March 30 in History

Historical Events on March 30

1282 The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.

1855 Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.

1870 Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.

1940 Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.

1944 World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.

1945 World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.

1965 Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.

1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr.; three others are wounded in the same incident.

2017 SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.[1][2]

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Famous Birthdays on March 30

1913 Richard Helms

1945 Eric Clapton

1962 MC Hammer

1968 Celine Dion

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Famous Deaths on March 30

1912 Karl May

1925 Rudolf Steiner

1986 James Cagney

2002 Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother

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