March 30 - The Day in History

March 30 : General Interest 1981 : President Reagan shot On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr.,... read more American Revolution 1775 : King George endorses New England Restraining Act http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-george-endorses-new-england-restraining-act Automotive 2009 : President Obama announces auto industry shakeup http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-obama-announces-auto-industry-shakeup Civil War 1825 : Samuel Bell Maxey born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/samuel-bell-maxey-born Cold War 1948 : Henry Wallace criticizes Truman's Cold War policies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-wallace-criticizes-trumans-cold-war-policies Crime 1981 : Ronald Reagan is shot by John Hinckley, Jr. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ronald-reagan-is-shot-by-john-hinckley-jr Disaster 1980 : Oil workers drown in North Sea http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oil-workers-drown-in-north-sea General Interest 1814 : Allies capture Paris http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allies-capture-paris 1855 : Violence disrupts first Kansas election http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/violence-disrupts-first-kansas-election 1867 : Seward's Folly http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sewards-folly 1870 : 15th Amendment adopted http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/15th-amendment-adopted Hollywood 1981 : Obsessed Jodie Foster fan John Hinckley Jr. shoots President Reagan http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/obsessed-jodie-foster-fan-john-hinckley-jr-shoots-president-reagan Literary 1820 : Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anna-sewell-author-of-black-beauty-is-born Music 1974 : John Denver has his first #1 hit with "Sunshine On My Shoulders" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-denver-has-his-first-1-hit-with-quotsunshine-on-my-shouldersquot Old West 1891 : "Sockless" Simpson rallies populist farmers http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sockless-simpson-rallies-populist-farmers Presidential 1981 : Reagan is shot http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-is-shot Sports 1965 : Bill Bradley scores 58 points for Princeton http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bill-bradley-scores-58-points-for-princeton Vietnam War 1965 : Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in Saigon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bomb-explodes-outside-us-embassy-in-saigon 1972 : North Vietnamese launch Nguyen Hue Offensive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/north-vietnamese-launch-nguyen-hue-offensive World War I 1918 : Allied troops halt Germans at Moreuil Wood http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/allied-troops-halt-germans-at-moreuil-wood World War II 1940 : Japanese set up puppet regime at Nanking http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japanese-set-up-puppet-regime-at-nanking