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April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April.
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Events
- 313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
- 711 - Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
- 1483 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit, making Neptune the furthest planet from the Sun until July 23, 1503.
- 1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1671 - Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
- 1794 - The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union.
- 1789 - On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
- 1803 - Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling – overnight – the size of the young nation.
- 1812 - The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
- 1838 - Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation
- 1863 - Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón,Mexico.
- 1894 - Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
- 1900 - Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
- 1900 - Casey Jones dies attempting to save the runaway train Cannonball Express.
- 1904 - The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in Saint Louis, Missouri.
- 1920 - Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1925 - Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for USD $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
- 1927 - The Federal Industrial Institute for Women, opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
- 1938 - The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Bugs Bunny.
- 1939 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to appear on television.
- 1939 - The 1939 New York World's Fair opens.
- 1943 - World War II: Operation Mincemeat – The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day.
- 1947 - In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is officially renamed Hoover Dam again.
- 1948 - In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
- 1966 - Anton LaVey founds the Church of Satan.
- 1973 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and others have resigned.
- 1975 - Communist forces gains control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
- 1980 - Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
- 1983 - Michael Jackson's song "Beat It" hits number 1 on the Billboard music charts.
- 1988 - In Dublin, Ireland, Céline Dion wins the thirty-third Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland singing "Ne partez pas sans moi" (Don't leave without me).
- 1991 - A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh killing an estimated 138,000 people.
- 1992 - The last episode of the Cosby Show airs.
- 1993 - The World Wide Web was born at CERN
- 1993 - During a changeover at a tennis tournament in Hamburg, Germany, Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by a deranged fan of rival Steffi Graf. Seles would not play competitively for more than two years after the incident.
- 1994 - In Dublin, Ireland, Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan win the thirty-ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Rock'n'Roll Kids".
- 1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland.
- 1997 - Ellen DeGeneres's character comes out of the closet on the sitcom Ellen.
- 1999 - NATO membership expands by approving the admission of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland.
- 1999 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
- 1999 - Neo-nazi bomber David Copeland detonates his third bomb in front of the Admiral Duncan pub and is arrested the night after.
- 2001 - Chandra Levy, a former intern to California Congressman Gary Condit, is last seen in Washington, D.C.
- 2002 - A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years.
- 2002 - The law N26-РЗ "On the National Flag of the Udmurt Republic" has appeared.
- 2004 - The last edition of NPR's Morning Edition with Bob Edwards as host airs.
- 2005 - Nickelodeon Studios, where many of the channel's animated shows were created, shut its doors. It is moving to Los Angeles, California.
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Births
- 1586 - Saint Rose of Lima, Peruvian saint (d. 1617)
- 1602 - William Lilly, English astrologer (d. 1681)
- 1623 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
- 1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer (d. 1719)
- 1662 - Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
- 1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
- 1710 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
- 1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
- 1721 - Roger Sherman, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (d. 1793)
- 1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1855)
- 1829 - Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
- 1857 - Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
- 1865 - Max Nettlau, German anarchist and historian (d. 1944)
- 1870 - Franz Lehar, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
- 1876 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
- 1877 - Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
- 1883 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
- 1893 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
- 1901 - Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (d. 1985)
- 1902 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1908 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
- 1909 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- 1909 - F. E. McWilliam, Northern Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
- 1910 - Al Lewis, American actor and politician (d. 2006)
- 1916 - Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
- 1916 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
- 1925 - Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
- 1930 - Lawton Chiles, American politician (d. 1998)
- 1933 - Willie Nelson, American musician, composer, and actor
- 1938 - Larry Niven, American author
- 1940 - Burt Young, American actor
- 1941 - Johnny Farina, American guitarist (Santo and Johnny)
- 1943 - Bobby Vee, American singer
- 1944 - Jill Clayburgh, American actress
- 1945 - Annie Dillard, American writer
- 1945 - Michael Smith, astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1946 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- 1946 - Don Schollander, American swimmer
- 1947 - Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
- 1948 - Perry King, American actor
- 1949 - Phil Garner, baseball manager
- 1949 - Antonio Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
- 1954 - Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
- 1955 - Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and author
- 1956 - Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
- 1956 - Lars von Trier, Danish film director
- 1959 - Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
- 1961 - Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and team owner
- 1964 - Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
- 1969 - Paulo Jr., Brazilian bassist (Sepultura)
- 1969 - Clark Vogeler, American guitarist (The Toadies)
- 1975 - Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
- 1981 - John O'Shea, Irish footballer
- 1982 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress, Justin Green, National Football League fullback
- 1983 - Troy Williamson, American football player
- 1987 - Nikki Webster, Australian pop singer and entertainer
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Deaths
- 65 - Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
- 1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
- 1341 - John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
- 1439 - Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
- 1524 - Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
- 1544 - Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
- 1555 - Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
- 1632 - Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
- 1642 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
- 1660 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
- 1655 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
- 1696 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
- 1712 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch protestant theologian (b. 1633)
- 1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
- 1758 - François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
- 1792 - John Montagu, Supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
- 1795 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
- 1847 - Archduke Charles, Austrian general (b. 1771)
- 1865 - Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
- 1875 - Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
- 1883 - Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
- 1903 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831)
- 1936 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
- 1943 - Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
- 1945 - Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's new wife (suicide) (b. 1912)
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Germany (suicide) (b. 1889)
- 1956 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
- 1970 - Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
- 1974 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
- 1982 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
- 1983 - George Balanchine, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
- 1983 - Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1915)
- 1985 - Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist
- 1989 - Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
- 1989 - Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
- 1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
- 1998 - Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (B. 1956)
- 2003 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
- 2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)
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Holidays and observances
- Scandinavia - The arrival of spring, Walpurgis Night
- Sweden - Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustav, an official flag day
- The Netherlands - Queen's Day
- Roman Empire - third day of the Floralia in honor of Flora
- Bealtaine Eve (From either Irish Bealtaine or Scottish Gaelic). Originally a Celtic Druid holiday
- Vietnam - Liberation Day
- Feast day of the following saints in the Roman Catholic Church:
- Saint Maximus, 3rd century martyr
- Saint Louis, Amator, and Peter, martyred by the Moors in 855
- Saint Marianus and James, martyrs in Numidia in 259
- Suitbert the Younger (d. 807)
- Catherine of Siena
- Joseph Benedict Cottolengo
- Pius V, pope
- Robert
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