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T Calendar Gears Gregorian Calendar
Full Year 2020
March 30 is the 89th day of the year (90th
in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.
276 days remain until the end of the year. Contents
·
1Events ·
2Births ·
3Deaths Events[edit]
·
598 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. ·
1282 The people
of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I,
in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.[1] ·
1296 Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed,
during armed conflict between Scotland and England.[2] ·
1699 Guru Gobind Singh establishes
the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.[3] ·
1815 Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which
would later inspire Italian unification. ·
1818 Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads
a memoir on optical rotation to
the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is
"depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved
in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid.[4] ·
1822 The Florida Territory is
created in the United States. ·
1841 The National Bank of
Greece is founded in Athens. ·
1842 Ether anesthesia is used for the first time,
in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long. ·
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. ·
1855 Origins
of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature. ·
1856 The Treaty of Paris is
signed, ending the Crimean War. ·
1861 Discovery
of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery
of thallium. ·
1863 Danish
prince Wilhelm Georg is
chosen as King George of Greece. ·
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. ·
1870 Texas is readmitted to the United States
Congress following Reconstruction. ·
1885 The Battle for Kushka triggers
the Panjdeh Incident which
nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire. ·
1899 German Society
of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations
to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights. ·
1912 Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs
the Treaty of Fez,
making Morocco a French protectorate. ·
1918 Outburst of
bloody March Events in Baku and
other locations of Baku Governorate. ·
1939 The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world
airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h). ·
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. ·
1944 Out of 795 Lancasters, Halifaxes and Mosquitos sent
to attack Nuremberg, 95 bombers
do not return, making it the largest RAF Bomber Command loss
of the war. ·
1945 World War
II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig. ·
1949 Cold War: A riot
breaks out in Austurvφllur square in Reykjavνk, when Iceland joins NATO. ·
1959 Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, flees Tibet for India. ·
1961 The Single
Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City. ·
1965 Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United
States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others. ·
1972 Vietnam War:
The Easter Offensive begins
after North Vietnamese forces
cross into the Demilitarized
Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam. ·
1976 Israeli-Palestinian
conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies
by a Palestinian collective since 1948,
Palestinians create the first Land Day.[5] ·
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. ·
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. ·
1982 Space Shuttle
program: STS-3 mission is
completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands
Missile Range, New Mexico. ·
2002 2002 Lyon car attack takes
place.[6][7][8][9] ·
2009 Twelve
gunmen attack
the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan. ·
2017 SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of
an orbital class rocket.[10][11] Births[edit]
·
892 Shi Jingtang, founder of the Later Jin
Dynasty (d. 942) ·
1135 Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (April 6 also proposed, d. 1204) ·
1326 Ivan II of Moscow (d.
1359) ·
1432 Mehmed the Conqueror,
Ottoman sultan (d. 1481) ·
1510 Antonio de Cabezσn,
Spanish composer and organist (d. 1566) ·
1551 Salomon Schweigger,
German theologian (d. 1622) ·
1606 Vincentio Reinieri,
Italian mathematician and astronomer (d. 1647) ·
1632 John
Proctor, farmer hanged for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials
(d. 1692) ·
1640 John
Trenchard, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (d.
1695) ·
1727 Tommaso Traetta, Italian composer and
educator (d. 1779) ·
1746 Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and
sculptor (d. 1828) ·
1750 John Stafford Smith,
English organist and composer (d. 1836) ·
1793 Juan Manuel de Rosas,
Argentinian soldier and politician, 13th Governor
of Buenos Aires Province (d. 1877) ·
1805 Ferdinand
Johann Wiedemann, German-Swedish linguist and botanist (d. 1887) ·
1811 Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic
(d. 1899) ·
1820 Anna Sewell, English author (d. 1878) ·
1820 James
Whyte, Scottish-Australian politician, 6th Premier of Tasmania (d.
