| Birthdates which 
            occurred on 30th March : 1135 Maimonides 
            [Moses Ben Maimon] Còrodoba Spain, philosopher/physician 1222 Nichiren Japan, Buddhist priest/saint
 1432 Mehmed II [Fâtih] Sultan of Turkey (1451-81)
 1672 Peter I "the Great" Romanov great tsar of Russia (1682-1725)
 1674 Jethro Tull agricultural writer (Basildon), baptised
 1681 Pieter Snyers Flemish painter/engraver
 1687 Johann Balthasar Freisslich composer
 1697 John-Baptist Xavery Flemish sculptor
 1719 Sir John Hawkins England, wrote 1st history of music
 1727 Tommaso Traetta Italy's opera composer/band leader (Farnace)
 1746 Francisco Jose de Goya Fuendetodos Spain, painter/etcher (Naked 
            Maja)
 1750 John Stafford Smith composer
 1772 Johann Wilhelm Wilms composer
 1790 Joseph Smith Rear Admiral (Union Navy), died in 1877
 1804 Salomon Sulzer composer
 1805 Adrien de La Fage composer
 1811 Angelo Catelani Italian composer/conductor
 1815 Wincenty Studzinski composer
 1823 Joseph Farmer Knipe Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died 
            in 1901
 1824 Innis Newton Palmer Brevet Major General (Union volunteers)
 1825 Samuel Bell Maxey Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died 
            in 1895
 1830 Auguste Tolbecque composer
 1830 Julius F A Bahnsen German philosopher
 1835 Bernhard Scholz composer
 1836 Karl Freiherr von Stumm-Halberg German industrialist/politician
 1842 John Fiske [Edmund Fisk Green] US historian/philosopher
 1844 Paul M Verlaine France, lyric poet (Sagesse Bonbeur)
 1853 Vincent van Gogh Zundert Netherlands, artist who always lent 
            an ear (Irises)
 1864 Franz Oppenheimer German sociologist/politician
 1865 Heinrich Rubens German physicist
 1872 Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko composer
 1876 Clifford Whittingham Beers US, mental hygiene pioneer
 1880 Sean O'Casey Ireland, playwright (Playboy of the Western World)
 1882 Melanie Klein Austrian/British psycho analysis
 1883 Jo Davidson US, sculptor (Woodrow Wilson, Walt Whitman)
 1886 Stanislaw Lesniewski Poland, logician/mathematician
 1887 Albert P Termote Flemish/Dutch sculptor (Charles the Great)
 1888 Anna Q Nilsson Ystad Sweden, actress (Shenandoah, Uncle Tom's 
            Cabin)
 1891 Jan B Cammans Flemish actor (Brothers Karamazov)
 1892 Erwin Panofsky German/US art historian
 1894 Sergei Ilyushin Russian airplane builder (Ilyushin)
 1895 Jean Giono French writer (World Chant)
 1898 Heinz Risse writer
 1898 Joyce Carey London England, actress (Black Windmill)
 1899 Irving Thalberg US producer (MGM)
 19-- Steve Summers rocker (Pretty Boy Floyd-Rock & Roll)
 1903 Countee Cullen US poet (Color, Ballad of the Brown Girl)
 1903 Sol C Siegel US, producer (High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes)
 1904 Akarova [Marguerite Acarin], Belgian dancer (Les Biches)
 1905 Mikio Oda Japan, triple jumper (Olympics-gold-1928)
 1908 Camille Schmit composer
 1908 Kurt Bruggemann composer
 1908 Leslie O'Brien "Chuck" Fleetwood-Smith Chinese cricket 
            bowler
 1909 Ernst Gombrich OM/FBA/director (Warburg Institute)
 1911 Dennis Gomm musician
 1912 Andrew Rodger Waterson scholar/naturalist
 1912 Jack Cowie cricketer (successful New Zealand fast bowler either 
            side of WWII)
 1913 Frankie Laine [Frank Paul LoVecchio] Chicago IL, singer (Hey, 
            Good Lookin', That's My Desire)/ actor (Frankie Laine Show, Rawhide)
 1913 Gottfried Reinhardt theatre producer
 1913 Richard Helms CIA head (1966-73)
 1914 Sonny Boy Williamson [John Lee] blues musician (Down & Out 
            Blues)
 1917 Els Aarne composer
 1917 Herbert Anderson actor (Henry-Dennis The Menace)
 1917 Rudolf Bruci composer
 1918 John Gray FRS/marine biologist
 1918 Joseph Allen Jr Boston MA, actor (Death of a Champion)
