What happend on 30th March

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2003

Under cover of darkness, Mayor Richard M. Daley destroys Meigs Field, a general aviation airport in downtown Chicago, Illinois, without giving the required notice to the FAA.

1987

One of Vincent Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" paintings is bought by Japanese insurance magnate Yasuo Goto for $39.85 million.

1981

President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside a Washington, D.C. hotel by John Hinckley, Jr., family friend of the Vice President.

1974

The Ramones play their first ever gig as a trio at the Performance Studio in New York City.

1972

Vietnam War: The Eastertide Offensive begins after North Vietnamese forces cross into the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) of South Vietnam.

1965

Vietnam War: A car bomb explodes in front of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, killing 22 and wounding 183 others.

1964

The game show Jeopardy! debuts on television.

1962

Jack Paar hosts his last episode of The Tonight Show.

1961

The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is signed at New York.

1954

The first subway in Canada opens after five years of construction, in Toronto.