1882)[12] ·
1844 Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896) ·
1853 Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and
illustrator (d. 1890) ·
1853 Arnoldo Sartorio, German composer, pianist,
and teacher (d. 1936) ·
1857 Lιon Charles
Thιvenin, French engineer (d. 1926) ·
1858 Siegfried Alkan, German composer (d. 1941) ·
1863 Mary Calkins, American philosopher and
psychologist (d. 1930) ·
1864 Franz Oppenheimer,
German-American sociologist and economist (d. 1943) ·
1874 Charles Lightoller,
English 2nd officer on the RMS Titanic (d. 1952) ·
1874 Josiah McCracken, American hammer thrower,
shot putter, and football player (d. 1962) ·
1874 Nicolae Rădescu,
Romanian general and politician, Prime Minister
of Romania (d. 1953) ·
1875 Thomas Xenakis, Greek-American gymnast (d.
1942) ·
1879 Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (d. 1954) ·
1880 Seαn O'Casey, Irish dramatist, playwright,
and memoirist (d. 1964) ·
1882 Melanie Klein, Jewish Austrian-English
psychologist and author (d. 1960) ·
1888 J. R. Williams, Canadian-born cartoonist (d.
1957) ·
1891 Chunseong, Korean monk, writer and
philosopher (d. 1977) ·
1892 Stefan Banach, Polish mathematician and
academic (d. 1945) ·
1892 Fortunato Depero, Italian painter and
sculptor (d. 1960) ·
1892 Erhard Milch, German field marshal (d. 1972) ·
1892 Johannes Pδδsuke,
Estonian photographer and director (d. 1918) ·
1892 Erwin Panofsky, German historian and
academic (d. 1968) ·
1894 Tommy Green,
English race walker (d. 1975) ·
1894 Sergey Ilyushin, Russian engineer,
founded Ilyushin Aircraft Company (d. 1977) ·
1895 Jean Giono, French author and poet (d. 1970) ·
1895 Carl Lutz, Swiss vice-consul to Hungary
during WWII, credited with saving over 62,000 Jews (d. 1975) ·
1895 Charlie
Wilson, English footballer (d. 1971) ·
1899 Sharadindu
Bandyopadhyay, Indian author, playwright, and screenwriter (d.
1970) ·
1902 Brooke Astor, American socialite and
philanthropist (d. 2007) ·
1902 Ted Heath,
English trombonist and composer (d. 1969) ·
1903 Joy Ridderhof, American missionary (d. 1984) ·
1904 Ripper Collins, American baseball player and
coach (d. 1970) ·
1905 Archie Birkin, English motorcycle racer (d.
1927) ·
1905 Mikio Oda, Japanese triple jumper and
academic (d. 1998) ·
1905 Albert Pierrepoint,
English hangman (d. 1992) ·
1907 Friedrich
August Freiherr von der Heydte, German general (d. 1994) ·
1910 Jσzef Marcinkiewicz,
Polish soldier, mathematician, and academic (d. 1940) ·
1911 Ekrem Akurgal, Turkish archaeologist and
academic (d. 2002) ·
1912 Jack Cowie, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1994) ·
1912 Alvin Hamilton, Canadian lieutenant and
politician, 18th Canadian
Minister of Agriculture (d. 2004) ·
1913 Marc Davis,
American animator (d. 2000) ·
1913 Richard Helms, American soldier and
diplomat, 8th Director
of Central Intelligence (d. 2002) ·
1913 Frankie Laine, American singer-songwriter
(d. 2007) ·
1913 Ċensu Tabone, Maltese general, physician,
and politician, 4th President of Malta (d.
2012) ·
1914 Sonny Boy
Williamson I, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player (d.
