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Events on the 30th of March in history

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30 Mar 0239 -BC- 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
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30 Mar 0598 Balkan Campaign: The Avars lift the siege at the Byzantine stronghold of Tomis. Their leader Bayan I retreats north of the Danube River after the Avaro-Slavic hordes are decimated by the plague.
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30 Mar 0804 Liudger becomes 1st bishop of M
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30 Mar 0988 Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders
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30 Mar 1282 The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.
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30 Mar 1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force
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30 Mar 1296 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.
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30 Mar 1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple
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30 Mar 1456 Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege
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30 Mar 1474 Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland
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30 Mar 1492 King Ferdinand & Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain
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30 Mar 1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon
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30 Mar 1533 Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury
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30 Mar 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish
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30 Mar 1778 Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath
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30 Mar 1814 Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris.
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30 Mar 1814 Britain & allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
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30 Mar 1815 Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.
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30 Mar 1822 The Florida Territory is created in the United States.
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30 Mar 1822 Congress combined East & West Florida into Florida Territory
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30 Mar 1841 The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.
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30 Mar 1842 Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.
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30 Mar 1842 Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr Crawford Long (Jefferson GA)
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30 Mar 1844 One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
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30 Mar 1855 Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.
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30 Mar 1856 The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
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30 Mar 1856 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War
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30 Mar 1858 Pencil with attached eraser patented (Hyman L Lipman of Philadelphia)
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30 Mar 1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.
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30 Mar 1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleesw
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30 Mar 1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas
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30 Mar 1865 Battle at 5 Forks Virginia
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30 Mar 1866 Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres
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30 Mar 1867 Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million, about 2-cent/acre ($4.19/km²), by United States Secretary of State William H. Seward.
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30 Mar 1867 US purchases Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 (2
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30 Mar 1870 Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction.
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30 Mar 1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race
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30 Mar 1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union
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30 Mar 1885 The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the British Empire and Russian Empire.
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30 Mar 1889 John T Reid opens 1st US golf course (Yonkers NY)
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30 Mar 1893 Thomas F Bayard becomes 1st US ambassador in Great Britain
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30 Mar 1895 British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge
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30 Mar 1899 German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.
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30 Mar 1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law
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30 Mar 1909 The Queensboro Bridge in New York City opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
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30 Mar 1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan & Queens
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30 Mar 1910 The Mississippi Legislature founds the University of Southern Mississippi.
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30 Mar 1911 L
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30 Mar 1912 Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fes, making Morocco a French protectorate.
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30 Mar 1912 French protectorate in Morocco established
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30 Mar 1916 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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30 Mar 1916 Stanley Cup: Montr
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30 Mar 1918 Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.
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30 Mar 1918 Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2
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30 Mar 1919 Belgian Army occupies D
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30 Mar 1919 Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act
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30 Mar 1919 Paul Claudel's "T
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30 Mar 1922 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions
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30 Mar 1922 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions
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30 Mar 1923 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard University in 1920, incorporates
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30 Mar 1925 Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1
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30 Mar 1925 Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians
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30 Mar 1925 Stanley Cup: Victoria Cougars (WCHL) beat Montr
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30 Mar 1930 Babberich-H soccer team forms
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30 Mar 1932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic
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30 Mar 1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3
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30 Mar 1939 Detective Comics #27 is released, introducing Batman.
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30 Mar 1939 The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745km/h).
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30 Mar 1940 Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.
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30 Mar 1940 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana University beats Kansas 60-42
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30 Mar 1941 German counter offensive in North-Africa
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30 Mar 1942 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau
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30 Mar 1942 SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp
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30 Mar 1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34
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30 Mar 1943 British 1st army recaptures Sejenane
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30 Mar 1944 Allied bombing raid on Nuremberg. Along the English eastern coast 795 aircraft are despatched, including 572 Lancasters, 214 Halifaxes and 9 Mosquitos. The bombers meet resistance at the coasts of Belgium and the Netherlands from German fighters. In total, 95 bombers are lost, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss of World War II.
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30 Mar 1944 World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.
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30 Mar 1944 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg
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30 Mar 1945 World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
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30 Mar 1945 289 anti-fascists murdered by Nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund
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30 Mar 1945 USSR invades Austria during WWII
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30 Mar 1946 "St. Louis Woman" opens at Martin Beck Theater NYC for 113 performances
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30 Mar 1946 Australia beats New Zealand in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day
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30 Mar 1946 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 & 3-19)
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30 Mar 1949 A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.
