March 30, 1900 (Friday)
- Legislation took effect in France, reducing the workday for women and children from 12 hours to 11 hours. The law provided further that on April 1, 1902, the workday would go to 10½ hours, and to ten hours by April 1, 1904.
- Died: Father Leonard Murialdo, 71, founder of the Society of St. Joseph. He would be canonized by Pope Paul VI on May 3, 1970.
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Famous quotes containing the word march:
“‘Oh beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,
Play the Dead March as you carry me along;
Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o’er me,
For I’m a young cowboy and I know I’ve done wrong.”
—Unknown. As I Walked Out in the Streets of Laredo (l. 5–8)