1948) ·
1915 Pietro Ingrao, Italian journalist and
politician (d. 2015) ·
1917 Els Aarne, Ukrainian-Estonian pianist,
composer, and educator (d. 1995) ·
1919 McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence
officer and diplomat, 6th United
States National Security Advisor (d. 1996) ·
1919 Robin
Williams, New Zealand mathematician, university administrator and
public servant (d. 2013) ·
1921 Andrι Fontaine,
French historian and journalist (d. 2013) ·
1922 Turhan Bey, American actor (d. 2012) ·
1922 Arthur Wightman, American physicist and
academic (d. 2013) ·
1923 Milton Acorn, Canadian poet and playwright
(d. 1986) ·
1926 Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish businessman,
founded IKEA (d. 2018) ·
1927 Wally Grout, Australian cricketer (d. 1968) ·
1928 Robert Badinter, French lawyer and
politician, French
Minister of Justice ·
1928 Colin Egar, Australian cricket umpire (d.
2008) ·
1928 Tom Sharpe, English-Spanish author and
educator (d. 2013) ·
1929 Richard Dysart, American actor (d. 2015) ·
1929 Ray Musto, American soldier and politician
(d. 2014) ·
1929 Istvαn Rσzsavφlgyi,
Hungarian runner (d. 2012) ·
1930 John Astin, American actor ·
1930 Rolf Harris, Australian singer-songwriter ·
1933 Jean-Claude Brialy,
French actor and director (d. 2007) ·
1934 Paul Crouch, American broadcaster,
co-founded the Trinity
Broadcasting Network (d. 2013) ·
1934 Hans Hollein, Austrian architect and
academic, designed Haas House (d.
2014) ·
1935 Karl Berger, German pianist and composer ·
1935 Willie Galimore, American football player
(d. 1964) ·
1935 Gordon Mumma, American composer ·
1937 Warren Beatty, American actor, director,
producer, and screenwriter ·
1937 Ian
MacLaurin, Baron MacLaurin of Knebworth, English businessman ·
1938 John Barnhill,
American basketball player and coach (d. 2013) ·
1938 Klaus Schwab, German economist and engineer,
founded the World Economic Forum ·
1940 Norman Gifford, English cricketer ·
1940 Jerry Lucas, American basketball player and
educator ·
1940 Hans Ragnemalm, Swedish lawyer and judge (d.
2016) ·
1941 Graeme Edge, English singer-songwriter and
drummer ·
1941 Ron Johnston,
English geographer and academic ·
1941 Wasim Sajjad, Pakistani lawyer and
politician, President of
Pakistan ·
1941 Bob
Smith, American soldier and politician ·
1942 Ruben Kun, Nauruan lawyer and politician,
14th President of Nauru (d.
