April 30
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April 30 is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining after April 30 until the end of the year.
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[change] Events
- 711 – Tariq ibn Ziyad reaches Gibraltar, beginning Moorish rule in Spain.
- 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1789 – George Washington becomes the first President of the United States.
- 1803 – The US buys the Louisiana Territory from France, more than doubling its land area.
- 1812 – Louisiana becomes a state of the US.
- 1838 – Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
- 1900 – Hawaii becomes a US territory, with Sanford Dole as Governor.
- 1907 – Honolulu becomes an independent city.
- 1920 – Peru becomes a signatory of the Buenos Aires Copyright Treaty.
- 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.
- 1941 – British steam freighter Nerissa is torpedoed near Rockall by a German U-boat, causing it to sink, with the loss of 207 lives.
- 1945 – World War II: One day after getting married, Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun commit suicide. On the same day, Red Army troops raise the Soviet flag on the Reichstag building.
- 1945 – World War II: American forces take Munich.
- 1947 – In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam for the second time.
- 1952 – The Diary of Anne Frank is published in English.
- 1966 – The Church of Satan is founded.
- 1975 – With the fall of Saigon, the Vietnam War officially comes to an end.
- 1980 – Beatrix becomes Queen of the Netherlands, after the decision of her mother, Queen Juliana to abdicate the throne.
- 1993 – The World Wide Web is released for use.
- 1993 – Tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by an obsessed fan of her rival Steffi Graf, during a tournament in Germany.
- 1994 – Austrian Formula 1 driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash, while practising for the San Marino Grand Prix, at which fellow driver Ayrton Senna is killed the next day.
- 1999 – Cambodia joins ASEAN.
- 2006 – Along with her brother, Swiss ski racer Corinne Rey-Bellet is shot dead by her husband, who commits suicide a short time later.
- 2009 – Netherlands: An attempted attack is made on the Dutch Royal Family at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, as a car is driven into the crowd, killing seven spectators, and the perpetrator, Karst Tates, who dies the next day.
[change] Births
- 1245 – King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
- 1310 – Casimir III of Poland (d. 1368)
- 1331 – Gaston III, Count of Foix (d. 1391)
- 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)
- 1770 – David Thompson, English-Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
- 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (d. 1855)
- 1803 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian politician (d. 1879)
- 1812 – Kaspar Hauser, German boy whose early life is a mystery (d. 1833)
- 1852 – Tewfik Pasha, ruler of Egypt (d. 1892)
- 1857 – Eugene Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
- 1865 – Max Nettlau, German anarchist and historian (d. 1944)
- 1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
- 1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
- 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
- 1887 – Anne Zernike, Dutch theologian and minister (d. 1972)
- 1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
- 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
- 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1905 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician
- 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970)
- 1909 – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- 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)
- 1932 – Antonio Tejero, Spanish coup leader
- 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
- 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, former President of Zambia (d. 2011)
- 1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1944 – Rudi Assauer, German footballer
- 1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer
- 1945 – Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1946 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- 1946 – Sven Nordqvist, Swedish writer and illustrator
- 1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator and director
- 1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer
- 1948 – Perry King, American actor
- 1949 – Phil Garner, American baseball manager
- 1949 – Antonio Guterres, former 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
- 1961 – Thomas Schaaf, German footballer
- 1964 – Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
- 1969 – Justine Greening, British politician
- 1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian bassist (Sepultura)
- 1969 – Clark Vogeler, American guitarist (The Toadies)
- 1973 – Naomi Novik, American writer
- 1975 – Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
- 1978 – Tom Fulp, Newgrounds creator
- 1978 – Simone Barone, Italian footballer
- 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
- 1981 – Kunal Nayyar, British actor
- 1981 – John O'Shea, Irish footballer
- 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
- 1982 – Justin Green, National Football League fullback
- 1983 – Nenad Milijas, Serbian footballer
- 1983 – Tatjana Huefner, German luger
- 1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player
- 1986 – Dianna Agron, American actress
[change] Deaths
- 65 – Lucan, Roman poet (born 39)
- 1063 – Emperor Renzong of China (born 1010)
- 1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist claimant to the English throne
- 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (born 1501)
- 1632 – King Sigismund of Sweden (born 1561)
- 1632 – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, military leader in the Thirty Years' War (born 1559)
- 1736 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (born 1668)
- 1792 – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician (born 1718)
- 1865 – Robert FitzRoy, British admiral and meteorologist (born 1805)
- 1883 – Edouard Manet, French painter (born 1832)
- 1895 – Gustav Freytag, German writer and journalist (born 1810)
- 1926 – Bessie Coleman, American pilot (born 1892)
- 1933 – Luis Miguel Sanchez Cerro, President of Peru (born 1889)
- 1945 – Eva Braun, mistress and wife of Adolf Hitler (born 1912)
- 1945 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian politician, Nazi leader (born 1889)
- 1956 – Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (born 1877)
- 1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (born 1900)
- 1983 – George Balanchine, Georgian-born dancer and choreographer (born 1904)
- 1983 – Muddy Waters, American musician (born 1915)
- 1989 – Sergio Leone, Italian film director (born 1929)
- 1993 – Mario Evaristo, Argentine footballer (born 1908)
- 1994 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian racecar driver (born 1960)
- 1995 – Maung Maung Kha, Burmese politician (born 1920)
- 1999 – Alf Ramsey, English football manager (born 1920)
- 2006 – Corinne Rey-Bellet, Swiss ski racer (born 1972)
- 2007 – Gregory Lemarchal, French singer (born 1983)
- 2010 – Paul Mayer, German cardinal (born 1911)
- 2011 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer and physicist (born 1911)
- 2012 – Tomas Borge, Nicaraguan politician (born 1930)
- 2012 – Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (born 1985)
[change] Observances
- Queen's Day in the Netherlands (birthday of Queen Juliana)
- King Carl XVI Gustaf's birthday, official Flag Day in Sweden
- Walpurgis Night (Central and Northern Europe)
