What happened on April 30? There are more than 259 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About April 30
April 30 is the 121st day of the year 2024. There are 245 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 18th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Hitchita, Oklahoma 74438 sunrise will occur at 06:30 AM and sunset will occur at 08:10 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Taurus. The modern birthstone for this month is Diamond while the mystical birthstone is Opal.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 274 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For April 30
- 311The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
- 313Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 1006Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
- 1315Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
- 1492Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1513Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
- 1671Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
- 1789On 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.
- 1803Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
- 1812The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
- 1838Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
- 1863A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
- 1871The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
- 1894Coxey’s Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
- 1900Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
- 1900Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
- 1904The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1907Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
- 1920Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1925Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
- 1927Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
- 1927The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women’s federal prison in the United States.
- 1937The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
- 1938The animated cartoon short Porky’s Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
- 1938The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
- 1939NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s N.Y. World’s Fair opening day ceremonial address.
- 1939The 1939-40 New York World’s Fair opens.
- 1943World 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.
- 1945World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
- 1947In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
- 1948In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
- 1953In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
- 1956Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming “I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty.”
- 1961K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
- 1963The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company’s refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
- 1966The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco, California.
- 1967The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ’s Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
- 1973Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
- 1975Fall of Saigon (or Liberation of Saigon from the Communist perspective): Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
- 1980Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
- 1988Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia.
- 1993CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
- 1993Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany
- 1993Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
- 1995U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.
- 1999Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the number of members to 10.
- 2004U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
- 2008Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
- 2009Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 2009Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen’s Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
Who Were Born On April 30?
- 1245King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
- 1331Gaston Phoebus of Foix (d. 1391)
- 1553Louise of Lorraine, queen of France (d. 1601)
- 1623François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
- 1651Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (d. 1719)
- 1662Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
- 1664François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
- 1710Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
- 1723Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
- 1770David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
- 1777Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
- 1803Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
- 1812Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
- 1829Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
- 1857Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
- 1864Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
- 1865Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
- 1869Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
- 1870Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
- 1874Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
- 1876Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
- 1877Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
- 1883Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
- 1893Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
- 1895Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
- 1896Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
- 1897Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
- 1901Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
- 1902Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
- 1905Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician
- 1908Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic Foreign and later Prime Minister (d. 1970)
- 1908Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1909F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
- 1909Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- 1910Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu poet and lyricist
- 1914Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian songwriter and performer (d. 2008)
- 1916Claude E. Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
- 1916Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
- 1920Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
- 1921Tove Maës, Danish actress (d. 2011)
- 1923Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
- 1923Francis Tucker, South African rally driver (d. 2008)
- 1923Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (d. 2004)
- 1923Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
- 1925Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
- 1925Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
- 1926Cloris Leachman, American actress
- 1928Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
- 1930Félix Guattari, French philosopher and social theorist (d. 1992)
- 1933Dickie Davies, British television presenter
- 1933Willie Nelson, American musician
- 1934Don McKenney, Canadian hockey player
- 1934Jerry Lordan, British composer and singer (d. 1995)
- 1938Gary Collins, American actor
- 1938Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
- 1938Larry Niven, American author
- 1940Burt Young, American actor
- 1941Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
- 1941Stavros Dimas, Greek politician
- 1943Bobby Vee, American singer
- 1943Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991–2001) (d. 2011)
- 1944Jill Clayburgh, American actress (d. 2010)
- 1945Annie Dillard, American writer
- 1945Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
- 1946Bill Plympton, American animator
- 1946Don Schollander, American swimmer
- 1946King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
- 1946Lee Bollinger, American lawyer, educator and president of Columbia University
- 1947Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
- 1947Leslie Grantham, British actor