2014) ·
1942 Tane Norton, New Zealand rugby player ·
1942 Kenneth Welsh, Canadian actor ·
1943 Jay Traynor, American pop and doo-wop singer
(d. 2014) ·
1944 Mark Wylea Erwin, American businessman and
diplomat ·
1944 Brian Wilshire, Australian radio host ·
1945 Eric Clapton, English guitarist and
singer-songwriter ·
1947 Dick Roche, Irish politician, Minister
of State for European Affairs ·
1947 Terje Venaas, Norwegian bassist ·
1948 Nigel
Jones, Baron Jones of Cheltenham, English computer programmer and
politician ·
1948 Eddie Jordan, Irish racing driver and team
owner, founded Jordan Grand Prix ·
1948 Mervyn
King, English economist and academic ·
1948 Jim
"Dandy" Mangrum, American rock singer ·
1949 Liza Frulla, Canadian talk show host and
politician, 3rd Minister of
Canadian Heritage ·
1949 Dana Gillespie, English singer-songwriter
and actress ·
1949 Naomi Sims, American model and author (d.
2009) ·
1950 Janet Browne, English-American historian and
academic ·
1950 Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor ·
1950 Grady Little, American baseball player,
coach, and manager ·
1950 Warren Snowdon, Australian educator and
politician, 39th Australian
Minister for Veterans' Affairs ·
1951 Paul Da Vinci, English singer-songwriter ·
1952 Stuart Dryburgh, English-New Zealand
cinematographer ·
1952 Peter Knights, Australian footballer and
coach ·
1955 Randy VanWarmer, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist (d. 2004) ·
1956 Bill Butler,
Scottish educator and politician ·
1956 Juanito Oiarzabal,
Spanish mountaineer ·
1956 Shahla Sherkat, Iranian journalist and
author ·
1957 Marie-Christine
Koundja, Chadian author and diplomat[13] ·
1957 Paul Reiser, American actor and comedian ·
1958 Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor and
stand-up comedian ·
1958 Joey Sindelar, American golfer ·
1959 Martina Cole, English television host and
author ·
1960 Laurie Graham, Canadian skier ·
1960 Bill Johnson,
American skier (d. 2016) ·
1961 Mike Thackwell, New Zealand racing driver ·
1961 Doug Wickenheiser,
Canadian-American ice hockey player (d. 1999) ·
1962 Mark Begich, American politician ·
1962 MC Hammer, American rapper and actor ·
1962 Gary
Stevens, English international footballer, defender and manager[14] ·
1963 Tsakhiagiin
Elbegdorj, Mongolian journalist and politician, 4th President of
Mongolia ·
1963 Eli-Eri
Moura, Brazilian composer and conductor ·
1963 Panagiotis
Tsalouchidis, Greek footballer ·
1964 Vlado Bozinovski, Macedonian-Australian
footballer and manager ·
1964 Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter
and guitarist ·
1965 Piers Morgan, English journalist and talk
show host ·
1966 Efstratios Grivas,
Greek chess player and author ·
1966 Dmitry Volkov,
Russian swimmer ·
1966 Leonid Voloshin, Russian triple jumper ·
1967 Christopher Bowman,
American figure skater and coach (d. 2008) ·
1967 Richard Hutten, Dutch furniture designer ·
1967 Julie Richardson, New Zealand tennis player ·
1968 Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter[15] ·
1969 Troy Bayliss, Australian motorcycle racer ·
1970 Tobias Hill, English poet and author ·
1970 Sylvain Charlebois,
Canadian food/agriculture researcher and author ·
1971 Mari Holden, American cyclist[16] ·
1971 Mark Consuelos, American actor and
television personality ·
1972 Mili Avital, Israeli-American actress ·
1972 Emerson Thome, Brazilian footballer and
scout ·
1972 Karel Poborskύ,
Czech footballer ·
1973 Adam Goldstein, American keyboard player,
DJ, and producer (d. 2009) ·
1973 Jan Koller, Czech footballer ·
1973 Kareem
Streete-Thompson, Caymanian-American long jumper ·
1974 Martin Love, Australian cricketer ·
1975 Paul Griffen, New Zealand-Italian rugby
player ·
1976 Ty Conklin, American ice hockey player ·
