March 30

Moritz Steinschneider, the bibliographer who systematically catalogued Hebrew books and manuscripts, was born in Prostejov, Moravia.

Isaline Blew Horner, the English Pali scholar and longtime president of the Pali Text Society, was born on this day in 1896.

The 'Treasures of Tutankhamun' exhibition opened at the British Museum, going on to draw about 1.6 million visitors.

Karl Rahner, one of the most influential Catholic theologians of the twentieth century, died in Innsbruck.

In Jefferson, Georgia, physician Crawford Long removed a neck tumour from a patient rendered insensible with ether, an early use of anaesthesia in surgery.