 1919 McGeorge Bundy Boston MA, national security adviser under JFK
 1919 Ramsay Ames actress (G-Men Never Forget, Ali Baba & 40 Thieves)
 1920 Turhan Bey Vienna Austria, actor (Dragon Seed, Ali Baba & 
            40 Thieves)
 1921 Countess of Sutherland English great land owner/multi-millionaire
 1921 Kan Ishii composer
 1921 Oto Ferenczy composer
 1922 German Germanovich Galinin composer
 1922 J F Coates naval architect
 1922 Peter Jona Korn composer
 1923 Herbert Asmodi writer
 1924 Milko Kelemen composer
 1925 Ivo Malek composer
 1925 John Wells MP
 1926 John Heddle Nash singer
 1926 Lord Rayner
 1926 Ray McAnally Buncrana County Donegal Ireland, actor (My Left 
            Foot, Empire State, Sicilian)
 1926 Werner Torkanowsky Berlin Germany, conductor (New Orleans Symphony)
 1927 Lord Armstrong of Ilminster
 1927 Wally Grout cricketer (great Aussie wicket-keeper)
 1928 Diether de la Motte composer
 1928 Richard Trant British General
 1928 Tom Sharpe English historian/author (Riotous Assembly, Want)
 1929 Richard Dysart Brighton MA, actor (Leland MacKenzie-LA Law)
 1929 Shirley Stoler Brooklyn NY, actress (Frankenhooker, 7 Beauties)
 1930 Browne-Wilkinson lord
 1930 David Staple joint president (Council of Churches for Britain 
            & Ireland)
 1930 John Astin Baltimore MD, actor (I'm Dickens He's Fenster, Gomez-Addams 
            Family)
 1930 Peter Marshall [Pierre LaCock] Huntington Long Island NY, TV 
            game show host (Hollywood Squares)
 1930 Rolf Harris Bassendean Western Australia, Australian/British 
            cartoonist/singer (Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport)/actor (The Little Convict)
 1931 Aleksey Vasilyevich Sorokin Russian cosmonaut
 1931 Harold Burrage US singer/pianist (Hi Yo Silver)
 1931 Sandor Szokolay composer
 1932 A J Zuckerman Dean (Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine)
 1933 Jean-Claude Brialy Aumale Algeria, actor (Circle of Love, Cousins)
 1934 Lord Tanlaw
 1935 Alan Jackson CEO (BTR)
 1935 Gordon Mumma composer
 1935 John Charles Eaton composer
 1936 Mark Burns British director (Juggernaut)
 1936 Richard Baker Santa Fe NM, Zen teacher (Dharma Sangha)
 1937 J S Jennings CEO (Shell Transport & Trading Co)
 1937 Jay W Macintosh Gainesville GA, actress (Sons & Daughters)
 1937 Lord MacLaurin of Knebworth
 1937 Warren Beatty Richmond VA, actor (Bonnie & Clyde,Shampoo, 
            Dick Tracy)
 1938 Martin Dunne Lord-Lieutenant (Warwickshire)
 1940 Astrud Gilberto Brazil, singer (Girl From Ipanema)
 1940 Jerry Lucas Middletown OH, NBA center (New York Knicks, NBA rookie 
            of year 1964, Olympics-gold-60)
 1940 Norman Gifford cricketer (respected England slow left-armer 1964-73)
 1941 Brendan O'Friel CEO (Prison Governors Association)
 1941 Robert C Smith (Representative-Republican-NH, 1985- )
 1941 Ron Johnston Vice-Chancellor (Essex University)
 1941 Sven Hamrin Sweden, road race cycler (Olympics-bronze-1964)
 1942 George Esson Chief Constable (Dumfries & Galloway)
 1942 Graeme Edge Rochester Staffordshire England, rock drummer (Moody 
            Blues-Nights in White Satin, Your Wildest Dreams)
 1943 Bob Blewett cricketer (father of Greg South Australia batsman 
            1975-79)
 1944 Gerrit Komrij Dutch poet/essayist (Happy Schizo)
 1945 Eric Clapton [Eric Patrick Clapp] Ripley England, legendary guitarist/singer 
            (Yardbirds, Cream, Tears in Heaven)
 1948 Dave Ball rocker (Procul Harum)
 1948 Jim Dandy Mangrum vocalist (Black Oak Arkansas-Jim Dandy)
 1948 Justin Deas Connellsville PA, actor (Buzz-Guiding Light, Dream 
            Lover, As the World Turns, Santa Barbara)
 1948 M A King FBA, economist
 1948 Nigel Jones British MP
 1949 Leslie Joan Corn theatre producer/director/writer
 1949 Sue Cook British broadcaster
 1950 Dave McCurdy (Representative-Democrat-OK, 1981- )
