March 30 in History
What happened on March 30 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on march 30 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on march 30 in history.
?>1987
Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers is bought for $39.85 million.
1981
President Ronald Reagan is shot and wounded in Washington, D.C. by John W. Hinckley Jr.
1975
As the North Vietnamese forces move toward Saigon, desperate South Vietnamese soldiers mob rescue jets.
1972
Hanoi launches its heaviest attack in four years, crossing the DMZ.
1957
Tunisia and Morocco sign a friendship treaty in Rabat.
1950
President Harry S Truman denounces Senator Joe McCarthy as a saboteur of U.S. foreign policy.
1946
The Allies seize 1,000 Nazis attempting to revive the Nazi party in Frankfurt.
1945
The Red Army advances into Austria.
1944
The U.S. fleet attacks Palau, near the Philippines.
1943
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s first collaboration, Oklahoma, opens on Broadway.
1941
The German Afrika Korps under General Erwin Rommel begins its first offensive against British forces in Libya.
1936
Britain announces a naval construction program of 38 warships. This is the largest construction program in 15 years.
1916
Mexican bandit Pancho Villa kills 172 at the Guerrero garrison in Mexico.
1909
The Queensboro Bridge in New York opens. It is the first double decker bridge and links Manhattan and Queens.
1885
In Afghanistan, Russian troops inflict a crushing defeat on Afghan forces, despite orders not to fight.
1870
The 15th amendment, guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, passes.
1870
President U.S. Grant signs bill readmitting Texas to the Union, the last Confederate state readmitted.
1867
Russian Baron Stoeckl and U.S. Secretary of State Seward complete the draft of a treaty ceding Alaska to the United States. The treaty is signed the following day.
1858
Hyman L. Lipman of Philadelphia patents the pencil with an eraser attached on one end.
1840
“Beau” Brummell, the English dandy and former favorite of the prince regent, dies in a French lunatic asylum for paupers.
1492
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign a decree expelling all Jews from Spain.