March 30 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | March 30 Calendar
March 30th Daily Holidays include:
- Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day
- International Folding Laundry Day
- National Doctors Day
- National I Am In Control Day
- Pencil Day
- Take A Walk In the Park Day
- Torrents Day
- Turkey Neck Soup Day
- Virtual Vacation Day
- World Bipolar Day
March 30: Famous Birthdays
- March 30, 1820 – Anna Sewell, British author of Black Beauty (Probably one of my favorite books ever!) (d. 1878)
- March 30, 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)
- March 30, 1937 – Warren Beatty, American actor and director
- March 30, 1945 – Eric Clapton, British guitarist (The Yardbirds and Cream)
- March 30, 1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor
- March 30, 1962 – MC Hammer, American rapper
- March 30, 1964 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter
- March 30, 1964 – Ian Ziering, American actor
- March 30, 1968 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer
- March 30, 1979 – Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and actress
- March 30, 1984 – Anna Nalick, American singer-songwriter
March 30: Historical Events
- March 30, 240 BC – 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley’s Comet
- March 30, 1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States
- March 30, 1842 – American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long uses ether anesthesia for the first time during an operation
- March 30, 1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War
- March 30, 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million (2 cents an acre), by US Secretary of State William H. Seward
- March 30, 1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction
- March 30, 1909 – The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens in New York
- March 30, 1945 – USSR invades Austria during World War II
- March 30, 1981 – President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., along with two others
- March 30, 1987 – Vincent van Goughs “Sunflowers” sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million)
- March 30, 2006 – The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law
- March 30, 2012 – Mastercard and Visa announce a massive breach in security with over ten million compromised credit card numbers
March 30: Music Events
- March 30, 1913 – Frankie Laine is born Francesco Paolo LoVecchio in Chicago.
- March 30, 1914 – Harmonica player Sonny Boy Williamson (not the blues singer/guitarist) is born in Jackson, Tennessee.
- March 30, 1930 – Rolf Harris (“Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport”) is born in Perth, Australia.
- March 30, 1941 – Graeme Edge of The Moody Blues is born in Staffordshire, England.
- March 30, 1943 – Love bass player Ken Forssi is born in Cleveland.
- March 30, 1944 – Ronnie Rice of The New Colony Six is born in Illinois.
- March 30, 1948 – Black Oak Arkansas lead singer Jim “Dandy” Mangrum is born in Michigan.
- March 30, 1955 – Singer/songwriter Randy VanWarmer (“Just When I Needed You Most”) is born in Indian Hills, Colorado.
- March 30, 1963 – Lesley Gore records “It’s My Party” at Bell Studios in New York. That night, her producer Quincy Jones finds out that Phil Spector has recorded the song with his group The Crystals, so Jones rush-releases it to get Gore’s version to radio stations first.
- March 30, 1964 – Tracy Chapman is born in Cleveland, Ohio.
- March 30, 1967 – The Beatles shoot the cover of their Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album at Chelsea Manor Studios in London.
- March 30, 1971 – Jimi Hendrix’s The Cry Of Love is certified gold, six months after his death
- March 30, 1974 – John Denver’s “Sunshine On My Shoulders” hits #1 in the US. The song first appeared on his 1971 album Poems, Prayers & Promises; it came to prominence after featuring in the made-for-TV movie Sunshine in 1973.
- March 30, 1979 – Norah Jones is born Geetali Norah Shankar in New York City. Her father is the Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, but Norah never lives with him. Raised by her mom, the concert promoter Sue Jones, she grows up in Texas before venturing back to New York to pursue music in 1999.
- March 30, 1985 – Phil Collins scores his second #1 hit as a solo artist: “One More Night.”
- March 30, 1986 – Fleet Foxes frontman Robin Pecknold is born in Seattle, Washington.
- March 30, 1987 – Prince releases his ninth album, Sign o’ the Times.
- March 30, 1992 – PJ Harvey, a British alt rock trio consisting of vocalist Polly Jean Harvey, drummer Rob Ellis, and bassist Steve Vaughan, releases its debut album, Dry, a jagged collection of blues-infused punk-rock songs, including the sexually charged “Sheela-Na-Gig.”
- March 30, 1994 – In Miami, Pink Floyd begin their last world tour, the Division Bell tour.
- March 30, 2003 – Duncan Sheik portrays Bobby Darin and sings “Beyond The Sea” on the “Where The Boys Are” episode of NBC’s American Dreams.
- March 30, 2004 – Singer Timi Yuro dies at age 63.
- March 30, 2006 – Britney Spears plays a ditzy TV host on the “Buy, Buy Baby” episode of Will & Grace.
- March 30, 2007 – Jay-Z sells his clothing company, Rocawear, to Iconix for $204 million.
- March 30, 2008 – Sean Levert (of LeVert) dies at age 39.
- March 30, 2010 – Barenaked Ladies release their ninth studio album, All In Good Time. It’s their first album since the departure of co-lead singer Steven Page, who officially left the band in 2009.
- March 30, 2011 – Buffalo Springfield, which split in 1968, announce a reunion tour with original members Neil Young, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. The tour lasts seven shows, ending with a performance at Bonnaroo. Another 30 dates are planned, but Young calls it off.
- March 30, 2013 – Producer Phil Ramone dies of complications after surgery for an aortic aneurysm at age 79. Ramone produced most of Billy Joel’s material. “If I hadn’t met Phil when I did, I probably wouldn’t have had a career,” Joel says.
- March 30, 2017 – Rosie Hamlin of Rosie & the Originals (“Angel Baby”) dies at age 71.
March 30: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for March 30 is Aries.
March Birthstone:
What is the March Birthstone? Aquamarine
The modern birthstone representing March is aquamarine. Famed for millennia for its pure and even blue or blue-green color, potentially large size, and sparkling clarity, the aquamarine has been a valued gem to many cultures.
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