 1950 Eugene Bowen composer (Wonder's Edge)
 1950 Joseph Cali New York NY, actor (Nick-Today's FBI)
 1950 Rupert Greenall rock keyboardist (Fixx)
 1951 John Gosden racehorse trainer
 1955 Randy Van Warmer Indian Hills CO, vocalist (Just When I Needed 
            You Most)
 1957 Elena V Kondakova Moscow Russia, cosmonaut (STS 84)
 1957 Paul Reiser New York NY, actor (My 2 Dads, Diner, Aliens, Mad 
            About You)
 1957 Yelena Vladimirovna Kondakova Russian cosmonaut (Soyuz TM 20, 
            STS 84)
 1958 Joseph Paul Sindelar Fort Knox KY, PGA golfer (British Columbia 
            Open-1985, 87)
 1959 Daniel Seifried Kitchener Ontario, Canadia Tour golfer (1981 
            Thunder Bay)
 1960 William D Johnson US alpine skier
 1962 M C Hammer [Stanley Kirk Burrell] Oakland CA, rapper (U Can't 
            Touch This)
 1963 Jenny Lidback Lima Peru, LPGA golfer (1995 du Maurier Ltd Classic)
 1963 Lomas Brown NFL tackle (Detroit Lions, Arizona Cardinals)
 1964 Corey Millen Cloquet MN, NHL center (Calgary Flames)
 1964 Dave Ellett Cleveland OH, NHL defenseman (Toronto Maple Leafs)
 1964 Tracy Chapman US singer/songwriter (Freedom Now, I Got a Fast 
            Car)
 1965 Karel Novacek Prostejov Czechoslovakia, tennis star (1994 Hilversum)
 1965 Piers Morgan editor (Daily Mirror)
 1967 Ian Ziering West Orange NJ, actor (Steve Sanders-Beverly Hills 
            90210)
 1967 Julie Richardson Auckland New Zealand, tennis star (1992 Futures-Canberra)
 1968 Celine Dion Québec Canada, singer (I'm Your Woman)
 1968 Donna D'Errico Dothan AL, playmate (September 1995)/actress (Baywatch)
 1969 Marco Foddis pop drummer (Pestilence)
 1969 Mark Astley Calgary, NHL defenseman (Buffalo Sabres)
 1970 George Coghill WLAF safety (Scottish Claymores)
 1970 Mark Consuelos Zaragosa Spain, actor (Mateo Santos-All My Children)
 1970 Secreteriat race horse, triple crown (1973)
 1970 Shane Bertsch Denver CO, Nike golfer (1994 Permina Basin Open-14th)
 1971 Mari Holden Milwaukee WI, cyclist (Olympics-96)
 1972 Brenden Stai NFL guard (Pittsburgh Steelers)
 1972 Matt Joyce NFL/WLAF guard/tackle (Cardinals, Seahawks, Claymores)
 1972 Peggy Zlotkowski Miss France-Universe (1989)
 1973 [Kirk] Kareem Streete-Thompson Ithaca NY, 100 meter/long jumper
 1973 Caroline Ramagos Miss Mississippi-USA (1996)
 1973 Melinda Penn Miss British Virgin Islands-Universe (1997)
 1973 Rodney Thomas running back (Tennessee Oilers)
 1974 Martin Love cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Australia 
            1995)
 1976 Chris Canty cornerback (New England Patriots)
 1976 Toby Gowin punter (Dallas Cowboys)
 1978 Wendy Christina Roberts Miss South Carolina Teen-USA (1996)
 1980 Liriel Higa Los Angeles CA, rhythmic gymnast (Olympics-96)
 1983 ? California condor chick, San Diego CA, 1st born in captivity 
            hatches
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            on March 30th:
 0988 Arnulf II count of Flanders (965-988), dies
 1202 Joachim Van Fiore Italian religious founder (Joachimism), dies
 1547 François I of Valois-Angoulême King of France (1515-47), 
            dies at 52
 1707 Sébastien le Prestre Vauban French fortress architect, 
            dies at 73
 1757 Johann Wenzel Anton Stamitz composer, dies at 39
 1764 Pietro Antonio Locatelli Italian violinist/composer, dies at 
            68
 1840 George (Beau) Brummell Dandy, dies
 1864 Louis Alexander Balthasar Schindelmeisser composer, dies 52
 1871 W F A A Louisa/Lovisa queen of Sweden/Norway, dies at 42
 1872 Nicolaos Mantzaros composer, dies at 76
 1873 Benedict Augustin Morel psychologist (dementia praecox), dies 
            at 63
 1875 Marie Moke Pleyel composer, dies at 63
 1879 David van der Kellen Dutch coin engraver, dies at 74
 1879 Thomas Couture French painter/author, dies at 63
 1884 Hans Hampel composer, dies at 61