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30 Mar 1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey
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30 Mar 1952 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win
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30 Mar 1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
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30 Mar 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory
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30 Mar 1954 The Yonge Street subway line opens in Toronto. It is the first subway in Canada.
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30 Mar 1954 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs England at Kingston
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30 Mar 1955 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront, " Brando and Grace Kelly win
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30 Mar 1956 USSR performs nuclear test
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30 Mar 1957 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony
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30 Mar 1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting
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30 Mar 1961 The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.
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30 Mar 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 meter)
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30 Mar 1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria
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30 Mar 1964 Jeopardy!, hosted by Art Fleming debuts.
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30 Mar 1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race
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30 Mar 1965 Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.
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30 Mar 1966 Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS
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30 Mar 1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sergeant Pepper" is photographed
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30 Mar 1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected President of Czechoslovakia
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30 Mar 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational
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30 Mar 1970 "Applause" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances
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30 Mar 1970 Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
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30 Mar 1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released
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30 Mar 1970 Soap opera "Somerset" premieres
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30 Mar 1970 Strouse, Adams, Comden & Green's musical "Applause" premieres at Palace Theater NYC for 900 performances
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30 Mar 1970 USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship
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30 Mar 1972 "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 performances
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30 Mar 1972 Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
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30 Mar 1972 "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" opens at Lunt-Fontanne NYC for 156 performances
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30 Mar 1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam
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30 Mar 1972 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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30 Mar 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as US ambassador to South Vietnam
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30 Mar 1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital
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30 Mar 1976 The first Land Day protests are held in Israel/Palestine.
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30 Mar 1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation
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30 Mar 1978 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 21 performances
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30 Mar 1979 Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament, is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
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30 Mar 1980 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God" premieres in New York NY
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30 Mar 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
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30 Mar 1981 U.S. President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr. Another two people are wounded at the same time.
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30 Mar 1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50
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30 Mar 1981 President Reagan shot & wounded by John W Hinckley Jr
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30 Mar 1982 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, New Mexico
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30 Mar 1982 Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
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30 Mar 1982 John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God" premieres in New York NY
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30 Mar 1983 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives" premieres in London
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30 Mar 1983 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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30 Mar 1984 US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
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30 Mar 1986 "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 198 performances
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30 Mar 1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81
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30 Mar 1987 59th Academy Awards - "Platoon, " Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win
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30 Mar 1987 Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for record
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30 Mar 1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards
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30 Mar 1988 Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns & 144 to win Ranji Trophy
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30 Mar 1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament
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30 Mar 1991 "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater NYC after 36 performances
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30 Mar 1991 Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title
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30 Mar 1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yankees-Orioles)
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30 Mar 1991 44th NCAA Ice Hockey Chanmpionship: Northern Michigan beats Boston University 8-7; Northern Michigan's 1st NCAA hockey title
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30 Mar 1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr
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30 Mar 1991 PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller
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30 Mar 1991 William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman
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30 Mar 1991 William Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman (found not guilty)
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30 Mar 1992 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb, " A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win
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30 Mar 1992 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute"
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30 Mar 1992 64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress)
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30 Mar 1992 Man accidentally backs into A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini
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30 Mar 1992 PJ Patterson, resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica
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30 Mar 1992 WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (New York NY)
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30 Mar 1993 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 40 performances
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30 Mar 1993 French government of Balladur forms
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30 Mar 1993 Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election
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30 Mar 1993 Lanford Wilson's "Redwood Curtain" premieres at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC for 40 performances
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30 Mar 1993 New South Wales beat Queensland by eight wickets to win Sheffield Shield
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30 Mar 1993 Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
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30 Mar 1994 ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe
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30 Mar 1994 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
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30 Mar 1994 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain
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30 Mar 1995 "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 204 performances
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30 Mar 1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs New Zealand at Port-Of-Spain
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30 Mar 1996 New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
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30 Mar 1996 Prince Edward & girl-friend Sophie Rhys-Jones visited Greystoke Castle
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30 Mar 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Old Dominion 68-59
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30 Mar 1997 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
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30 Mar 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
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30 Mar 1997 Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
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30 Mar 1998 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio, Kentucky beats Utah 78-69
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30 Mar 2006 The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law.
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30 Mar 2009 Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
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