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1135 Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Crodoba Spain, philospher/physician 1135 Rambam, Jewish leader 1222 Nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint 1432 Mohammed II [Ftih], Sultan of Turkey (1451-81) 1681 Pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver 1719 John Hawkins, England, wrote 1st history of music 1727 Tommaso MFS Traetta, Ital's opera composer/band leader (Farnace) 1746 Francisco Jose de Goya, Spain, painter/etcher (Naked Maja) 1790 Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877 1823 Joseph Farmer Knipe, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 1824 Innis Newton Palmer, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) 1825 Samuel Bell Maxey, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1895 1830 Julius F A Bahnsen, German philosopher 1836 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg, German industrialist/politician 1842 John Fiske, [Edmund Fisk Green], US historian/philosopher 1844 Paul M Verlaine, France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur) 1853 Vincent van Gogh, Holland, artist who always lent an ear (Irises) 1864 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist/politician 1865 Heinrich Rubens, German physicist 1876 Clifford Whittingham Beers, US, mental hygiene pioneer 1880 Sean O'Casey, Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World) 1883 Jo Davidson, US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman) 1886 Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician 1887 Albert Termote, Belgian/Neth sculptor 1892 Erwin Panofsky, German/US art historian 1893 Anna Q Nilsson, Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's Cabin) 1895 Jean Giono, French writer (World Chant) 1898 Joyce Carey, English actress (Black Windmill) 1899 Irving Thalberg, US producer (MGM) 19-- Joseph Cali, NYC, actor (Nick-Today's FBI) 19-- Justin Deas, Penns, actor (As the World Turns, Santa Barbara) 19-- Steve Summers, rocker (Pretty Boy Floyd-Rock & Roll) 1903 Sol C Siegel, US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes) 1905 Mikio Oda, Japan, triple jumper (Olympic-gold-1928) 1913 Frankie Laine, Chicago Ill, actress (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide) 1913 Richard Helms, former CIA head 1914 Sonny Boy Williamson, blues musician (Down & Out Blues) 1919 McGeorge Bundy, national security adviser under JFK 1926 Werner Torkanowsky, Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symph) 1927 Peter Marshall, Huntington WV, TV host (Hollywood Squares) 1929 Richard Dysart, Brighton Mass, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law) 1930 John Astin, Balt Md, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Adamms Family) 1930 Rolf Harris, British cartoonist 1937 Jay W Macintosh, Gainesville Ga, actress (Sons & Daughters) 1937 Warren Beatty, Richmond Va, (Bonnie & Clyde, Shampoo, Dick Tracy) 1940 Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer(?)/orchestra leader(?) 1940 Jerry Lucas, NBA center (NY Knicks) (NBA rookie of year 1964) 1941 Robert C Smith, (Rep-R-NH, 1985- ) 1941 Sven Hamrin, Sweden, road race cycler (Olympic-bronze-1964) 1944 Gerrit Komr, poet/essayist (Happy Schizo) 1944 Graeme Edge, drummer (Moody Blues-Your Wildest Dreams) 1945 Eric Clapton, [Clapp], guitarist/vocalist (Cream, Tears In Heaven) 1948 Jim Dandy Mangrum, vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy) 1950 Dave McCurdy, (Rep-D-OK, 1981- ) 1955 Randy Wanwarmer, vocalist (Just When I Needed You Most) 1957 Paul Reiser, NYC, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Cross My Heart) 1957 Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova, Russia, cosmonaut 1962 "M C" Hammer, [Stanley], rapper (It's Hammer Time) 1967 Ian Ziering, West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 90210) 1970 Secreteriat, race horse, triple crown (1973) Back to GREGSITE Passings for March 30988 Arnulf II, count of Flanders, dies 1202 Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies 1547 Franois I van Valois-Angoulme, King of France, dies at 52 1879 David Van de Kellen, coin engraver, dies at 74 1906 Betsy Perk, [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 73 1910 Jean Moras, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies 1912 Karl May, German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies 1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austria philosopher (anthroposophy), dies 1926 Feliks E Dzjerzjinski, Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies 1930 Jean Moras, [Yannis Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, dies 1946 John SSPV Barley, viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies 1948 Mahatma Gandhi, assassinated in New Delhi 1949 Friedrich CR Bergius, German chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies 1950 Lon Blum, French premier (People's Front Govt), dies 1961 P J Melotte, discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies 1964 Willem CN Andriessen, composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies at 76 1966 Erwin Piscator, German play director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies 1966 Maxfield Parrish, US painter, dies at 95 1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian auto racer, dies 1971 Selmer Jackson, actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies at 82 1972 Gabriel Heather, US news anchor, dies at 81 1972 Peter Whitney, actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55 1976 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg, actress (Hostage Rights), dies 1979 Airey Neave, British Conservatives MP, killed by a bomb 1981 Dewitt