Historical Moments for March 30
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Historical Moments for Mar 29
In events:
March 30th 1995 "Arcadia" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 204 performances
March 30th 1996 Prince Edward & girl-friend Sophie visited Graystoke Castle
March 30th 1996 NY Mets beats NY Yankees 5-3 in an exhibition game
March 30th 1996 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
March 30th 1997 16th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tenn beats Old Dominion 68-59
March 30th 1997 26th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Betsy King
March 30th 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion Senior Golf
March 30th 1997 Steve Elkington wins Golf's Players Championship
March 30th 1998 60th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at Alamodome San Antonio
In Events:
March 29th 0502 Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power
March 29th 1461 Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses)
March 29th 1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
March 29th 1673 Eng king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions
March 29th 1795 Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
March 29th 1798 Republic of Switzerland forms
March 29th 1804 Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti
March 29th 1814 Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
March 29th 1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
March 29th 1847 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico [or 0327?]
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In Births:
March 29th 1484 Johann Spangenberg, composer
March 29th 1519 Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal
March 29th 1561 Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic
March 29th 1602 John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)
March 29th 1616 Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer
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In Deaths:
March 29th 1058 Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies
March 29th 1546 Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
March 29th 1650 Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73
March 29th 1655 Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66
March 29th 1697 Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies
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