April 30

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April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years). There are 245 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and observances

Events

313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1671 - Croatian ruler from Zrinski family (Petar Zrinski) executed.
1789 - On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office becoming 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 the size of the young nation overnight.
1812 - The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
1838 - Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Jenkin's Ferry - Retreating Union troops led by General Frederick Steele repel Confederate forces under General Edmund Kirby Smith.
1900 - Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1900 - Casey Jones is killed attempting to save the runaway train Cannonball Express.
1904 - Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in Saint Louis, Missouri.
1904 - The ice cream cone makes its debut.
1925 - Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for US$146 million plus US$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.
1939 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt is 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.
1945 - The morning radio program Arthur Godfrey Time starring Arthur Godfrey debuts.
1947 - In Nevada Boulder Dam is officially renamed Hoover Dam again.
1948 - In Bogot�, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1948 - The Land Rover is unveiled at the Amsterdam Auto Show.
1966 - Anton LaVey founds the Church of Satan.
1973 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids HR Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and others have resigned.
1975 - Vietnam War: North Vietnamese troops occupy Saigon, ending the war.
1980 - Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
1983 - Michael Jackson's song "Beat It" hits number 1 on the Billboard music charts.
1991 - A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh killing an estimated 125,000 people.
1992 - The last episode of the Cosby Show airs.
1993 - CERN announces (http://info.web.cern.ch/info/Announcements/CERN/2003/04-30TenYearsWWW/Declaration/Page1.html) that World Wide Web will be free to everyone, with no fees due.
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.
1997 - Ellen DeGeneres comes out of the closet on her sitcom Ellen (which originally aired on ABC this day).
1999 - NATO membership expands by approving the admission of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (the nations will be formally admitted following NATO's 50th anniversary summit next April).
1999 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
2001 - Dennis Tito, the first 'space tourist' in space lifts off in a Russian rocket heading for the International Space Station.
2001 - Chandra Levy, a former intern to California Congressman Gary Condit, is last seen in Washington, DC.
2002 - A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years.
2004 - The last edition of NPR's Morning Edition with Bob Edwards as host airs.