March 30 historical events
1282 — War of the Sicilian Vespers
The War of the Sicilian Vespers, also shortened to the War of the Vespers, was a conflict waged by several medieval European kingdoms over control of Sicily from 1282 to 1302. The war, which started with the revolt of the Sicilian Vespers, was fought over competing dynastic claims to the throne of Sicily and grew to involve the Crown of Aragon, Angevin Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of France, and the papacy.
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1296 — Sack of Berwick (1296)
The sack of Berwick was the first significant battle of the First War of Scottish Independence in 1296.
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1603 — Nine Years' War (Ireland)
The Nine Years' War (May 1593 – 30 March 1603) was a conflict in Ireland between a confederacy of Irish lords (with Spanish support) and the English-led government. The war was primarily a response to the English Crown's advances into territory traditionally owned by the Gaelic nobility. It was also part of the broader Anglo-Spanish War and the European wars of religion.
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1643 — Battle of Seacroft Moor
The Battle of Seacroft Moor took place in Whinmoor moor near the village of Seacroft, north-east of Leeds in West Riding on 30 March 1643 during the First English Civil War. In the battle, a Parliamentarian force commanded by Lieutenant-General Thomas Fairfax was decisively beaten by a Royalist cavalry force commanded by George Goring.
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1661 — Siege of Fort Zeelandia
The siege of Fort Zeelandia of 1661–1662 ended the Dutch East India Company's rule over Taiwan and began the Kingdom of Tungning's rule over the island.
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1699 — Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa at Anandpur
At the Baisakhi gathering of 1699, Guru Gobind Singh introduced an initiation ceremony at Anandpur Sahib. The Sikh community initiated through this ceremony became known as the Khalsa.
March 30 is the Julian calendar date used in the cited Sikh history.
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1814 — Battle of Lacolle Mills (1814)
The Battle of Lacolle Mill was fought on 30 March 1814 during the War of 1812. The small garrison of a British outpost position, aided by reinforcements, fought off a large American attack.
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1815 — Joachim Murat, King of Naples, issued the Rimini Proclamation, among the earliest calls for Italian unification
The Rimini Proclamation (Italian: Proclama di Rimini) was a proclamation by Joachim Murat, King of Naples, calling for the establishment of a united, self-governing Italy ruled by constitutional law. Its text is widely attributed to Pellegrino Rossi, later Papal Minister of Interior under Pope Pius IX. While it is primarily considered as a desperate attempt from Murat to retain the Neapolitan throne, the Rimini Proclamation was among the earliest calls for Italian unification.
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1818 — Augustin Fresnel presents research on polarized light
Augustin Fresnel presented a memoir to the French Academy of Sciences on the colours produced when polarized light passes through certain homogeneous liquids. He compared those effects with observations in crystals.
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1822 — The United States establishes the Florida Territory
A federal law established a territorial government for Florida, bringing the former East and West Florida under one territorial administration.
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1841 — National Bank of Greece is established in Athens
On March 30, 1841, the Greek Government Gazette published the act establishing the National Bank of Greece as a joint-stock company headquartered in Athens. The bank opened for business the following year.
The founding act was published on March 30, 1841; the bank began operations in January 1842.
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1842 — Crawford Long uses ether as an anesthetic during surgery
Crawford Long administered ether to James Venable before removing a growth from his neck in Jefferson, Georgia. Long later published a report on the procedure.
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1844 — Battle of Santiago (1844)
The Battle of Santiago (Spanish: Batalla de Santiago de 1844) was the second major battle of the Dominican War of Independence and was fought on the 30 March 1844, at Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago Province. Although outnumbered, Dominican troops, part of the Army of The North and led by General José María Imbert, defeated Haitian Army troops led by General Jean-Louis Pierrot.
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1848 — Skirmish of Todos Santos
Skirmish of Todos Santos (March 30, 1848), was the last clash of the Mexican–American War and ended eighteen months of hostilities in Baja California.
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1854 — Battle of Cieneguilla
The Battle of Cieneguilla (pronounced sienna-GEE-ya; English: small swamp) was an engagement of the Jicarilla War involving a group of Jicarilla Apaches, their Ute allies, and the American 1st Cavalry Regiment on March 30, 1854 near what is now Pilar, New Mexico. The Santa Fe Weekly Gazette reported that the action "was one of the severest battles that ever took place between American troops and Red Indians." It was one of the first significant battles between American and Apache forces and was also part of the Ute Wars, in which Ute warriors attempted to resist Westward expansion in the Four Corners region.
