Summary of the Day ✨ 30 March (30/03)
On this day, history was made as Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president to face indictment while simultaneously SpaceX achieved a milestone by reusing an orbital rocket, contrasting with escalating violence in Gaza where 17 Palestinians were killed during Land Day protests. Amidst these events, Pope Francis visited Morocco while Min Aung Hlaing took command of Myanmar’s armed forces, marking a significant day of political, religious, and technological developments across the globe.
Historical Events 📜
- 2023: Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to be indicted by a grand jury.
- 2019: Pope Francis visits Morocco.
- 2018: The Israeli Army kills 17 Palestinians and wounds 1,400 in Gaza during Land Day protests.
- 2017: SpaceX conducts the world’s first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
- 2011: Min Aung Hlaing is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar’s armed forces.
- 2009: Twelve gunmen attack the Manawan Police Academy in Lahore, Pakistan.
- 2008: Drolma Kyi arrested by Chinese authorities.
- 2006: Cyclone Glenda, one of the strongest tropical cyclones in the Australian region makes landfall near Onslow, Western Australia.
- 2002: The 2002 Lyon car attack takes place.
- 1982: Space Shuttle program: STS-3 mission is completed with the landing of Columbia at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico.
- 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.
- 1979: Airey Neave, a British Member of Parliament (MP), is killed by a car bomb as he exits the Palace of Westminster. The Irish National Liberation Army claims responsibility.
- 1976: Israeli-Palestinian conflict: in the first organized response against Israeli policies by a Palestinian collective since 1948, Palestinians create the first Land Day.
- 1972: Vietnam War: The Easter Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.
- 1967: Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashes at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, killing 19.
Famous Births 👶
- 2001: Anastasia Potapova, Russian tennis player
- 2000: Colton Herta, American race car driver
- 1998: Kalyn Ponga, Australian rugby league player
- 1997: Cha Eun-woo, South Korean singer, actor, and model
- 1996: Ryan Noda, American baseball player
- 1995: Zay Jones, American football player
- 1994: Alex Bregman, American baseball player
- 1994: Jetro Willems, Dutch footballer
- 1993: Anitta, Brazilian singer and entertainer
- 1992: Palak Muchhal, Indian playback singer
- 1991: NF, American rapper
- 1990: Thomas Rhett, American country music singer and songwriter
- 1990: Michal Březina, Czech figure skater
- 1989: Chris Sale, American baseball player
- 1989: João Sousa, Portuguese tennis player
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2026: Chan Santokhi, Surinamese politician, 9th President of Suriname (born 1959)
- 2024: Tim McGovern, American visual effects artist (born 1955)
- 2024: Chance Perdomo, British-American actor (born 1996)
- 2023: Doug Mulray, Australian radio and television host (born 1951)
- 2021: G. Gordon Liddy, chief operative in the Watergate scandal (born 1930)
- 2021: Myra Frances, British actress (born 1942)
- 2020: Manolis Glezos, Greek left-wing politician, journalist, author, and folk hero (born 1922)
- 2020: Bill Withers, American singer-songwriter (born 1938)
- 2018: Bill Maynard, English actor (born 1928)
- 2015: Helmut Dietl, German director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
- 2015: Roger Slifer, American author, illustrator, screenwriter, and producer (born 1954)
- 2015: Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld, Dutch astronomer and academic (born 1921)
- 2014: Kate O’Mara, English actress (born 1939)
- 2014: Alice Raftary, American educator of blind adults (born 1927)
- 2013: Daniel Hoffman, American poet and academic (born 1923)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Blessed Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy - Christian feast day:
Blessed Maria Restituta Kafka - Christian feast day:
John Climacus - Christian feast day:
Mamertinus of Auxerre - Christian feast day:
Quirinus of Neuss - Christian feast day:
Thomas Son Chasuhn, Marie-Nicolas-Antoine Daveluy (part of The Korean Martyrs) - Christian feast day:
Tola of Clonard - Christian feast day:
March 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Land Day (Palestine)
- National Doctors’ Day (United States)
- Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
- School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)