March 30

 Holidays and Observances
(Alphabetical Order)

2025 Daily Holidays that fall on March 30, include:

• Grass is Always Browner on the Other Side of the Fence Day 
  
• International Folding Laundry Day 
  
• Mothering Sunday - March 30, 2025 (21 Days before Easter)
• National Doctors Day
• National Fitness Recovery Day 
• National I Am In Control Day 
• National Julia Day - (People Named Julia)
• National Victoria Day - (People Named Victoria)
• National Wendy Day - (People Named Wendy)
• Neighbor Day - March 30, 2025
• Pencil Day 
• Pretzel Sunday - March 30, 2025 (Celebrated in Germany on the Fourth Sunday during Lent)
• Take A Walk In the Park Day 
  
• Torrents Day 
• Turkey Neck Soup Day 
• Virtual Vacation Day
• World Bipolar Day 
• World TB-303 Appreciation Day 

2025 Weekly Holidays that include March 30, are:

• Info. to Come!

2025 Monthly Holidays that include March 30, are:

There are too many monthly holidays to include here, so please check out our March Holidays page to see all of the holidays that are celebrated the entire month of March.

NOTE:

1. A page on each holiday will be coming soon and linked above.
2. If a date is a movable holiday, that is different every year, I'll include the year as well as the date rule above. Otherwise, the holiday falls on the same date each year.

World Festivals and Events
(Date Order)

• Info. to Come!

Astrological Sign

The Astrological Sign for March 30 is Aries.

Birth Flower of the Month

The Birth Flower(s) for the Month for March are:

• The Jonquil, better known as Daffodil or Narcissus
• The meaning of the Daffodil is friendship and domestic happiness

Birthstone

The Birthstone(s) for March is the aquamarine and the bloodstone.

Famous Birthdays

• 1820 – Anna Sewell, British author of Black Beauty (Probably one of my favorite books ever!)  (d. 1878)
• 1853 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)
• 1937 – Warren Beatty, American actor and director
• 1945 – Eric Clapton, British guitarist (The Yardbirds and Cream)
• 1957 – Paul Reiser, American actor
• 1962 – MC Hammer, American rapper
• 1964 – Tracy Chapman, American singer-songwriter
• 1964 – Ian Ziering, American actor
• 1968 – Celine Dion, Canadian singer
• 1979 – Norah Jones, American singer-songwriter and actress
• 1984 – Anna Nalick, American singer-songwriter

Vincent Van Gough's, Starry Night is one of my favorite works of art.

Famous Deaths

• 1986 – James Cagney, American actor (b. 1899)
• 2002 – Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, of the United Kingdom (b. 1900)
• 2020 - Bill Withers, American musician (Ain't No Sunshine, Just the Two of Us) (b. 1938)

Famous Weddings and Divorces

• 2004 - Actress Jennifer Garner (Alias) divorces actor Scott Foley

Quote of the Day

Anna Sewell, the British author of Black Beauty, was born on this day in 1820. Above, is a clip from the Black Beauty movie.

Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day 
or a Recipe of the Day

March 30 is Take a Walk in the Park Day.  The Holidays and Observances Healthy Diet Habit Tip of the Day for March 30, is to exercise! Exercise and healthy eating go together to produce a healthy lifestyle! Pictured is Family Biking at Olympic Valley, CA where Squaw Valley, USA is located - used with permission from their website. Find out tips on Exercise from Kerry, at Healthy Diet Habits.

To find out more about Olympic Valley, you can check out my Olympic Valley page, on my Truckee Travel Guide website.

This Day in History

• 240 BC - 1st recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet
• 1822 – The Florida Territory is created in the United States
• 1842 – American surgeon Dr. Crawford Long uses ether anesthesia for the first time during an operation
• 1856 – The Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Crimean War
• 1867 – Alaska is purchased from Russia for $7.2 million (2 cents an acre), by US Secretary of State William H. Seward
• 1870 – Texas is readmitted to the Union following Reconstruction
• 1909 – The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens in New York
• 1945 - USSR invades Austria during World War II
• 1981 – President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C., hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., along with two others
• 1987 - Vincent van Goughs "Sunflowers" sells for record 22.5M pounds ($39.7 million)
• 2006 – The United Kingdom Terrorism Act 2006 becomes a law
• 2012 - Mastercard and Visa announce a massive breach in security with over ten million compromised credit card numbers

This Day in Music

• 1971 - Jimi Hendrix's The Cry Of Love is certified gold, six months after his death
• 1985 - Phil Collins' One More Night hits #1 

I love this song, Breathe, from Anna Nalick, who was born on this day in 1984.

This Day in Sports

• 1889 - John T Reid opens 1st US golf course in Yonkers, NY
• 1970 - USSR wins its 8th straight world hockey championship

Word of the Day from Wiktionary

Wishing You a Great Day Today!