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1855 — 1855 Kansas Territory elections
The 1855 Kansas Territory elections were a series of pivotal moments in the "Bleeding Kansas" conflict between pro-slavery individuals and "Free-Staters" in Kansas Territory. The initial elections for territorial legislature, held on March 30, 1855, were marred by widespread voter fraud, intimidation, and violence, as pro-slavery forces from neighboring Missouri crossed the border to cast ballots and suppress anti-slavery voters.
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1856 — Treaty of Paris (1856)
The Treaty of Paris of 1856, signed on 30 March 1856 at the Congress of Paris, brought an end to the Crimean War (1853–1856) between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom, the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The treaty diminished Russian influence in the region.
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1862 — Battle of Stanwix Station
Stanwix Station, in western Arizona, was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Mail Stagecoach line built in the later 1850s near the Gila River about 80 miles (130 km) east of Yuma, Arizona. Originally the station was called Flap Jack Ranch later Grinnell's Ranch or Grinnell's Station. In 1862, Grinnell's was listed on the itinerary of the California Column in the same place as Stanwix Ranch (or Stanwix Station) which became the site of the westernmost skirmish of the American Civil War.
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1863 — Union and Confederate forces clash at Dutton’s Hill near Somerset
Union troops under Quincy Gillmore caught up with Confederate cavalry led by John Pegram. After several hours of fighting, the Confederate troops withdrew across the Cumberland River.
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1864 — Battle of Mount Elba
The Battle of Mount Elba (March 30, 1864) was fought in present-day Cleveland County, Arkansas, Arkansas, as part of the Camden Expedition, during the American Civil War.
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1867 — Alaska Purchase
The Alaska Purchase in 1867 resulted in the transfer of Russian America to the United States for $7.2 million (equivalent to $132 million in 2024). On April 9 of that year, the United States Senate ratified a bilateral treaty that had been signed on March 30, and American sovereignty became legally effective across the territory on October 18.
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1878 — 1878 Scottish Cup final
The 1878 Scottish Cup final was the fifth final of the Scottish Cup and the final of the 1877–78 Scottish Cup, the most prestigious knockout football competition in Scotland. The match was played at Hampden Park in Crosshill (today part of Glasgow) on 30 March 1878 and was watched by a crowd of 5,000 spectators.
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1878 — 1878 Welsh Cup final
The 1878 Welsh Cup final, was the first in the competition. It was contested by Wrexham and Druids at the Acton Park, Wrexham.
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1885 — Looting of Battleford
The Looting of Battleford began at the end of March, 1885, during the North-West Rebellion, in the town of Battleford, Saskatchewan, then a part of the Northwest Territories. Within days of the Métis victory at the Battle of Duck Lake on March 26, 1885.
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1889 — 1889 FA Cup final
The 1889 FA Cup final was contested by Preston North End and Wolverhampton Wanderers at the Kennington Oval. Preston won 3–0, with goals by Fred Dewhurst, Jimmy Ross and Sam Thomson. This completed the "Double" for the victors, Preston having already won the inaugural Football League title without losing a game, a feat which earned them the nickname "The Invincibles".
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1890 — Portuguese legislative election, 1890
Parliamentary elections were held in Portugal on 30 March 1890. The result was a victory for the Regeneration Party, which won 115 seats.
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1891 — Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve is established
On 30 March 1891, President Benjamin Harrison established the Yellowstone Park Timber Land Reserve in Wyoming by proclamation. Much of the reserve later became part of Shoshone National Forest.
This records the reserve proclamation. The authorizing law was dated 3 March, and the separately named Shoshone National Forest was established in 1908.
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1900 — Excavators uncover Linear B tablets at Knossos
On March 30, 1900, the excavation led by Arthur Evans uncovered Linear B tablets at Knossos on Crete. The tablets preserve an early form of Greek and document the workings of the Bronze Age palace.
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1901 — Australian federal election, 1901
Federal elections for the inaugural Parliament of Australia were held in Australia on Friday 29 March and Saturday 30 March 1901 following Federation and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Australia. All 75 seats in the Australian House of Representatives, six of which were uncontested, as well as all 36 seats in the Australian Senate, were up for election. After the initial confusion of the Hopetoun Blunder, the first Prime Minister of Australia, Edmund Barton, went in to the inaugural 1901 federal election as the appointed head of a Protectionist Party caretaker government.