- 1947Manousos Manousakis, Greek director and producer
- 1947Mats Odell, Swedish politician
- 1947Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer
- 1948Alexander Onassis, son of Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis (d. 1973)
- 1948Perry King, American actor
- 1949António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
- 1949Phil Garner, baseball manager
- 1952Jacques Audiard, French film director
- 1953Merrill Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
- 1954Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
- 1954Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
- 1954Thom Bray, American actor
- 1955Dimitra Liani, widow of the former Greek Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou
- 1955Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
- 1956Lars von Trier, Danish film director
- 1957Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
- 1958Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
- 1959Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
- 1959Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
- 1959W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
- 1960David Miscavige, American cult leader
- 1960Kerry Healey, American politician
- 1961Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
- 1963Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
- 1963Stefan Kisyov, Bulgarian novelist
- 1964Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
- 1964Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
- 1964Kent James, American musician
- 1964Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur
- 1965Adrian Pasdar, American actor
- 1966Dave Meggett, former NFL player and convicted sex offender
- 1966Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1967Steven Mackintosh, British actor
- 1969Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
- 1969Warren Defever, American musician, composer
- 1971Darren Emerson, British DJ (Underworld)
- 1971John Boyne, Irish novelist
- 1972JR Richards, American musician, composer, actor (Dishwalla)
- 1973Jeff Timmons, American singer (98 Degrees)
- 1975Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
- 1975Johnny Galecki, American actor
- 1975Mike Chat, American actor
- 1976Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
- 1977Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
- 1977Pell James, American actress
- 1978Tom Fulp, animator and founder of Newgrounds
- 1979Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
- 1980Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
- 1980Luis Scola, Argentinean basketball player
- 1981Emma Pierson, British actress
- 1981John O'Shea, Irish footballer
- 1981Kunal Nayyar, Indian/British actor
- 1982Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
- 1982Drew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
- 1982Kirsten Dunst, American actress
- 1982Lloyd Banks, American rapper
- 1983Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
- 1983Troy Williamson, American football player
- 1984Lee Roache, British footballer
- 1984Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
- 1985Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
- 1986Dianna Agron, American actress
- 1987Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer
- 1987Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
- 1987Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
- 2002Miguel Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish prince
Who Died On April 30?
- 65Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
- 1030Mahmud of Ghazni, ruler of the Ghaznavid Dynasty of India (b. 971)
- 1063Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
- 1131Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
- 1341John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
- 1439Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, British military leader (b. 1382)
- 1513Edmund de la Pole, 3rd Duke of Suffolk, Yorkist pretender to the English throne (b. 1471 or 1472)
- 1524Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
- 1544Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
- 1550Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (b. 1516)
- 1632Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
- 1632King Sigismund I of Sweden (b. 1561)
- 1642Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
- 1655Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
- 1660Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
- 1696Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
- 1712Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633)
- 1736Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
- 1758François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
- 1792John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
- 1795Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
- 1806Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)
- 1841Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
- 1847Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
- 1863Jean Danjou, French foreign legion captain (b. 1828)
- 1865Robert FitzRoy, British admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
- 1875Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
- 1879Emma Hale Smith Bidamon, wife of Joseph Smith, and mother of Joseph Smith III (b.1804)
- 1883Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
- 1900Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
- 1903Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b. 1831)
- 1936Alfred Edward Housman, British poet (b. 1859)
- 1943Beatrice Webb, British economist (b. 1858)
- 1943Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
- 1945Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German dictator of Nazi Germany (b. 1889)
- 1945Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler’s wife (b. 1912)
- 1956Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
- 1966Richard Farina, American folk singer and author (b. 1937)
- 1970Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
- 1972Gia Scala, British-American actress (b. 1934)
- 1973Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
- 1974Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1980Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
- 1982Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
- 1983George Balanchine, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
- 1983Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1913)
- 1989Princess Bang-ja of Korea (b. 1901)
- 1989Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
- 1993Tommy Caton, British footballer (b. 1962)
- 1994Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
- 1995Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
- 1996David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1998Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
- 2000Poul Hartling, Danish diplomat and politician (b. 1914)
- 2002Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf (b. 1928)
- 2002Nitsa Tsaganea, Greek actress (b. 1899)
- 2003Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
- 2003Peter ‘Possum’Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
- 2003Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
- 2005Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 – 1992) (b. 1927)
- 2006Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (b. 1934)
- 2006Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject (b. 1920)
- 2006Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian novelist (b. 1925)
- 2007Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2007Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
- 2007Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
- 2007Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2007Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2008John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
- 2009Henk Nijdam, Dutch professional road bicycle rider (b. 1935)
- 2009Venetia Burney, Person who suggested Pluto’s name for the planet (b. 1918)
- 2010Gerry Ryan, Irish radio broadcaster (b. 1956)
- 2011Dorjee Khandu, Indian, Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)
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