March 30

This day in history:

• 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces invade Austria and capture Vienna. Polish and Soviet forces liberate Danzig.
• 1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War.
• 1967 – Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashes at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, killing 19.
• 1899 – German Society of Chemistry issues an invitation to other national scientific organizations to appoint delegates to the International Committee on Atomic Weights.

Births:

• 1957 – Marie-Christine Koundja, Chadian author and diplomat
• 1746 – Francisco Goya, Spanish-French painter and sculptor (d. 1828)
• 1950 – Grady Little, American baseball player, coach, and manager

Deaths:

• 2004 – Alistair Cooke, English-American journalist and author (b. 1908)
• 1996 – Hugh Falkus, English pilot and author (b. 1917)
• 2010 – Morris R. Jeppson, American lieutenant and physicist (b. 1922)

Holidays:

• Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day (Trinidad and Tobago)
• Land Day (Palestine)
• School Day of Non-violence and Peace (Spain)

Random Article of the day:

Gampaha, Uva

Gampaha is a town in Uva province, Sri Lanka.

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