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1904 — Melbourne by-election, 1904
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Melbourne in Victoria on 30 March 1904. This was triggered by the Chief Justice of the High Court (sitting as a Court of Disputed Elections) declaring invalid the election of Sir Malcolm McEacharn to the seat in the 1903 federal election. The writ for the by-election was issued by the Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives on 15 March 1904.
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1907 — 1907 Copa del Rey final
The 1907 Copa del Rey final was the 5th final of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition. The match took place on 30 March 1907 at the Hipódromo, Madrid. The match was contested by Club Bizcaya and Madrid FC. This match was not a scheduled final: the tournament was a round-robin tournament, but both teams finished with six points, thus forcing a playoff match to decide the champion.
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1908 — 1908 Manila's 1st Philippine Assembly district special elections
Two special elections (known elsewhere as "by-elections") for Manila's 1st (North) district's seat in the Philippine Assembly, the lower house of the Philippine Legislature of the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, were held on 1908. Justo Lukban won the second election, after Dominador Gómez, winner of the 1907 general election, was expelled from office, then won the first special election, finally only to resign his rights as member of the assembly.
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1912 — Treaty of Fes
The Treaty of Fes (Arabic: معاهدة فاس, French: Traité de Fès), officially the Treaty Concluded Between France and Morocco on 30 March 1912, for the Organization of the French Protectorate in the Sharifian Empire (French: Traité conclu entre la France et le Maroc le 30 mars 1912, pour l'organisation du protectorat français dans l'Empire chérifien), was a treaty signed by Sultan Abd al-Hafid of Morocco under duress and French diplomat Eugène Regnault on 30 March 1912.
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1914 — Dominican Civil War (1914)
The Dominican Civil War (1914) was a civil war in the Dominican Republic that started as a rebellion against the government led by General Desiderio Arias in La Vega and Santiago de los Caballeros, beginning on March 30, 1914. José Bordas Valdez was elected President without opposition on June 15, 1914. The U.S. Navy ships intervened to end the bombardment of Puerto Plata beginning on June 26, 1914.
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1916 — Lake Naroch offensive
The Lake Naroch offensive in 1916 was an unsuccessful Russian offensive on the Eastern Front in World War I. It was launched at the request of Marshal Joseph Joffre and intended to relieve the German pressure on French forces. Due to lack of reconnaissance, Russian artillery support failed to overcome and neutralise the well-fortified German defenses and artillery positions, leading to costly and unproductive direct attacks, hindered by the weather.
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1918 — Battle of Moreuil Wood
The Battle of Moreuil Wood (30 March 1918) was an engagement of World War I that took place on the banks of the Arve River in France, where the Canadian Cavalry Brigade attacked and forced the German 23rd Saxon Division to withdraw from Moreuil Wood, a commanding position on the river bank. This defeat at the hands of the Allies contributed to the halt of the German Spring Offensive of 1918. During the battle, a Victoria Cross was awarded to Canadian Gordon Flowerdew of Lord Strathcona's Horse.
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1918 — March Days
The March Days or March Events (Azerbaijani: Mart hadisələri) was a period of inter-ethnic strife and clashes which took place between 30 March – 2 April 1918 in the city of Baku and adjacent areas of the Baku Governorate of the Transcaucasian Commissariat.
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1918 — First Battle of Morlancourt
The First Battle of Morlancourt was fought over the period 28–30 March 1918, on the Western Front during World War I. The battle saw troops from the Australian 3rd Division advance to fill a gap in the Allied line that had formed north of the River Somme during the German spring offensive.
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1940 — Battle of Hucisko
The Battle of Hucisko was a confrontation between the Detached Unit of the Polish Army led by Major Henryk Dobrzański, codenamed Hubal, and the 51st Battalion of the German Ordnungspolizei, fought on 30 March 1940, near the village of Hucisko in the Kielce Land. The battle lasted for over two hours. Despite the enemy's numerical and technical superiority, the Polish soldiers forced the Germans to retreat and inflicted heavy casualties.
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1940 — Wang Jingwei regime is established in Nanjing
On March 30, 1940, Wang Jingwei’s Japanese-supported collaborationist government was established in Nanjing, China.
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1942 — 1942 Liechtenstein local elections
Local elections were held in Liechtenstein on 30 March 1942 to elect the municipal councils and the mayors of the eleven municipalities.
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1944 — Operation Desecrate One
Operation Desecrate One was a World War II United States Navy operation on 30-31 March 1944. Desecrate One was part of the preparations for Operations Reckless and Persecution, the Allied invasion of western New Guinea. Desecrate One involved attacks by the aircraft carriers USS Enterprise (CV-6), USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Yorktown (CV-10), USS Lexington (CV-16), USS Monterey (CV-26), USS Belleau Wood (CVL-24), USS Cowpens (CVL-25), USS Cabot (CVL-28), USS Princeton (CVL-23), and USS Langley (CVL-27) against Japanese military bases on and around Palau. Thirty-six Japanese ships were sunk or damaged in the attacks.
