At A Glance

30 March 2017 at a glance

Day of the week
30 March 2017 was a Thursday.
Billboard Hot 100 No. 1
The Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 was “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran.
Top Film of 2017
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2017 was Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
Top-Rated TV Show
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS) was No. 1 in the Nielsen ratings for the 2017–18 season.
Star sign
The star sign for 30 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 30 March 2017 fell in the Year of the Rooster.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 30 March 2017 was Waxing Crescent.

On this day: 30 March

  • 2008 Drolma Kyi arrested by Chinese authorities.
  • 2011 Min Aung Hlaing is appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of Myanmar's armed forces.
  • 2017 SpaceX conducts the world's first reflight of an orbital class rocket.
  • 2019 Pope Francis visits Morocco.
  • 2023 Donald Trump becomes the first former United States president to be indicted by a grand jury.

Famous people born on March 30

  • Warren Beatty, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1937)
  • Celine Dion, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1968)
  • Eric Clapton, English guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)
  • Vincent van Gogh, Dutch-French painter and illustrator (1853–1890)

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Events of 2017 in the United States

A selection from Wikipedia's '2017 in the United States'. Not a complete list.

  • January 24 – The nominees for the 89th Academy Awards are announced. The nominees for Best Picture are Arrival, Fences, Hacksaw Ridge, Hell or High Water, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Lion, Manchester by the Sea, and Moonlight.
  • February 26 – The 89th Academy Awards, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, are held at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Barry Jenkins' Moonlight winning Best Picture.
  • May 5 – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, directed by James Gunn, is released by Marvel Studios as the 15th film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the sequel to 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy.

Life in the US in 2017

President

Donald Trump

Gas (per gallon)

$2.42

Loaf of Bread

$2.08

Average House

$323,100

Weekly Wage

$869

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