The fourth Sunday of Lent was traditionally a break from the austere rigors of the season, and on that day boys living away from home, such as apprentices or students, were allowed to return home to visit their mothers. It was customary for them to bring a simnel—a highly spiced fruitcake—as a present. The visit was termed 鈥済oing a-mothering,鈥 and on this occasion the mother bestowed a blessing upon her child.
Daily Calendar for Sunday, March 30, 2025
Born
- Moses Maimonides (rabbi) 鈥
- Anna Sewell (author) 鈥
- Vincent van Gogh (Dutch artist ) 鈥
- Sean O'Casey (playwright) 鈥
- Jo Davidson (sculptor) 鈥
- Warren Beatty (actor) 鈥
- Eric Clapton (musician) 鈥
- Tracy Chapman (musician) 鈥
- Celine Dion (singer) 鈥
- Secretariat (racehorse) 鈥
- Norah Jones (singer) 鈥
- Scott Moffatt (musician, of The Moffatts) 鈥
- Anna Nalick (musician) 鈥
Died
- Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (Britain’s beloved 鈥淨ueen Mum鈥 was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II) 鈥
- Timi Yuro (singer) 鈥
Events
- President Washington proclaimed boundary of new capital city on Potomac River鈥
- Dr. Crawford Long of Jefferson, GA, placed an ether-soaked towel over the face of James Venable and removed a tumor from his neck. This was the first recorded use of anesthesia鈥
- H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, patented the first pencil with eraser鈥
- America bought Alaska from Russia due to pressure from Secretary of State William Seward (Seward’s Folly). The price was $7.2 million, or slightly more than $0.02 an acre鈥
- Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began鈥
- Texas readmitted to the Union鈥
- Queensboro Bridge, the first double-decker, opened in New York City鈥
- Official opening of Canada’s first subway (Toronto)鈥
- Woody Guthrie’s song This Land is Your Land copyrighted鈥
- Jeopardy! game show made its television debut鈥
- The last rum ration was issued in the Royal Canadian Navy鈥
- President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded outside a Washington, D.C., hotel鈥
- An anonymous buyer paid over $39 million for Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers鈥
- Possible UFO seen, Little Fox Lake, Yukon Territory鈥
- Superathletes Kirill Shimko and Pavel Soroka pulled five railway cars more than 20 feet鈥
蜜桃恋人
- Hurricane-force winds uprooted trees and brought high tides to the coast and heavy snows inland from Pennsylvania to Maine鈥
- In North Dakota, heavy rain and snowmelt around Fargo produced severe flooding鈥
- A line of thunderstorms and tornadoes tore up homes and knocked down power lines in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska鈥