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1944 — World War II: In a raid on Nuremberg, RAF Bomber Command suffers its greatest loss of the war, losing 95 bombers from a force of 795
Bomber Command, Royal Air Force controlled the Royal Air Force's (RAF) bomber forces from 1936 to 1968. Along with the United States Army Air Forces, it played the central role in the strategic bombing of Germany in World War II. From 1942 onward, the British bombing campaign against Germany became less restrictive and increasingly targeted industrial sites and the civilian manpower base essential for German war production.
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1944 — Allied aircraft bomb Sofia in a daytime raid
On the morning of March 30, 1944, Allied aircraft carried out a major bombing raid on Sofia, Bulgaria, striking the city center.
This entry covers the daytime raid on March 30, not the separate overnight attack that began on March 29.
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1945 — Stalin announces the capture of Danzig
On March 30, 1945, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin announced the capture of Danzig, now Gdańsk in Poland, in his order of the day.
This records the announcement of the city’s capture, rather than an end to all fighting in the surrounding area.
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1946 — 1946 Henty by-election
A by-election was held in the Henty electorate in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne on 30 March 1946, following the resignation of independent MP Arthur Coles.
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1946 — 1946 Madras Presidency Legislative Council election
The second legislative council election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of 1935 was held in March 1946. The election was held after 6 years of Governor's rule starting from 1939, when the Indian National Congress government of C. Rajagopalachari resigned protesting Indian involvement in World War II.
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1946 — 1946 Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election concludes
On March 30, 1946, the Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election concluded. Congress won a large majority, but a dispute over the party’s leadership delayed the formation of a ministry.
This entry records the election’s conclusion on March 30, 1946; government formation came later.
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1949 — Greater Rajasthan is inaugurated
On March 30, 1949, the Greater Rajasthan Union was inaugurated, marking a stage in the integration of princely states into what became modern Rajasthan.
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1953 — Battle for Outpost Vegas
The battle for Outpost Vegas took place during the Korean War between the armed forces of the United Nations Command (UN) and China from 26 to 30 March 1953, four months before the end of the Korean War. Vegas was one of three outposts called the Nevada Cities north of the Main Line of Resistance (MLR), the United Nations defensive line which stretched roughly around the latitude 38th Parallel.
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1955 — Hong Kong municipal election, 1955
The 1955 Urban Council Election was held on 30 March 1955 for the 2 of the 4 elected seats of the Urban Council of Hong Kong. The turnout was low compared to last year as only 1,914 voters cast their votes, 1,540 ballots from Hong Kong Island and 374 from Kowloon. Brook Bernacchi and Woo Pak-chuen of the Reform Club were reelected.
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1958 — 1958 Yugoslavian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Yugoslavia, with voting on 23 March 1958 for the 301-member Federal Council, whilst the Producers' Council was elected on 30 March, with the two councils forming the bicameral Federal People's Assembly. Almost all candidates ran unopposed, with only six of the 301 seats in the Federal Council having been contested by more than one candidate.
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1961 — Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs, 1961 (also called the Single Convention, 1961 Convention, or C61) is an international treaty that controls activities (cultivation, production, supply, trade, transport) involving specific narcotic drugs and lays down a system of regulations (licenses, measures for treatment, research, etc.) for their medical and scientific uses, concluded under the auspices of the United Nations. The convention also establishes the International Narcotics Control Board.
The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
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1965 — Malagasy presidential election, 1965
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Madagascar on 30 March 1965. Incumbent President Philibert Tsiranana of the Social Democratic Party dominated the campaign and was elected with 97.2% of the voter.
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1965 — A car bomb explodes outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon
A car bomb exploded outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon during the Vietnam War. The blast killed more than 20 people and damaged the embassy building.
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1966 — South African general election, 1966
The 1966 South African general election, on 30 March 1966, resulted in another comprehensive victory for the National Party under Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd. The number of House of Assembly seats for White voters in South Africa had been increased from 150 to 160 by the Constitution Amendment Act of 1965. In addition, there were six seats for White voters from South-West Africa (now Namibia). There were also four seats reserved for Coloured representatives, who did not have to stand for re-election during 1966.
