous American actor and dancer.
• 1986 – John Ciardi, an American poet.
• 1988 – Edgar Faure, a French historian and politician.
• 1990 – Harry Bridges, an Australian-born American trade union leader.
• 1991 – Athanasios Ragazos, a Greek long-distance runner.
• 1992 – Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist.
• 1993 – S. M. Pandit, an Indian painter.
• 1993 – Richard Diebenkorn, an American painter.
• 1995 – Rozelle Claxton, an American pianist.
• 1995 – Tony Lock, an English-Australian cricketer.
• 1995 – Paul A. Rothchild, an American record producer.
• 1996 – Hugh Falkus, an English pilot and author.
• 1996 – Ryoei Saito, a Japanese businessman.
• 2000 – Rudolf Kirchschläger, an Austrian judge and politician.
• 2002 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom.
• 2002 – Anand Bakshi, an Indian poet and lyricist.
• 2003 – Michael Jeter, an American actor.
• 2003 – Valentin Pavlov, a Russian banker and politician.
• 2004 – Alistair Cooke, an English-American journalist and author.
• 2004 – Michael King, a New Zealand historian.
• 2004 – Timi Yuro, an American singer.
• 2005 – Robert Creeley, an American poet.
• 2005 – Milton Green, an American hurdler.
• 2005 – Fred Korematsu, an American political activist.
• 2005 – Chrysanthos Theodoridis, a Greek singer.
• 2005 – O. V. Vijayan, an Indian author.
• 2005 – Mitch Hedberg, an American stand-up comedian.
• 2006 – Red Hickey, an American football player and coach.
• 2006 – John McGahern, an Irish author.
• 2007 – John Roberts, a Canadian politician.
• 2008 – Roland Fraïssé, a French mathematician.
• 2008 – David Leslie, a Scottish racing driver.
• 2008 – Richard Lloyd, an English racing driver.
• 2008 – Dith Pran, a Cambodian-American photographer and journalist.
• 2010 – Jaime Escalante, a Bolivian-American educator.
• 2010 – Morris R. Jeppson, an American physicist.
• 2010 – Martin Sandberger, a German SS officer.
• 2012 – Janet Anderson Perkin, a Canadian baseball player.
• 2012 – Aquila Berlas Kiani, an Indian-Canadian sociologist.
• 2012 – Francesco Mancini, an Italian footballer.
• 2012 – Granville Semmes, an American businessman.
• 2012 – Leonid Shebarshin, a Russian KGB officer.
• 2013 – Daniel Hoffman, an American poet.
• 2013 – Bobby Parks, an American basketball player.
• 2013 – Phil Ramone, a South African-American record producer.
• 2013 – Edith Schaeffer, a religious leader and author.
• 2013 – Bob Turley, an American baseball player.
• 2014 – Kate O'Mara, an English actress.
• 2014 – Alice Raftary, an American educator.
• 2015 – Helmut Dietl, a German director.
• 2015 – Roger Slifer, an American author and screenwriter.
• 2015 – Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, a Dutch astronomer.
• 2018 – Bill Maynard, an English actor.
• 2020 – Manolis Glezos, a Greek politician and folk hero.
• 2020 – Bill Withers, a famous American singer-songwriter.
• 2021 – G. Gordon Liddy, a key figure in the Watergate scandal.
• 2021 – Myra Frances, a British actress.
• 2023 – Doug Mulray, an Australian radio and television host.

Holidays and Celebrations

• Christian feast day:
  • Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy
  • Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka
  • John Climacus
  • Mamertinus of Auxerre
  • Quirinus of Neuss
  • Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs)
  • Tola of Clonard
  • March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Land Day (Palestine)
• National Doctors' Day (United States)
• Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
• School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)

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