March 30th, 1879

Born on March 30th, 1879

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 30th?

March 30th, 1977

Annie Hall had its first screening at the LA Film Festival; it would later be voted the funniest screenplay ever by members of the Writers Guild of America.

March 30th, 2009

The Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked and held for several hours by 12 gunmen, resulting in 16 deaths and 95 injuries.

March 30th, 1981

John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded U.S. president Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton (immediate aftermath pictured).

March 30th, 1972

Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South Vietnamese units as possible.

March 30th, 1950

Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as the first Indonesian film.

March 30th, 1918

Four days of inter-ethnic clashes broke out in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in about 12,000 deaths.

March 30th, 1912

Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes (depicted), making Morocco a French protectorate.

March 30th, 1867

U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million.

March 30th, 1861

British chemist William Crookes published his discovery of thallium using flame spectroscopy.

March 30th, 1842

American physician Crawford Long became the first person to use diethyl ether as an anesthetic in a surgical procedure.

March 30th, 1822

The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory.

March 30th, 2023

Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to be indicted by a grand jury.

March 30th, 2019

Pope Francis visits Morocco.

March 30th, 2018

The Israeli Army kills 17 Palestinians and wounds 1,400 in Gaza during Land Day protests.

March 30th, 2017

SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 30th

Born on March 30th, 1879

56

Bernhard Schmidt

Baltic German astronomer (1879-1935)

*March 30th, 1879, Naissaar †December 1st, 1935, Bergedorf

75

Coen de Koning

Dutch speed skater

*March 30th, 1879, Edam †July 29th, 1954, Breda

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Who's birthday is on March 30th?

37

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter (1853–1890)

*March 30th, 1853, Zundert †July 29th, 1890, Auberge Ravoux

31

Anitta

Brazilian singer, actress and businesswoman (born 1993)

*March 30th, 1993, Rio de Janeiro

84

Seán O'Casey

Irish writer (1880-1964)

*March 30th, 1880, Dublin †September 18th, 1964, Torquay

33

NF

American rapper from Michigan

*March 30th, 1991, Gladwin

56

Céline Dion

Canadian singer (born 1968)

*March 30th, 1968, Charlemagne

50

Preben Kaas

Danish actor, screenwriter, recording artist, lyricist

*March 30th, 1930, Aalborg †March 27th, 1981, Copenhagen

48

Chantal Botts

Badminton player

*March 30th, 1976, Witbank

51

Paul Verlaine

French poet (1844–1896)

*March 30th, 1844, Metz †January 8th, 1896, Paris

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

89

Erika Arlt

German local historian (1926-2015)

*March 30th, 1926, Oberröblingen †November 12th, 2015

87

Warren Beatty

American actor and filmmaker

*March 30th, 1937, Richmond

79

Eric Clapton

English guitarist, singer, and songwriter (born 1945)

*March 30th, 1945, Ripley

85

Devika Rani

Indian actress (1908-1994)

*March 30th, 1908, Visakhapatnam †March 9th, 1994, Bengaluru

42

Philippe Mexès

French association football player

*March 30th, 1982, Toulouse

38

Sergio Ramos

Spanish footballer (born 1986)

*March 30th, 1986, Camas

77

Harcourt Williams

English actor

*March 30th, 1880, Croydon †December 13th, 1957, London

59

Thomas Adasch

German politician (CDU)

*March 30th, 1965, Celle

82

Francisco Goya

Spanish painter and printmaker (1746–1828)

*March 30th, 1746, Fuendetodos †April 16th, 1828, Bordeaux

78

Melanie Klein

British Austrian born psychoanalyst

*March 30th, 1882, Vienna †September 22nd, 1960, London

29

Tao Geoghegan Hart

British road cyclist

*March 30th, 1995, Holloway

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Born in 1879

76

Albert Einstein

German-born theoretical physicist; developer of the theory of relativity (1879–1955)

*March 14th, 1879, Ulm †April 18th, 1955, Princeton

60

Leon Trotsky

Russian Marxist revolutionary (1879–1940)

*October 26th, 1879, Bereslavka †August 21st, 1940, Coyoacán

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

66

Alla Nazimova

Russian-American actress, screenwriter and producer (1879–1945)

*June 3rd, 1879, Yalta †July 13th, 1945, Los Angeles

52

Vachel Lindsay

American poet

*November 10th, 1879, Springfield †December 5th, 1931, Springfield

92

Rudolf Friml

Czech composer

*December 7th, 1879, Prague †November 12th, 1972, Hollywood

80

Max von Laue

German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi

*October 9th, 1879, Koblenz †April 24th, 1960, West Berlin

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

85

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

66

Charles Delestraint

French general (1879-1945)

*March 12th, 1879, Biache-Saint-Vaast †April 19th, 1945, Dachau concentration camp

91

E. M. Forster

English novelist (1879-1970)

*January 1st, 1879, London †June 7th, 1970, Coventry

54

Louis Joseph Vance

American writer (1879-1933)

*September 19th, 1879, Washington, D.C. †December 16th, 1933, New York City

60

Paul Klee

Swiss artist (1879-1940)

*December 18th, 1879, Münchenbuchsee †June 29th, 1940, Muralto

74

Francis Picabia

French painter and writer (1879-1953)

*January 22nd, 1879, Paris †November 30th, 1953, Paris

70

Ramana Maharshi

Indian Hindu sage (1879–1950)

*December 30th, 1879, Tiruchuli Assembly constituency †April 14th, 1950, Sri Ramana Ashram

58

Warner Oland

Swedish-American actor (1879–1938)

*October 3rd, 1879, Västerbotten County †August 6th, 1938, Stockholm

94

Mary Forbes

British-American actress (1883-1974)

*December 30th, 1879, Hornsey †July 22nd, 1974, Beaumont

70

Sarojini Naidu

Indian poet, politician, governor of the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh from 1947 to 1949

*February 13th, 1879, Hyderabad †March 2nd, 1949, Lucknow

73

Annie Kenney

British suffragette (1879-1953)

*September 13th, 1879, Springhead †July 9th, 1953, Letchworth Garden City

65

Stefan Filipkiewicz

Polish artist (1879-1944)

*July 28th, 1879, Tarnów †August 23rd, 1944, Mauthausen concentration camp

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on March 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 30th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1879 is a normal year and no leap year.

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