Today in History for 30th March 2025
Historical Events
1814 – Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
1865 – -4] Battle at 5 Forks, Virginia
1952 – 6th Tony Awards: “The Fourposter” (play) and “The King and I” (musical) win
1987 – Vincent van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” sells for a record £22.5 million ($39.7 million)
1992 – Man accidentally backs into Oakland A’s Jose Canseco’s $225,000 Lamborghini
2012 – American Mega Millions lottery hits a world record lottery amount of 640 million dollars
Famous Birthdays
1922 – Peter Jona Korn, German composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1998)
1927 – Wally Grout, Australian cricket wicketkeeper (51 Tests, 187 dismissals, 3 x 50s), born in Mackay, Australia (d. 1968)
1940 – Jim Criner, American college football coach (Boise State, Iowa State, Scottish Claymores), born in Lurton, Arkansas
1971 – Mari Holden, American cyclist (World C’ship gold road time trial 2000; Olympic silver 2000), born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1974 – Martin Love, Australian cricketer (high scoring Queensland batsman, Aust 1995), born in Mundubbera, Australia
1984 – Samantha Stosur, Australian tennis player (US Open singles 2011; 9 x Grand Slam doubles titles; Tour Finals doubles 2005, 06), born in Brisbane, Australia
Famous Deaths
1871 – Louise, Dutch-born Queen of Sweden and Norway, dies at 42
1959 – Daniil Andreev, Russian writer, poet and Christian mystic, dies at 52
1972 – Gabriel Heatter, American radio commentator famous for his WWII sign-on “There’s good news tonight”, dies of pneumonia at 81
1978 – Larry Young [aka Khalid Yasin], American hard-bop and jazz-fusion Hammond B-3 organist (Unity), dies from several untreated illnesses, including pneumonia, at 37
1992 – Art Hannes, American actor and announcer, dies of a respiratory ailment at 72
2008 – Dith Pran, Cambodian photojournalist, survivor of the Cambodian genocide, and subject of the movie “The Killing Fields”, dies of pancreatic cancer at 65