1976 Obadele Thompson, Barbadian sprinter ·
1976 Troels Lund Poulsen,
Danish politician, Minister
for Education of Denmark ·
1977 Abhishek Chaubey, Indian director and
screenwriter ·
1978 Paweł
Czapiewski, Polish runner ·
1978 Chris Paterson, Scottish rugby player and
coach ·
1978 Bok van Blerk, South African
singer-songwriter and actor ·
1979 Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and
pianist ·
1979 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk,
Ukrainian footballer ·
1980 Ricardo Osorio, Mexican footballer ·
1981 Jammal Brown, American football player ·
1981 Andrea Masi, Italian rugby player[17] ·
1982 Mark
Hudson, English footballer ·
1982 Philippe Mexθs,
French footballer ·
1982 Javier Portillo, Spanish footballer ·
1982 Jason Dohring, American actor ·
1983 Jιrιmie Aliadiθre,
French footballer ·
1984 Mario Ančić, Croatian tennis
player ·
1984 Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player ·
1985 Giacomo Ricci, Italian racing driver ·
1986 Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer ·
1987 Trent Barreta, American wrestler ·
1987 Calum Elliot, Scottish footballer ·
1987 Kwok Kin Pong, Hong Kong footballer ·
1987 Marc-Ιdouard Vlasic,
Canadian ice hockey player ·
1988 Will
Matthews, Australian rugby league player ·
1988 Thanasis Papazoglou,
Greek footballer ·
1988 Richard
Sherman, American football player ·
1988 Larisa Yurkiw, Canadian alpine skier ·
1989 Chris Sale, American baseball player ·
1989 Joγo Sousa, Portuguese tennis player[18] ·
1990 Thomas Rhett, American country music singer
and songwriter[19] ·
1990 Michal Březina,
Czech figure skater ·
1992 Palak Muchhal, Indian playback singer ·
1993 Anitta, Brazilian singer and entertainer ·
1994 Jetro Willems, Dutch footballer[20] ·
1997 Cha Eun-woo, South Korean singer and actor,
A member of the South Korean boy band, Astro ·
1998 Kalyn Ponga, Australian rugby league player[21] ·
2000 Colton Herta, American race car driver[22] Deaths[edit]
·
116 Quirinus of Neuss,
Roman martyr and saint ·
365 Ai of Jin,
emperor of the Jin Dynasty (b.
341) ·
943 Li Bian, emperor of Southern Tang (b. 889) ·
987 Arnulf II,
Count of Flanders (b. 960) ·
1180 Al-Mustadi, Caliph (b. 1142) ·
1202 Joachim of Fiore, Italian mystic and
theologian (b. 1135) ·
1465 Isabella of Clermont,
queen consort of Naples (b. c. 1424) ·
1472 Amadeus IX,
Duke of Savoy (b. 1435) ·
1486 Thomas
Bourchier, English cardinal (b. 1404) ·
1526 Konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471) ·
1540 Matthδus
Lang von Wellenburg, German cardinal (b. 1469) ·
1559 Adam Ries, German mathematician and academic
(b. 1492) ·
1587 Ralph Sadler, English politician, Secretary of
State for England (b. 1507) ·
1662 Franηois
le Mιtel de Boisrobert, French poet and playwright (b. 1592) ·
1689 Kazimierz
Łyszczyński, Polish atheist and philosopher (b. 1634) ·
1707 Sιbastien
Le Prestre de Vauban, French general and engineer (b. 1633) ·
1764 Pietro Locatelli, Italian violinist and
composer (b. 1695) ·
1783 William Hunter,
Scottish anatomist and physician (b. 1718) ·
1804 Victor-Franηois,
2nd duc de Broglie, French general and politician, French
Secretary of State for War (b. 1718) ·
1806 Georgiana
Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire (b. 1757) ·
1830 Louis I,
Grand Duke of Baden (b. 1763) ·
1840 Beau Brummell, English-French fashion designer
(b. 1778) ·
1842 Louise
Ιlisabeth Vigιe Le Brun, French painter (b. 1755) ·
1864 Louis
Schindelmeisser, German clarinet player, composer, and conductor
(b. 1811) ·
1873 Bιnιdict Morel,
Austrian-French psychiatrist and physician (b. 1809) ·
1879 Thomas Couture, French painter and educator
(b. 1815) ·
1886 Joseph-Alfred
Mousseau, Canadian judge and politician, 6th Premier of Quebec (b.