 1906 Betsy Perk [Christina E], journalist/writer/feminist, dies at 
            73
 1910 Jean Moréas [Y Papadiamantopoulos], Greek/French poet, 
            dies at 53
 1912 Karl May German writer (Winnetou/Kara Ben Nemsi), dies at 70
 1925 Rudolf Steiner Austrian philosopher (anthroposophy), dies at 
            64
 1926 Feliks E Dzerzjinski Lithuanian organizer (KGB), dies at 48
 1935 Romanos Hovakimi Melik'yan composer, dies at 51
 1942 Alfred Coville French historian (Lesson premier Valois), dies 
            at 81
 1945 Karel Moor composer, dies at 71
 1946 John S S P V Gort viscount of Limerick/Hamsterley, dies at 59
 1948 Mahatma Gandhi assassinated in New Delhi
 1949 Dattaram Dharmaji Hindlekar cricketer (4 Tests for India), dies
 1949 Friedrich C R Bergius chemist (brown coal, Nobel 1931), dies 
            at 64
 1950 Léon Blum French premier (People's Front Govt), dies at 
            77
 1953 Roderich Mojsisovics-Mojsvar composer, dies at 75
 1955 Harl McDonald US composer (Santa Fé Trail), dies at 55
 1960 Fritz Klimsch German sculptor/painter, dies at 90
 1960 Joseph Haas German opera composer (Totenmesse), dies at 81
 1961 P J Melotte discovered Jupiter's 8th satellite Pasiphae, dies
 1963 Alexander Vasil'yevich Gauk composer, dies at 69
 1964 Willem CN Andriessen Dutch composer/pianist (Beethoven), dies 
            at 76
 1966 Erwin Piscator German director (Plebeians test rebellion), dies 
            at 72
 1966 Maxfield Parrish US painter, dies at 95
 1969 Lucien Bianchi Belgian auto racer, dies at 34
 1971 Selmer Jackson actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp), dies 
            at 82
 1972 Gabriel Heather US news anchor, dies at 81
 1972 Peter Whitney actor (Rough Riders), dies at 55
 1974 Ludovicus J Rogier Dutch historian (Reborn in Freedom), dies 
            at 79
 1975 Peter Bamm writer, dies
 1976 Jacqueline Royaards-Sandberg actress (Hostage Rights), dies at 
            99
 1977 Levko Mykolayevich Revutsky composer, dies at 88
 1978 George Paine lefty cricket spinner (for England in West Indies 
            1935), dies
 1978 Harold Gimblett cricketer (Batted in 3 Tests for England), suicide
 1979 Airey Neave British MP (Conservatives), killed by terrorist bomb
 1981 Dewitt Wallace US founder (Reader's Digest), dies at 91
 1981 Noel Harford cricketer (8 Tests for New Zealand 1955-58), dies
 1983 Pál Kadosa Hungarian composer/pianist, dies at 79
 1984 Peter Yarrall strongest Englishman/weighed 826 lb (374.7 kg), 
            dies
 1985 Harold Peary actor (Herb-Blondie, Willy), dies of heart attack 
            at 76
 1986 James F Cagney actor (Public Enemy, Angels With Dirty Faces, 
            Yankee Doodle Dandy), dies at his Stanfordville NY farm at 86
 1986 John Ciardi US poet/interpreter (Dante), dies at 69
 1989 Dort Clark actor (In Harm's Way), dies
 1991 Jan Willem Hofstra Dutch actor/writer (Friends of My Friends), 
            dies
 1992 Art Hannes announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
 1992 Luigi De Laurentiis Italian producer (Toto, Macaroni), dies
 1993 Jeremy Siegrist actor (Adventures of Darly & Samy), dies 
            hiking at 20
 1993 Richard C Diebenkorn Jr US painter (Ocean Park Paintings), dies 
            at 70
 1994 Albert Goldman rock biographer (Elvis, John Lennon), dies at 
            66
 1994 Sid Weiss bassist, dies at 79
 1995 Graham Anthony Richard Lock cricketer, dies at 65
 1995 Paul A Rothchild record producer, dies at 59
 1995 Rozelle Claxton pianist/arranger, dies at 82
 1995 Tony Lock cricketer (174 wickets for England), dies
 1996 Hugh Edward Lance Falkus filmmaker/naturalist, dies at 78
 1996 Ryoei Saito businessman, dies at 79
 2002 HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother dies at Royal Lodge, Windsor, 
            at 101
 
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