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History Events on March 30

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History Events on March 30

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Outburst of bloody March Events in Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.

#March_Days

In 1918

The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.

#Treaty_of_Paris_(1856)

In 1856

Joachim Murat issues the Rimini Proclamation which would later inspire Italian unification.

#Joachim_Murat

In 1815

Texas is readmitted to the United States Congress following Reconstruction.

#Texas

In 1870

Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.

#Easter_Offensive

In 1972

Edward I sacks Berwick-upon-Tweed, during armed conflict between Scotland and England.

#Edward_I_of_England

In 1296

The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745 km/h).

#Heinkel_He_100

In 1939

Guru Gobind Singh establishes the Khalsa in Anandpur Sahib, Punjab.

#Guru_Gobind_Singh

In 1699

Origins of the American Civil War: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invade Kansas and force election of a pro-slavery legislature.

#Origins_of_the_American_Civil_War

In 1855

The people of Sicily rebel against the Angevin king Charles I, in what becomes known as the Sicilian Vespers.

#Sicily

In 1282

World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna; Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.

#Soviet_Union

In 1945

Danish prince Wilhelm Georg is chosen as King George of Greece.

#George_I_of_Greece

In 1863

Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.

#Israeli-Palestinian_conflict

In 1976

Cold War: A riot breaks out in Austurvöllur square in Reykjavík, when Iceland joins NATO.

#Cold_War

In 1949

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.

#Ronald_Reagan

In 1981

Ether anesthesia is used for the first time, in an operation by the American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long.

#Diethyl_ether

In 1842

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.

#Augustin-Jean_Fresnel

In 1818

The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed in New York City.

#Single_Convention_on_Narcotic_Drugs

In 1961

Space Shuttle program: STS-3 Mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.

#Space_Shuttle_program

In 1982

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.

#Avro_Lancaster

In 1944

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.

#Alaska_Purchase

In 1867

Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanking capital of a new Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.

#Second_Sino-Japanese_War

In 1940

The Florida Territory is created in the United States.

#Florida_Territory

In 1822

SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.

#SpaceX

In 2017

Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the United States Embassy, Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.

#Vietnam_War

In 1965

World War II: Allied bombers conduct their most severe bombing run on Sofia, Bulgaria.

#Allies_of_World_War_II

In 1944

Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.

In 2009

2002 Lyon car attack takes place.

In 2002

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.

In 1979

Sultan Abd al-Hafid signs the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.

In 1912

German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.

In 1899

The Battle for Kushka triggers the Panjdeh Incident which nearly gives rise to war between the Russian and British Empire.

In 1885

Discovery of the chemical elements: Sir William Crookes announces his discovery of thallium.

In 1861

One of the most important battles of the Dominican War of Independence from Haiti takes place near the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.

In 1844

The National Bank of Greece is founded in Athens.

In 1841

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.

In 598

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