1838) ·
1896 Charilaos Trikoupis,
Greek politician, 55th Prime Minister
of Greece (b. 1832) ·
1912 Karl May, German author (b. 1842) ·
1925 Rudolf Steiner, Austrian philosopher and
author (b. 1861) ·
1935 Romanos Melikian, Armenian composer (b.
1883) ·
1936 Conchita Supervνa,
Spanish soprano and actress (b. 1895) ·
1940 Sir John
Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish soldier and politician, Secretary
of State for Scotland (b. 1876) ·
1943 Jan Bytnar, Polish lieutenant; WWII
resistance fighter (b. 1921) ·
1943 Maciej Aleksy
Dawidowski, Polish sergeant; WWII resistance fighter (b. 1920) ·
1945 Bιla Balogh, Hungarian actor, director, and
screenwriter (b. 1885) ·
1949 Friedrich Bergius,
German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
(b. 1884) ·
1949 Dattaram Hindlekar,
Indian cricketer (b. 1909) ·
1950 Lιon Blum, French lawyer and
politician, Prime Minister
of France (b. 1872) ·
1952 Jigme Wangchuck, Bhutanese king (b. 1905) ·
1955 Harl McDonald, American pianist, composer,
and conductor (b. 1899) ·
1956 Edmund Clerihew
Bentley, English author and poet (b. 1875) ·
1959 Daniil Andreyev, Russian mystic and poet (b.
1906) ·
1959 John Auden, English solicitor, deputy
coroner and a territorial soldier (b. 1894) ·
1959 Riccardo Zanella, Italian politician (b.
1875) ·
1960 Joseph Haas, German composer and educator
(b. 1879) ·
1961 Philibert
Jacques Melotte, English astronomer (b. 1880) ·
1963 Aleksandr Gauk, Russian conductor and
composer (b. 1893) ·
1964 Nella Larsen, American nurse and author (b.
1891) ·
1965 Philip Showalter
Hench, American physician and academic, Nobel
Prize laureate (b. 1896) ·
1966 Newbold Morris, American lawyer and
politician (b. 1902) ·
1966 Maxfield Parrish, American painter and
illustrator (b. 1870) ·
1966 Erwin Piscator, German director and producer
(b. 1893) ·
1967 Frank
Thorpe, Australian public servant (b. 1885) ·
1967 Jean Toomer, American poet and novelist (b.
1894) ·
1969 Lucien Bianchi, Belgian racing driver (b.
1934) ·
1970 Heinrich Brόning,
German economist and politician, Chancellor of
Germany (b. 1885) ·
1972 Mahir Ηayan, Turkish politician (b. 1946) ·
1972 Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator
(b. 1890) ·
1973 Douglas Douglas-Hamilton, 14th Duke of Hamilton,
Scottish pilot and politician (b. 1903) ·
1973 Yves
Giraud-Cabantous, French racing driver (b. 1904) ·
1975 Peter Bamm, German journalist and author (b.
1897) ·
1977 Levko Revutsky, Ukrainian composer and
educator (b. 1889) ·
1978 George Paine,
English cricketer and coach (b. 1908) ·
1978 Memduh Tağmaη,
Turkish general (b. 1904) ·
1979 Airey Neave, English colonel, lawyer, and
politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (b.
1916) ·
1979 Ray Ventura, French pianist and bandleader
(b. 1908) ·
1981 DeWitt Wallace, American publisher,
co-founded Reader's Digest (b.
1889) ·
1984 Karl Rahner, German-Austrian priest and
theologian (b. 1904) ·
1985 Harold Peary, American actor and singer (b.
1908) ·
1986 James Cagney, American actor and dancer (b.
1899) ·
1986 John Ciardi, American poet and etymologist
(b. 1916) ·
1988 Edgar Faure, French historian and
politician, Prime Minister
of France (b. 1908) ·
1990 Harry Bridges, Australian-born American
activist and trade union leader (b. 1901) ·
1992 Manolis Andronikos,
Greek archaeologist and academic (b. 1919) ·
1993 S. M. Pandit, Indian painter (b. 1916) ·
1993 Richard Diebenkorn,
American painter (b. 1922) ·
1995 Rozelle Claxton, American pianist (b. 1913) ·
1995 Tony Lock, English-Australian cricketer and
coach (b. 1929) ·
1995 Paul A. Rothchild,
American record producer (b. 1935) ·
1996 Hugh Falkus, English pilot and author (b.
1917) ·
1996 Ryoei Saito, Japanese businessman (b. 1916) ·
2000 Rudolf Kirchschlδger,
Austrian judge and politician, 8th President of Austria (b.
