Historical Events In March - 30

1982  John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God", premieres in New York NY on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history the third space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands NM   

1983  Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives", premieres in London on this day in history.   

1983  On March - 30 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1984  US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force on March - 30.   

1984  On March - 30 peter Yarrall, strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), dies   

1985  Sally Anne Atkinson becomes Lord Mayor of Brisbane, the first Liberal and first woman to do so on this day in history.   

1985  On March - 30 harold Peary, actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack at 76   

1986  James Cagney, actor (Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies in NY at 86 on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 30 59th Academy Awards "Platoon", Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win   

1987  Vincent van Gogh's "Sunflowers" sells for record £22.5M ($39.7 million) on this day in history.   

1987  59th Academy Awards: "Platoon", Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history second Soul Train Music Awards   

1989  Dort Clark, actor (In Harm's Way), dies on March - 30.   

1990  On this day in history riot police in Quebec City break up demonstration by 2,000 marchers against university tuition fee increases;   

1991  On March - 30 last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vrÿe Folk" (Free People)   

1991  On this day in history william Kennedy Smith allegedly rapes a woman (found not guilty)   

1991  Jan Willem Hofstra, Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), dies on March - 30.   

1992  64th Academy Awards (Silent of the Lambs sweeps with Best Picture, Anthony Hopkins as Best Actor and Jodie Foster as Best Actress) on March - 30.   

1992  On this day in history pJ Patterson, resigns as 6th Prime Minister of Jamaica   

1992  Art Hannes, announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72 on March - 30.   

1993  French government of Balladur forms on this day in history.   

1993  Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election on this day in history.   

1993  Jeremy Siegrist, actor (Adv of Darly & Samy), dies hiking at 20 on this day in history.   

1994  Albert Goldman, rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history graham Anthony Richard Lock, cricketer, dies at 65   

1996  Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie Rhys-Jones visited Greystoke Castle on March - 30.   

1996  On this day in history hugh Edward Lance Falkus, filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78   

1999  On March - 30 a jury in Portland, Oregon, orders Philip Morris to pay $US81 million to the family of a man who died of lung cancer after smoking Marlboros for four decades.   

2006  On this day in history the al-Dana capsizes off the coast of Bahrain, killing at least 48 people.   

2006  The first Brazilian astronaut, Marcos Pontes, goes to space in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz TMA-8, at 2:29:00 CET on March - 30.   

2006  The first World Baseball Classic ends in San Diego, California with Japan beating Cuba in the Championship on this day in history.   

2012  Spanish Government cuts 27 Billion Euros from its budget in one of its toughest austerity driver in history on this day in history.   

2013  On this day in history north Korea declares it is at a state of war with South Korea   

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1135  On this day in history birth of maimonedes, philosopher (d. 1204)   

1222  On March - 30 birth of nichiren, Japan, Buddhist priest/saint   

1326  Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. 1359) was born on March - 30.   

1432  Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of john Trenchard, English politician (d. 1695)   

1672  On this day in history birth of peter I "the Great" Romanov, great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)   

1674  On March - 30 birth of jethro Tull, agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised   

1681  On this day in history birth of pieter Snyers, Flemish painter/engraver   

0988  On this day in history arnulf II, count of Flanders (965-988), dies   

1202  Joachim Van Fiore, Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies on March - 30.   

1486  Death of Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history death of konrad Mutian, German humanist (b. 1471)   

1540  On this day in history death of matthäus Lang von Wellenburg, German statesman and Archbishop of Salzburg (b. 1469)   

1547  On this day in history francois I of Valois-Angouleme, King of France (1515-47), dies at 52   

1559  On March - 30 death of adam Ries, German mathematician (b. 1492)   

1587  Death of Ralph Sadler, English statesman (b. 1507) on this day in history.