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1967 — Delta Air Lines Flight 9877
Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 was a scheduled training flight of a Douglas DC-8-51 that crashed on approach to New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, Louisiana, on March 30, 1967. The aircraft, registered N802E, struck a residential area while conducting a simulated two-engine-out landing, killing all six people on board—including five crewmembers and a FAA observer. Thirteen people were killed on the ground.
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1968 — Operation Cochise Green
Operation Cochise Green was a security and pacification operation during the Vietnam War conducted by the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Bình Định Province from 30 March 1968 to 31 January 1969.
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1968 — Czechoslovakia elects Ludvík Svoboda president
Czechoslovakia held a presidential election on 30 March 1968. Ludvík Svoboda replaced Antonín Novotný as president.
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1968 — Operation Patrick
Operation Patrick was a security operation conducted during the Vietnam War by the U.S. 3rd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division in Bình Định Province, South Vietnam from 1 to 30 March 1968.
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1972 — Easter Offensive
The Easter Offensive, also known as the 1972 Spring–Summer Offensive (Vietnamese: Chiến dịch Xuân–Hè 1972) by North Vietnam, or the Fiery Red Summer (Mùa hè đỏ lửa) in South Vietnamese literature, was a military campaign conducted by the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) against a force consisting of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) and the United States military between 30 March and 22 October 1972, during the Vietnam War.
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1974 — 1974 Western Australian state election
Elections were held in the state of Western Australia on 30 March 1974 to elect all 51 members to the Legislative Assembly and 15 members to the 30-seat Legislative Council. The one-term Labor government, led by Premier John Tonkin, was defeated by the Liberal Party, led by Opposition Leader Charles Court.
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1979 — Assassination of Airey Neave
On 30 March 1979, Airey Neave, British Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, was assassinated by the Irish National Liberation Army with a bomb fixed under his car. The bomb detonated in the car park of the Palace of Westminster in London and mortally wounded Neave, who died shortly after being admitted to hospital.
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1981 — Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, the president of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. outside of the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C., as Reagan was returning to his limousine after a speaking engagement at the hotel. Hinckley believed the attack would impress the actress Jodie Foster, with whom he had developed an erotomanic obsession after viewing her in the 1976 film Taxi Driver.
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1982 — Space Shuttle Columbia lands at White Sands
Columbia completed its third test flight with the only shuttle landing at White Sands. Astronauts Jack Lousma and Gordon Fullerton touched down at Northrup Strip in New Mexico.
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1985 — 1985 Louisiana's 8th congressional district special election
The 1985 United States House of Representatives special election in Louisiana's 8th congressional district was held on March 30, 1985, to select the successor to Congressman Gillis William Long, who died on January 20, 1985 after being re-elected in 1984. Long's widow, Cathy Long, ran to succeed him. Long won a majority of vote in the primary election, thereby eliminating the need for a runoff election.
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1985 — 1985 Brisbane City Council election
The 1985 Brisbane City Council election was held on 30 March 1985 to elect a lord mayor and 26 aldermen to the City of Brisbane. The election was held as part of the statewide local government elections in Queensland, Australia. The election saw the lord mayoralty re-established as a directly elected position, having been chosen by a vote of the aldermen since 1973, and increased the number of aldermen increased from 21 to 26.
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1985 — 1985 United States House of Representatives elections
There were two elections to the United States House of Representatives to serve in the 99th United States Congress.
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1986 — 1985 Empress's Cup final
1985 Empress's Cup Final was the 7th final of the Empress's Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 30, 1986. Shimizudaihachi SC won the championship.
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1987 — Platoon wins best picture at the Academy Awards
Platoon won four awards, including best picture and directing for Oliver Stone, as well as film editing and sound.
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1996 — 1996 Victorian state election
The 1996 Victorian state election, held on Saturday, 30 March 1996, was for the 53rd Parliament of Victoria. It was held in the Australian state of Victoria to elect all 88 members of the state's Legislative Assembly and 22 members of the 44-member Legislative Council. The election took place four weeks after the 1996 federal election which swept the Labor Party from power nationally.
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1996 — 1996 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election
The 1996 Nova Scotia New Democratic Party leadership election was held on March 30, 1996, to elect a successor to Alexa McDonough as leader of the Nova Scotia New Democratic Party. The election was necessary because McDonough had announced her resignation as party leader on November 19, 1994. Robert Chisholm was elected, defeating Yvonne Atwell.
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1996 — Results of the 1996 Victorian state election (Legislative Council)
This is a list of Legislative Council results for the Victorian 1996 state election. 22 of the 44 seats were contested.