Wallace, US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91 1985 Harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76 1986 James F Cagney, actor, dies at his Stanfordville NY farm at 86 1986 John Ciardi, US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69 1991 Jan Willem Hofstra, actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies 1992 Luigi De Laurentiis, Itallian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies Back to GREGSITE Holidays for March 30[Alaska] Seward Day (1867) [US Virgin Island] Transfer Day (1917) Back to GREGSITE Interest events for March 301900 [RC] Commemoration of St Leonard Murialdo, Italian priest/educator 1997 [Christian] Easter Sunday Back to GREGSITE Special events for March 30NCAA Final Four Women's Basketball competition ends NCAA Final Four Men's & Women's Basketball competition begins 239 -BC- 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet 1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force 1492 King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain 1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon 1822 Territory of Florida organized 1842 Dr Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 1858 Hyman Lipman of Phila patents a pencil with attached eraser 1867 US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (Seward's Folly) 1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race 1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union 1882 J Palisa discovers asteroid #224 Oceana 1889 John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers, NY) 1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #662 Newtonia 1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens 1911 Lochtschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed 1912 French protectorate in Morocco established 1914 A Massinger discovers asteroid #785 Zwetana 1916 M Wolf discovers asteroid #820 Adriana 1916 Montreal Canadiens beat Portland Rosebuds 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 1918 Toronto Arenas beat Vanc Millionaires 3 games to 2 for Stanley Cup 1919 Belgian Army attack Dsseldorf 1919 Gandhi introduces resistance against Rowlatt Act 1922 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions 1922 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions 1923 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates 1925 Stalin supports in Komintern rights of not-Swedish Yugoslavian 1925 Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians 1929 L Volta discovers asteroid #1107 Lictoria 1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3« hrs W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec 1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #3166 1941 German counter offensive in North-Africa 1941 Indiana University wins NCAA basketball championship 1942 SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp 1943 British 1st army recaptures Sejenane 1943 University of Wyoming wins NCAA basketball championship 1945 USSR invades Austria during WW II 1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, NJ 1952 Goethe Link Observ discovers asteroids #1761 Edmondson & #1824 Haworth 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory 1955 Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2026 Cottrell 1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, NY (PBS) begins broadcasting 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) 1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race 1966 Barbra Striesand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS 1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed 1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released 1970 Soap opera "Somerset" premieres 1970 USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship 1972 North Vietnamese troops pull out of South Vietnam 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam 1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital 1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation 1982 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM 1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force [0126?] 1987 Indiana wins NCAA woman's basketball championship 1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament 1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles) 1991 Last edition of The Free People newspaper 1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vre Folk" 1991 William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman 1992 64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps) 1992 CBS TV premiers overnight news program "Up To The Minute" 1992 P J Patterson, resigns as 6th PM of Jamaica 1992 WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (NYC) 1993 French cabinet of Balladur forms 1993 Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election Back to GREGSITE Facts for March 3089th day of the year with 276 days left (Numerology = 6) 1887 16øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC 1977 79øF highest temperature for this date in NYC Back to GREGSITE Songs released on March 3003/30/44 --- I Love You --- Madriguera, Enric 03/30/44 --- Mairzy Doats --- Pied Pipers 03/30/59 --- Happy Organ, The --- Cortez, Dave "Baby" 03/30/59 --- Fool Such As I, (Now And Then There's) A --- Presley, Elvis 03/30/59 --- I Need Your Love Tonight --- Presley, Elvis 03/30/63 --- Puff The Magic Dragon --- Peter, Paul & Mary 03/30/68 --- Honey --- Goldsboro, Bobby 03/30/74 --- Loco-Motion, The --- Grand Funk Railroad 03/30/74 --- Dancing Machine --- Jacksons 03/30/74 --- Tubular Bells --- Oldfield, Mike 03/30/85 --- Some Like It Hot --- Power Station 03/30/85 --- Smooth Operator --- Sade |
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