Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 30
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This is a list of selected March 30 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.March 30: Spiritual Baptist/Shouter Liberation Day in Trinidad and Tobago
- 1282 – Sicilians began to rebel against the rule of the Angevin King Charles I of Naples, starting the War of the Sicilian Vespers.
- 1867 – U.S. Secretary of State William H. Seward (pictured) negotiated the purchase of Alaska for US$7.2 million from Russia.
- 1912 – Sultan Abdelhafid signed the Treaty of Fez, making Morocco a French protectorate.
- 1940 – World War II: Wang Jingwei was installed by Japan as head of the puppet government in China.
- 1964 – Jeopardy!, the popular international game show created by Merv Griffin, made its debut on the NBC television network.
- 1981 – Trying to impress actress Jodie Foster, obsessed fan John Hinckley, Jr. shot and wounded U.S. President Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C.