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1998 — 1998 Armenian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Armenia on 16 March 1998, with a second round on 30 March. The result was a victory for independent candidate Robert Kocharyan, who won 58.9% of the vote in the second round. Turnout was 63.5% in the first round and 68.1% in the second.
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2001 — Rey de Reyes (2001)
The Rey de Reyes 2001 (Spanish for "King of Kings") was the fifth annual Rey de Reyes professional wrestling tournament and show, produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The event took place on March 30, 2001 in the Convention Center in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The Rey de Reyes tournament consisted of a semi-final round of four four-man elimination matches and a final match with the winners of each of the semi-finals facing off in an elimination match until only one man remained. The final of the 2001 Rey de Reyes tournament pitted La Parka, Jr., Latin Lover, Abismo Negro and Heavy Metal against each other.
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2001 — Juicio Final (2001)
Juicio Final (2001) (Spanish for "Final Justice") was a professional wrestling Pay-Per-View (PPV) show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on March 30, 2001 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show was produced with the tag line, Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends: El Santo and Salvador Lutteroth") to honor and remember CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth and El Santo, the most famous Mexican wrestler ever. The following year the March show would be presented only as Homenaje a Dos Leyendas: El Santo y Salvador Lutteroth once again, with CMLL not using the Juicio Final show name until 2005.
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2002 — 2002 Lyon synagogue attack
On 30 March 2002, a group of masked men rammed two cars through the courtyard gates of a synagogue in the La Duchere neighbourhood of Lyon, France, then rammed one of the cars into the prayer hall before setting the vehicles on fire and causing severe damage to the synagogue.
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2003 — WrestleMania XIX
WrestleMania XIX was the nineteenth annual WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was presented by Snickers Cruncher and took place on March 30, 2003, at Safeco Field in Seattle, Washington. The event was the first WrestleMania held in the state of Washington. A record-breaking 54,097 fans from all fifty states and numerous countries from around the world at Safeco Field resulted in a gate attendance grossing US$2.76 million. WrestleMania XIX was the first WrestleMania to be promoted under the WWE name and the first to have taken place after the WWE Brand Extension.
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2003 — Lower Austrian state election, 2003
The Lower Austrian state election of 2003 was held in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on 30 March 2003. The election saw the Austrian People's Party win a majority of the seats, while the Freedom Party of Austria only won about a quarter of the votes they had won in the 1998 election.
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2003 — 2003 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election
The Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) leadership election of 2003 was held on 30 March 2003. The incumbent leader Vladimír Špidla was re-elected. His rivals were Jiří Rusnok, Jana Volfová and Josef Dobrý. Volfová and Dobrý withdrew from election before the voting started and endorsed Rusnok.
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2006 — Cyclone Glenda
Severe Tropical Cyclone Glenda was among the strongest tropical cyclones to threaten Western Australia, though it weakened considerably before landfall and moved ashore in a lightly populated region. It began as a tropical low on 15 March in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The precursor disturbance drifted over Top End and later across the northeastern portion of Western Australia, and after emerging into the Indian Ocean it strengthened into a tropical storm.
Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia.
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2007 — Homenaje a Dos Leyendas (2007)
Homenaje a Dos Leyendas 2007 (Spanish for "Homage to Two Legends") was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on March 30, 2007 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The two legends honored at that year's event was CMLL founder Salvador Lutteroth, who is always honored at Dos Leyendas and Huracan Ramirez. The main event was a singles match between Universo 2000 and Marco Corleone under Lucha de Apuestas rules, with both men putting their hair on the line. The card featured five further matches, four Six-man "Lucha Libre rules" tag team match and one regular Tag team match.
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2008 — 2008 Football League Trophy final
The 2008 Football League Trophy Final was the 25th final of the domestic football cup competition for teams from Football Leagues One and Two, the Football League Trophy. The final was played at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 March 2008, the first time that the final had been staged at the stadium since it was rebuilt. The match was contested by Grimsby Town and Milton Keynes Dons.
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2008 — WrestleMania XXIV
WrestleMania XXIV was a 2008 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It was the 24th annual WrestleMania and took place on March 30, 2008, at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and ECW brand divisions. This was the first WrestleMania to be held in the U.S. state of Florida and was also the second WrestleMania to be held outdoors, after WrestleMania IX in 1993.
