30 Mairch

The 30t o Mairch is the 89t day o the year (90t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 276 days ti come.

Events

1867: Purchase o Alaska

• 1296 - Edward I o Ingland sacks Berwick.
• 1856 - The Treaty o Paris ends the Crimean War.
• 1863 - King George I o Greece is electit.
• 1867 - The Unitit States purchases Alaska frae Roushie, for 7.2 million Unitit States Dollars.
• 1870 - Unitit States: Texas is readmittit tae the Union.
• 1900 - The Uruguayan Fitbaa Association is foondit.
• 1912 - Morocco becomes a protectorate o Fraunce.
• 1949 - A riot occurs in Reykjavik's Austurvöllur Square as Iceland jyns NATO.
• 1981 - John Hinckley, Jr. attempts tae assassinate US Preses Ronald Reagan.
• 2001 - The Fowkrepublic o Cheenae's census reveals a population o 1,285,830,000.
• 2008 - Zimbabwe's controversial 2008 Presidential election in held.
• 2017 - SpaceX conducts the warld's first re-flicht o an orbital class rocket.

Births

Vincent van Gogh

• 1432 - Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)
• 1746 - Francisco Goya, Spaingie penter (d. 1828)
• 1811 - Robert Bunsen, German chemist (d. 1899)
• 1844 - Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
• 1853 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch penter (d. 1890)
• 1926 - Ingvar Kamprad, Swadish business magnate (d. 2018)
• 1929 - Richard Dysart, American actor (d. 2015)
• 1937 - Warren Beatty, American actor
• 1945 - Eric Clapton, Inglis guitarist an sangster
• 1947 - Dick Roche, Erse politeecian
• 1950 - Robbie Coltrane, Scots actor
• 1963 - Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, 4t Preses o Mongolie
• 1964 - Tracy Chapman, American sangster an sangwriter
• 1967 - Megumi Hayashibara, Japanese vyce actress, sangster an radio personality
• 1968 - Céline Dion, Canadian sangster-sangwriter
• 1973 - Jan Koller, Czech fitbawer
• 1978 - Chris Paterson, Scots rugby player
• 1979 - Norah Jones, American sangster-sangwriter
• 1979 - Anatoliy Tymoshchuk, Ukrainian fitbawer
• 1984 - Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player
• 1986 - Sergio Ramos, Spainyie fitbawer
• 1988 - David Gravell, Dutch DJ an record producer
• 1992 - Stuart Armstrong, Scots fitbawer
• 1993 - Anitta, Brazilian sangster, sangwriter an actress

Daiths

• 1783 - William Hunter, Scots anatomist (b. 1718)
• 1901 - Peter McNeil, Scots fitbawer (b. 1854)
• 1912 - Karl May, German writer (b. 1842)
• 1925 - Rudolf Steiner, Austrick philosopher (b. 1861)
• 1949 - Friedrich Bergius, German chemist (b. 1884)
• 1970 - Heinrich Brüning, Chancellor o Germany (b. 1885)
• 1986 - James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
• 2002 - Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, Queen Mither o the Unitit Kinrick (b. 1900)
• 2015 - Helmut Dietl, German director, producer an screenwriter (b. 1944)

Halidays

• Land Day (Palestine)
• Naitional Doctors' Day (Unitit States)