Today in History for 30th March 2024

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Historical Events

1814 - Napoleonic Wars: Sixth Coalition forces march into Paris after defeating Napoleon
1911 - Lötschberg tunnel in Switzerland (13,735 m) completed
1930 - Babberich-H soccer team forms
1966 - "Color Me Barbra", Barbra Streisand's second TV special and the first in color, premieres on CBS
1984 - US ends participation in multinational Lebanon peace force
2001 - At 15 years, 9 months American swimmer Michael Phelps breaks 200m butterfly world record at the US World Championship trials at Austin, Texas; becomes youngest male to set a world mark

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Famous Birthdays

1902 - Brooke Astor, American philanthropist (d. 2007)
1908 - Camille Schmit, Belgian organist, composer, and educator, born in Aubangez, Belgium (d. 1976)
1935 - John Charles Eaton, American composer, born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania (d. 2015)
1942 - Graeme Edge, British rock drummer, and poet (Moody Blues - "The Dream"; "Morning Glory"), born in Rocester, Staffordshire England (d. 2021)
1943 - Ken Forssi, American bassist (Love), born in Cleveland, Ohio (d. 1998)
1947 - Marilyn Crispell, American jazz pianist and composer (Anthony Braxton Quartet), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Famous Deaths

1903 - William Hicks "Red" Jackson, American Brigadier General (Confederate Army), dies at 67
1935 - Romanos Melik'yan, Armenian composer, dies at 51
1943 - Maciej Aleksy Dawidowski, Polish activist (b. 1920)
1949 - Friedrich Bergius, German chemist (benzine from brown coal, Nobel Prize 1931), dies at 64
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
1978 - Harold Gimblett, English cricket batsman (3 Tests, 1 x 50; 265 career FC sixes; Somerset CCC), dies from an overdose at 63

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