Today, March 30, is the 89th day of the year (90th day in leap year) on the Gregorian Calendar. The Zodiac sign for individuals born on this day is Aries.
AP March 30 in History
The 2010s
The 1990s
- 1995: Pope John Paul II issued an encyclical condemning Abortion and Euthanasia as crimes that no human laws could legitimize.
March 30 1981
1981: John W. Hinckley Jr. shoots and injures president Ronald Reagan and White House news secretary James Brady.
The 1940s
- 1945: World War II: The Soviet Union invades Austria.
March 30 1867
1867: Secretary of State William Seward reached agreement with Russia to purchase the territory of Alaska for $7.2 million, a deal roundly ridiculed as "Seward's Folly."
The 1800s
- 1870: Texas was readmitted to the Union.
- 1856: The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
March 30 Moment of Zen
The Daily Show: The Big Dance (1999)
The Daily Show: Half-Naked Angel Man at Tyco Party (2004)
The Daily Show: Border Crossing (2006)
Holidays and Observances
- United States - National Doctors' Day
Famous Birthdays
- 1984: Jose Arredondo - MLB pitcher
- 1979: Norah Jones - Musician
- 1973: Adam Goldstein, better known as DJ AM
- 1968: Celine Dion - Musician
- 1962: MC Hammer - Rapper
- 1945: Eric Clapton - Musician
- 1853: Vincent van Gogh - Artist
Famous Deaths
- 1986: James Cagney - Gangster actor
- 1970: Heinrich Bruning - Chancellor of Germany