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2009 — 2009 Lahore police academy attack
At 07:31 on 30 March 2009, the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked by an estimated 12 gunmen. The perpetrators were armed with automatic weapons and grenades or rockets and some were dressed as policemen. They took over the main building during a morning parade when 750 unarmed police recruits were present on the compound's parade ground. Police forces arrived 90 minutes later and were able to take back the building by 15:30. Five trainees, two instructors and a passer-by were killed. Five of the attackers were killed in the fighting and three more blew themselves up to avoid arrest.
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2010 — Action of 30 March 2010
The Action of 30 March 2010 was a naval battle involving a Seychelles Coast Guard patrol boat and two groups of Somali pirate vessels. The encounter resulted in the freeing of twenty-seven hostages held by the pirates.
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2011 — First Gulf of Sidra offensive
The First Gulf of Sidra offensive was the second major rebel offensive of the Libyan Civil War. It was mounted by anti-Gaddafi forces immediately after their victory in the Battle of Ajdabiya. The offensive was meant to have the rebel forces quickly reach Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte. The operation was initially a success with the rebels taking almost 300 kilometres (190 miles) of coast along the Libyan Coastal Highway in just two days.
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2011 — Min Aung Hlaing is appointed commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s armed forces
On March 30, 2011, Min Aung Hlaing succeeded Than Shwe as commander-in-chief of Myanmar’s armed forces.
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2011 — End of Tatmadaw Government (1988–2011)
The Tatmadaw Government (Burmese: တပ်မတော်အစိုးရ), officially the Government of the Union of Myanmar (Burmese: ပြည်ထောင်စုမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်အစိုးရအဖွဲ့), was a totalitarian provisional military government that had ruled Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) since the collapse of the constitutional socialist regime in 1988 until the new constitutional government took power in 2011. Direct military rule was established on 18 September 1988 when the military junta, namely the State Law and Order Restoration Council (Burmese: နိုင်ငံတော် ငြိမ်ဝပ်ပိပြားမှု တည်ဆောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့; abbreviated SLORC or နဝတ), came into power.
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2012 — Battle of Kidal (2012)
The first battle of Kidal took place during the Mali war. On 30 March 2012, the city was captured by rebel MNLA and Ansar Dine forces.
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2012 — Torneo Gran Alternativa 2012 Block A
On March 30, 2012, Euforia and El Terrible won Block A of CMLL’s Torneo Gran Alternativa in Mexico City.
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2013 — Second Battle of Timbuktu
The Second Battle of Timbuktu was a battle during the Mali War between March 30 and April 1, 2013, in which two Islamist attacks targeted the Malian army in Timbuktu. With help from the French, both attacks were prevented from capturing any significant sites in the city.
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2013 — Battle of In Arab
The Battle of In Arab was a two-day-long armed confrontation between a unit of the MNLA and a group of MOJWA fighters. The battle resulted in an Azawad victory but both sides suffered casualties.
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2014 — Paris municipal election, 2014
Municipal elections in Paris took place on 23 and 30 March 2014, at the same time as other French municipal elections. Anne Hidalgo of the Socialist Party was elected mayor of Paris, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She had been the city's deputy mayor. Hidalgo won with around 55% of the vote in the second round.
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2014 — 2014 Football League Trophy final
The 2014 Football League Trophy Final was the 31st final of the domestic cup involving League One and League Two teams. The final took place at Wembley Stadium in London on 30 March 2014 and saw Peterborough United beat Chesterfield 3–1, with Josh McQuoid, Shaun Brisley, Eoin Doyle and Britt Assombalonga all scoring goals. 35,663 spectators attended the match and Andy D'Urso was the referee.
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2014 — 2014 Hakkari mayoral election
Mayoral elections took place in the Turkish Province of Hakkari alongside nationwide local elections on 30 March 2014. A total of 8 municipalities were up for election, consisting of one central district municipality, two district municipalities and three belde (town) municipalities. The Hakkari central district Municipality was won by the Peace and Democracy Party (BDP).
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2014 — 2014 İzmir mayoral election
The İzmir mayoral elections of 2014 were held on 30 March 2014 as part of the nationwide local elections held on the same day. Mayors for the metropolitan municipality of İzmir and 30 other district municipalities throughout the İzmir Province were elected during the election, as well as municipal councillors for each district. The incumbent Aziz Kocaoğlu from the Republican People's Party (CHP) was re-elected as the metropolitan mayor of İzmir with 49.6% of the vote.
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2014 — 2014 Turkish local elections
Local elections (formal: local authority general elections, Turkish: Mahalli İdareler Genel Seçimi or simply Yerel Seçimleri) were held in Turkey on 30 March 2014, with some repeated on 1 June 2014. Metropolitan and district mayors as well as their municipal council members in cities, and muhtars and "elderly councils" in rural areas (and also in mahalles within urban areas) were elected.
