36211 | March 30 | Event | 1944 – World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria. |
36212 | March 30 | Event | 1944 – Allied bombing raid on Nuremberg. Along the English eastern coast 795 aircraft are despatched, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and 9 Mosquitos. The bombers meet resistance at the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands from German fighters. I |
36213 | March 30 | Event | 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig. |
36214 | March 30 | Event | 1949 – A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO. |
36215 | March 30 | Event | 1954 – The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada. |
36216 | March 30 | Event | 1961 – The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City. |
36217 | March 30 | Event | 1964 – Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming debuts. |
36218 | March 30 | Event | 1965 – Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others. |
36219 | March 30 | Event | 1972 – Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam. |
36220 | March 30 | Event | 1976 – The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine. |
36221 | March 30 | Event | 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. |
36222 | March 30 | Event | 1981 – U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another two people are wounded at the same time. |
36223 | March 30 | Event | 1982 – Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico. |
36224 | March 30 | Event | 2006 – The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law. |
36225 | March 30 | Event | 2009 – Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan. |
36226 | March 30 | Birth | 1326 – Ivan II of Moscow (d. 1359) |
36227 | March 30 | Birth | 1432 – Mehmed the Conqueror, Ottoman sultan (d. 1481) |
36228 | March 30 | Birth | 1566 – Carlo Gesualdo, Italian lute player and composer (d. 1613) |
36229 | March 30 | Birth | 1606 – Vincentio Reinieri, Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1647) |
36230 | March 30 | Birth | 1640 – John Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d. 1695) |
36231 | March 30 | Birth | 1727 – Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and educator (d. 1779) |
36232 | March 30 | Birth | 1746 – Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor (d. 1828) |
36233 | March 30 | Birth | 1750 – John Stafford Smith, English organist and composer (d. 1836) |
36234 | March 30 | Birth | 1793 – Juan Manuel de Rosas, Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1877) |
36235 | March 30 | Birth | 1805 – Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist (d. 1887) |
36236 | March 30 | Birth | 1811 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (d. 1899) |
36237 | March 30 | Birth | 1820 – Anna Sewell, English author (d. 1878) |
36238 | March 30 | Birth | 1844 – Paul Verlaine, French poet and educator (d. 1896) |
36239 | March 30 | Birth | 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (d. 1890) |
36240 | March 30 | Birth | 1857 – Léon Charles Thévenin, French engineer (d. 1926) |