Today April 30th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
313 – Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
711 – Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
1006 – Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
1315 – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
1483 – Orbital calculations suggest that on this day, Pluto moved inside Neptune s orbit 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.
1774 – Yellow Creek massacre, British settlers (soon to be American settlers) massacre family members of Chief Logan and spark off the conflict known as Lord Dunmore s War
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.
1794 – The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union.
1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling 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.
1856 – Battle of Rivas, Nicaragua, against North American mercenaries.
1863 – Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1871 – The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
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 in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $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.
1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman s Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
1937 – The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky s Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit.
1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
1939 – The 1939 New York World s Fair opens.
1939 – RCA owned NBC begins regularly scheduled television service from its New York station with the opening ceremonies of the 1939 New York World s Fair broadcast.
1939 – Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. President to appear on television during the World Fair s opening ceremonies broadcast.
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 – World War II: Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the red flag over the Reichstag building.
1947 – In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
1948 – In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapsed after proclaiming I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty.
1973 – Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and others have resigned.
1975 – Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain 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.
1988 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo 88, Brisbane, Australia.
1993 – The World Wide Web is born at CERN.
1993 – Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.
1999 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
2001 – The Mitchell Report on the Arab-Israeli conflict is published.
2002 – A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years.
2004 – U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia were confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
2008 – New York City s Mayor Bloomberg declared April 30 as Tyra Banks day, in celebration of The Tyra Banks Show 500th episode.
Births
1245 – King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
1553 – Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
1623 – François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
1651 – Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (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)
1721 – Roger Sherman, American statesman (d. 1793)
1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
1803 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
1812 – Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
1864 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
1865 – Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
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)
1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazillina director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
1909 – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1909 – F. E. McWilliam,Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
1920 – Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
1923 – Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
1923 – Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
1923 – Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (d. 2008)
1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
1925 – Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress
1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
1930 – Felix Guattari, French philosopher and social theorist, (d. 1992)
1933 – Dickie Davies, British television presenter
1933 – Willie Nelson, American musician
1934 – Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d. 1995)
1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
1938 – Gary Collins, American actor
1938 – Larry Niven, American author
1940 – Burt Young, American actor
1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
1943 – Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer
1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress
1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer
1945 – Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1946 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer
1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator
1947 – Leslie Grantham, English actor
1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish politician
1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer
1948 – Perry King, American actor
1949 – Phil Garner, baseball manager
1949 – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
1952 – Jacques Audiard, French film director
1953 – Merrill Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
1956 – Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish film director
1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
1959 – Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
1960 – Kerry Healey, American politician
1960 – David Miscavige, American cult leader
1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
1963 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
1964 – Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
1964 – Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor
1966 – Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
1967 – Steven Mackintosh, British actor
1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
1969 – Warren Defever, American musician, composer
1970 – Ken Stanton, American Radio Personality
1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist
1971 – Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
1973 – Akon, American R&B Singer
1975 – Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
1975 – Mike Chat, American actor
1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor
1976 – Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
1977 – Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
1977 – Pell James, American actress
1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
1981 – John O Shea, Irish footballer
1981 – Emma Pierson, British actress
1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper
1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
1982 – Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
1982 – Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player
1983 – Yamini, Tamil Singer
1984 – Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer
1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
1991 – John Colgan, Irish Footballer
Deaths
65 – Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
1063 – Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
1131 – Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
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 – King Sigismund I of Sweden (b. 1561)
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)
1841 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
1847 – Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
1863 – Jean Danjou, French foreign legion captain (b. 1828)
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)
1900 – Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
1903 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b. 1831)
1936 – Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
1943 – Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
1943 – Beatrice Webb, British economist (b. 1858)
1945 – Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler s new wife (b. 1912)
1945 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (suicide) (b. 1889)
1956 – Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
1970 – Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
1973 – Václav Renc, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
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 – George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor (b. 1918)
1989 – Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
1989 – Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
1993 – Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
1994 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
1995 – Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
1996 – David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
1998 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
2003 – Peter Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2003 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2003 – Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
2005 – Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 – 1992) (b. 1927)
2006 – Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject
2006 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian novelist
2007 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
2007 – Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2007 – Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
2007 – Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
2007 – Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
2008 – John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
Holidays and observances
Walpurgis Night – Celebrated in Germany, central, and western Europe
Scandinavia – The arrival of spring.
Sweden – Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustav, an official flag day.
Finland – Mayday s eve. Most celebrations take place day prior to the first of May. Euromayday in Finland.
The Netherlands – Queen s Day, the largest one-day holiday in the Netherlands.
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.
Mexico – Children s Day.
Czech Republic and Slovakia – Carodejnice – witches night
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