1915) ·
2002 Queen
Elizabeth The Queen Mother of the United Kingdom (b. 1900) ·
2002 Anand Bakshi, Indian poet and lyricist (b.
1930) ·
2003 Michael Jeter, American actor (b. 1952) ·
2003 Valentin Pavlov, Russian banker and
politician, 11th Prime
Minister of the Soviet Union (b. 1937) ·
2004 Alistair Cooke, English-American journalist
and author (b. 1908) ·
2004 Hubert Gregg, English actor and director (b.
1914) ·
2004 Michael King, New Zealand historian and
author (b. 1945) ·
2004 Timi Yuro, American singer and songwriter
(b. 1940) ·
2005 Robert Creeley, American novelist, essayist,
and poet (b. 1926) ·
2005 Milton Green, American hurdler and soldier
(b. 1913) ·
2005 Fred Korematsu, American political activist
(b. 1919) ·
2005 O. V. Vijayan, Indian author and illustrator
(b. 1930) ·
2005 Mitch Hedberg, American stand-up comedian
(b. 1968) ·
2006 Red Hickey, American football player and
coach (b. 1917) ·
2006 John McGahern, Irish author and educator (b.
1934) ·
2007 John
Roberts, Canadian political scientist, academic, and politician,
46th Secretary
of State for Canada (b. 1933) ·
2008 Roland Fraοssι,
French mathematical logician (b. 1920) ·
2008 David Leslie,
Scottish racing driver (b. 1953) ·
2008 Richard
Lloyd, English racing driver (b. 1945) ·
2008 Dith Pran, Cambodian-American photographer
and journalist (b. 1942) ·
2010 Jaime Escalante, Bolivian-American educator
(b. 1930) ·
2010 Morris R. Jeppson,
American lieutenant and physicist (b. 1922) ·
2010 Martin Sandberger,
German SS officer (b. 1911) ·
2012 Janet Anderson
Perkin, Canadian baseball player and curler (b. 1921) ·
2012 Aquila Berlas Kiani,
Indian-Canadian sociologist and academic (b. 1921) ·
2012 Francesco
Mancini, Italian footballer and coach (b. 1968) ·
2012 Granville Semmes, American businessman,
founded 1-800-Flowers (b.
1928) ·
2012 Leonid Shebarshin,
Russian KGB officer (b. 1935) ·
2013 Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic
(b. 1923) ·
2013 Bobby Parks, American basketball player and
coach (b. 1962) ·
2013 Phil Ramone, South African-American songwriter
and producer, co-founded A & R Recording (b. 1934) ·
2013 Edith Schaeffer, Chinese-Swiss religious
leader and author, co-founded L'Abri (b. 1914) ·
2013 Bob Turley, American baseball player and coach
(b. 1930) ·
2014 Ray Hutchison, American lawyer and
politician (b. 1932) ·
2014 Kate O'Mara, English actress (b. 1939) ·
2015 Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and
screenwriter (b. 1944) ·
2015 Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator,
screenwriter, and producer (b. 1954) ·
2015 Ingrid van
Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (b. 1921) ·
2018 Bill Maynard, English actor (b. 1928) ·
2020 Bill Withers, American musician (b. 1938) Holidays and observances[edit]
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Christian feast day: o Blessed Amadeus IX,
Duke of Savoy o Blessed Maria Restituta
Kafka o Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine
Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs) o March
30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) ·
Earliest day on which the first day
of Hocktide can fall, while April 3 is the
latest; observed on the second Monday after Easter. (Hungerford, England; popular in medieval
England) ·
National Doctors'
Day (United States) ·
Spiritual
Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago) ·
School
Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain) |
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