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March 30, 1998 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio March 30, 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59 March 30, 1997 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King March 30, 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf March 30, 1997 Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship March 30, 1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain March 30, 1996 New York Mets beats New York Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game March 30, 1996 Prince Edward and girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle March 30, 1995 "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 204 performances March 30, 1994 ABC Masters Tournament won by Hobo Boothe March 30, 1994 Bombay beat Bengal by 8 wickets to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy March 30, 1994 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain March 30, 1993 "Redwood Curtain" opens at Brooks Atkinson Theater New York City for 40 performances March 30, 1993 French government of Balladur forms March 30, 1993 Jamaican premier Percival Patterson wins parliamentary election March 30, 1993 Lanford Wilson's "Redwood Curtain," premieres in New York City March 30, 1993 New South Wales beat Qld by eight wkts to win Sheffield Shield March 30, 1993 Punjab beat Maharashtra by 120 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy March 30, 1992 64th Academy Awards - "Silence of Lamb," A Hopkins and Jodie Foster win March 30, 1992 CBS TV premieres overnight news program "Up To The Minute" March 30, 1992 Man accidentally backs in A's Jose Canseco's $225,000 Lamborghini March 30, 1992 P J Patterson, resigns as 6th PM of Jamaica March 30, 1992 WNSR-FM (105.1) changes callsign to WMXV-FM (New York City) March 30, 1991 "Speed of Darkness" closes at Belasco Theater New York City after 36 performances March 30, 1991 1st exhibition baseball games at Joe Robbie Stadium (Yanks-Orioles) March 30, 1991 Last issue of Dutch Newspaper "Vr˜e Folk" (Free People) March 30, 1991 Northern Michigan wins its 1st NCAA hockey title March 30, 1991 PBA National Championship Won by Mike Miller March 30, 1990 Jack Nicklaus made his debut in the "Seniors" golf tournament March 30, 1988 2nd Soul Train Music Awards March 30, 1988 Tamil Nadu beat Railways by inns and 144 to win Ranji Trophy March 30, 1987 59th Academy Awards - "Platoon," Paul Newman and Marlee Matlin win March 30, 1987 Vincent van Goghs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million) March 30, 1986 "Tango Argentino" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 198 performances March 30, 1986 5th NCAA Women Basketball Championship: Texas beats Southern California 97-81 March 30, 1984 U.S. ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force March 30, 1983 Ray Cooney's "Run for your Wives," premieres in London March 30, 1983 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 30, 1982 3rd space shuttle mission-Columbia 3 lands at White Sands, NM March 30, 1982 John Pielmeier's "Agnes of God," premieres in New York City March 30, 1981 43rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champ: Indiana beats North Carolina 63-50 March 30, 1981 President Reagan shot and wounded by John W Hinckley III March 30, 1980 Mark Medoff's "Children of a Lesser God," premieres in New York City March 30, 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open March 30, 1978 "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 21 performances March 30, 1976 Israel kills 6 Palestinians protesting land confiscation March 30, 1975 Ron Lalonde scores the 1st hat trick by a Washington Capital March 30, 1973 Ellsworth Bunker resigns as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam March 30, 1972 "Funny Thing Happened..." opens at Lunt-Fontanne New York City for 156 performances March 30, 1972 North Vietnamese troops enter South Vietnam March 30, 1972 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site March 30, 1970 "Applause" opens at Palace Theater New York City for 900 performances March 30, 1970 Miles Davis Bitches Brew released March 30, 1970 Soap opera "Somerset" premieres March 30, 1970 Strouse, Adams, Comden and Green's musical "Applause," premieres in New York City March 30, 1970 U.S.S.R. wins its 8th straight world hockey championship March 30, 1969 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Port Malabar Golf Invitational March 30, 1968 General Ludvik Svoboda elected president of Czechoslovakia March 30, 1967 Cover picture of Beatles' "Sgt Pepper's" is photographed March 30, 1966 Barbra Streisand stars on "Color Me Barbra" special on CBS March 30, 1964 Astronaut John Glenn withdraws from Ohio senate race March 30, 1963 France performs underground nuclear test at Ecker Algeria March 30, 