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2014 — 2014 Istanbul mayoral election
The Istanbul mayoral elections of 2014 were held on 30 March 2014, as part of the local elections taking place throughout Turkey on the same day. The Metropolitan Mayor of Istanbul as well as the district mayors of the 39 districts of Istanbul were elected, along with municipal councillors for each district municipality.
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2017 — 2017 Cumilla City Corporation election
The 2017 Comilla City Corporation election was an election in Cumilla, Bangladesh, held on 30 March 2017 to elect the Mayor of Cumilla and councillors of the Cumilla City Corporation. This was the second election of the City Corporation since its establishment. In the election, incumbent BNP candidate Monirul Haque Sakku won by defeating his closest rival, Awami League candidate Anjum Sultana Sima.
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2017 — SpaceX launches SES-10 using a previously flown Falcon 9 booster
A Falcon 9 launched the SES-10 communications satellite from Kennedy Space Center using a first stage that had flown before. SpaceX recovered the booster again after launch.
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2019 — UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje
UFC on ESPN: Barboza vs. Gaethje (also known as UFC on ESPN 2) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that was held on March 30, 2019 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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2019 — 2019 Coupe de la Ligue final
The 2019 Coupe de la Ligue final was the final of the 2018–19 Coupe de la Ligue, the 25th edition of France's football league cup competition, the Coupe de la Ligue, contested by the 44 teams that the Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP) manages. The final took place on 30 March 2019 at the Stade Pierre-Mauroy in Villeneuve-d'Ascq and was contested by Strasbourg and Guingamp.
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2019 — Pope Francis begins his visit to Morocco
Pope Francis arrived in Rabat on 30 March 2019, beginning a two-day visit to Morocco.
The visit began on 30 March and continued through 31 March 2019.
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2019 — Slovakia holds the second round of its 2019 presidential election
On March 30, 2019, Slovakia held the second round of its presidential election, contested by Zuzana Čaputová and Maroš Šefčovič.
The first round took place on March 16.
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2019 — A forest fire begins in Muli, Sichuan
A forest fire began in Muli County in Sichuan on 30 March 2019. Firefighting continued into April, and the operation resulted in the deaths of firefighters and local personnel.
This records the start of the fire, not the later deaths during firefighting.
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2022 — 2022 Liga 3 final
The 2022 Liga 3 final was the final that decided the winner of the 2021–22 Liga 3, the sixth season of third-tier competition in Indonesia organised by PSSI, and the fifth season since it was renamed from the Liga Nusantara to the Liga 3 between Karo United and Putra Delta Sidoarjo. It was played on 30 March 2022 at Gelora Delta Stadium, Sidoarjo.
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2023 — 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival
The 47th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Chinese: 第47屆香港國際電影節) took place from 30 March to 10 April 2023, both online and in-person in Hong Kong. Soi Cheang was selected as the Filmmaker in Focus for this edition and masterclasses led by Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng were featured.
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2024 — UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot
UFC on ESPN: Blanchfield vs. Fiorot (also known as UFC on ESPN 54) was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship that took place on March 30, 2024, at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States.
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2025 — Progress Chapter 178: Fix Your Hearts
The Chapter 178: Fix Your Hearts was a professional wrestling event produced by Progress Wrestling. It took place on 30 March 2025 in London, England, at the Electric Ballroom. The event's name and aesthetics are in reference and tribute to the late David Lynch (who had died earlier that year) and his most well-known production, Twin Peaks. Eight matches were contested at the event.
England, United Kingdom · London, United Kingdom · Arts & culture · Checked 2026-09-23
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2025 — 2025 Scottish Challenge Cup final
The 2025 Scottish Challenge Cup final, also known as the SPFL Trust Trophy final for sponsorship reasons, was a football match played on 30 March 2025 between Scottish Championship sides, Livingston and Queen's Park. It was the 32nd final of the Scottish Challenge Cup since it was first organised in 1990 to celebrate the centenary of the now defunct Scottish Football League, and the tenth since the SPFL was formed.
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2025 — CPH:DOX 2025
The 22nd Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, also known as CPH:DOX 2025 took place from 19 to 30 March 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. The festival is held annually to highlight non-fiction filmmaking from countries all over the world. The festival opened with Tommy Gulliksen's Facing War, which follows the final years of Jens Stoltenberg as secretary general of NATO and the organization's role in the Russo-Ukrainian War.
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