Historical events on March 30
MARCH 30, 1867
U.S. secretary of state William H. Seward negotiated the purchase of Alaska from Russia for US$7.2 million.
William Henry Seward was an American politician who served as United States Secretary of State from 1861 to 1869, and earlier served
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MARCH 30, 1918
Four days of inter-ethnic clashes broke out in Baku, Azerbaijan, resulting in about 12,000 deaths.
The March Days or March Events was a period of inter-ethnic strife and clashes which took place between 30 March – 2
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MARCH 30, 2009
The Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan, was attacked and held for several hours by 12 gunmen, resulting in 16 deaths and 95 injuries.
Lahore is the capital and largest city of the Pakistani province of Punjab. It is the second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi,
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MARCH 30, 1981
John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded U.S. president Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton (immediate aftermath pictured).
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. is an American man who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel
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MARCH 30, 1912
Sultan Abd al-Hafid signed the Treaty of Fes (depicted), making Morocco a French protectorate.
Abd al-Hafid of Morocco or Moulay Abdelhafid was the Sultan of Morocco from 1908 to 1912 and a member of the Alaouite
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MARCH 30, 2002
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, widow of King George VI and mother of Queen Elizabeth II, died at Royal Lodge aged 101.
Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was Queen of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 to
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MARCH 30, 1950
Usmar Ismail began shooting Darah dan Doa, widely recognised as the first Indonesian film.
Usmar Ismail was an Indonesian film director, author, journalist and revolutionary of Minangkabau descent. He is widely regarded as the native Indonesian
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MARCH 30, 1861
British chemist William Crookes published his discovery of thallium using flame spectroscopy.
Sir William Crookes was an English chemist and physicist who attended the Royal College of Chemistry, now part of Imperial College London,
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MARCH 30, 1972
Vietnam War: North Vietnamese forces began the Easter Offensive in an attempt to gain as much territory and destroy as many South Vietnamese units as possible.
The Vietnam War was an armed conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam and their allies.
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MARCH 30, 1822
The United States merged East Florida and West Florida to create the Florida Territory.
East Florida was a colony of Great Britain from 1763 to 1783 and a province of the Spanish Empire from 1783 to
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