March 30th in history
Encyclopædia Britannica presents people and events from this day in history:
- Eiffel Tower opened to public: 31 March 1889 - This Day in History
The 984-foot (300-metre) Eiffel Tower, a wrought iron technological masterpiece created by Gustave Eiffel to commemorate the French Revolution, was opened to the public at the Centennial Exposition in Paris this day in 1889.
More Events on this day:
1980: American track-and-field legend Jesse Owens died in Phoenix, Arizona.
1918: Clocks in the United States were set one hour ahead as daylight saving time went into operation for the first time.
1870: Thomas Peterson-Mundy of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, became the first African American to vote under the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
1854: U.S. Commodore Matthew Perry signed the Treaty of Kanagawa in Japan, ending that country's period of seclusion.
1732: Composer Joseph Haydn was born in Rohrau, Austria.
1521: The first Roman Catholic mass in the Philippines was celebrated on the island of Limasawa.
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The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.