30 March
March 30 is the 89th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (90th in Leap years). There are 276 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1746 - Francisco Goya, painter (d. 1828)
- 1798 - Luise Hensel, poet (d. 1876)
- 1820 - Anna Sewell, author (d. 1878)
- 1844 - Paul Verlaine, lyric poet (d. 1896)
- 1853 - Vincent van Gogh, painter (d. 1890)
- 1879 - Coen de Koning, speed skater (d. 1954)
- 1880 - Sean O'Casey, dramatist (d. 1964)
- 1895 - Nikolai Bulganin, Premier of the Soviet Union (d. 1975)
- 1903 - Countee Cullen, poet (d. 1906)
- 1913 - Richard Helms, director of the Central Intelligence Agency (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Frankie Laine, singer
- 1914 - Sonny Boy Williamson, musician
- 1919 - McGeorge Bundy, National Security Advisor (d. 1996)
- 1926 - Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA
- 1930 - John Astin, actor
- 1937 - Warren Beatty, actor/director
- 1940 - Astrud Gilberto, singer
- 1941 - Wasim Sajjad, former President of Pakistan
- 1945 - Eric Clapton, blues guitarist
- 1949 - Lene Lovich, singer
- 1950 - Robbie Coltrane, actor, comedian
- 1957 - Paul Reiser, actor
- 1962 - MC Hammer, rapper
- 1964 - Tracy Chapman, singer
- 1968 - Céline Dion, singer
- 1970 - Secretariat, Triple Crown-winning race horse (d. 1989)
- 1976 - Obadele Thompson, athlete from Barbados
- 1979 - Norah Jones, musician
Deaths
Holidays and observances
March 29 - March 31 - February 28 (February 29) - April 30 -- listing of all days