1961 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 169,600' (51,690 m) March 30, 1959 WNED TV channel 17 in Buffalo, New York (PBS) begins broadcasting March 30, 1957 1st performance of Walter Piston's 4th Symphony March 30, 1956 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test March 30, 1955 27th Academy Awards - "On the Waterfront," Brando and Grace Kelly win March 30, 1954 Test Cricket debut of Garry Sobers vs. England at Kingston March 30, 1953 Einstein announces revised unified field theory March 30, 1952 6th Tony Awards: Fourposter and King and I win March 30, 1952 Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open March 30, 1950 Phototransistor invention announced, Murray Hill, New Jersey March 30, 1946 "St. Louis Woman" opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City for 113 performances March 30, 1946 Australia beats NZ in cricket at 3 30pm on 2nd day March 30, 1946 Last Test Cricket appearance of Bill O'Reilly (5-14 and 3-19) March 30, 1945 289 anti-fascists murdered by nazis in Rombergpark Dortmund March 30, 1945 U.S.S.R. invades Austria during WW II March 30, 1944 781 British bombers attack Neurenberg March 30, 1943 5th NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: University of Wyoming beat Georgetown 46-34 March 30, 1943 British 1st army recaptures Sejenane March 30, 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Oklahoma!," premieres in New York City March 30, 1942 1st RSHA-transport from France arrives in camp Birkenau March 30, 1942 SS murders 200 inmates of Trawniki labor camp March 30, 1941 German counter offensive in North-Africa March 30, 1940 2nd NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana U beats Kansas 60-42 March 30, 1935 Newfoundland changes time to 3 hours W of Greenwich, repeats 44 sec March 30, 1932 Amelia Earhart is 1st woman to fly solo cross the Atlantic March 30, 1930 Babberich-H soccer team forms March 30, 1925 Stalin supports rights of non-Serbian Yugoslavians March 30, 1925 Stanley Cup: Vict Cougars (WCHL) beat Canadiens (NHL), 3 games to 1 March 30, 1923 Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates March 30, 1922 KGY-AM in Olympia WA begins radio transmissions March 30, 1922 WWL-AM in New Orleans LA begins radio transmissions March 30, 1919 Belgian Army occupies Dusseldorf March 30, 1919 Gandhi announces resistance against Rowlatt Act March 30, 1919 Paul Claudel's "Tˆte d'Or," premieres in Paris March 30, 1918 Stanley Cup: Toronto Arenas (NHL) beat Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA), 3 games to 2 March 30, 1916 Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens (NHA) beat Portland Rosebuds (PCHA), 3 games to 2 March 30, 1912 French protectorate in Morocco established March 30, 1911 Lotschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed March 30, 1909 Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens March 30, 1900 Dutch 2nd Chamber accepts Compulsory education law March 30, 1895 British inventor Birt Acres films Oxford-Cambridge March 30, 1893 Thomas F. Bayard becomes 1st U.S. ambassador in Great Britain March 30, 1889 John T. Reid opens 1st U.S. golf course in Yonkers, New York March 30, 1870 15th Amendment passes, guarantees right to vote regardless of race March 30, 1870 Texas becomes last confederate state readmitted to Union March 30, 1867 U.S. buys Alaska from Russia for $7,200,000 March 30, 1866 Bedrich Smetana's "Verkaufte Braut" (Sold Bride), premieres March 30, 1865 Battle at 5 Forks Virginia March 30, 1864 Skirmish at Mount Elba, Arkansas March 30, 1863 Danish prince Wilhelm Georg of Sleesw˜k-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg chosen as king George of Greece March 30, 1858 Pencil with attached eraser patented by Hyman L. Lipman March 30, 1856 Russia signs Peace of Paris, ending the Crimean War March 30, 1842 Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr. Crawford Long March 30, 1822 Congress combined East and West Florida into Florida Territory March 30, 1814 Britain and allies march into Paris after defeating Napoleon March 30, 1778 Playwright Voltaire crowned with laurel wreath March 30, 1603 Battle at Mellifont: English army under Lord Mountjoy beats Irish March 30, 1533 Henry VIII divorces his 1st wife, Catherine of Aragon March 30, 1533 Thomas Cranmer becomes archbishop of Canterbury March 30, 1492 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sign decree expelling Jews from Spain March 30, 1474 Duke Sigismund van Tirol ends contacts with Switzerland March 30, 1456 Prince Louis of Bourbon elected bishop of Liege March 30, 1422 Ketsugan, Zen teacher, performs exorcisms to free aizoji temple March 30, 1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force March 30, 988 Boudouin IV with the Beard becomes earl of Flanders March 30, 804 Liudger becomes 1st bishop of Munster |