Historical events on April 30
APRIL 30, 1963
A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black bus crews led to a bus boycott in Bristol, England.
The Bristol Omnibus Company was a dominant bus operator in Bristol, and was one of the oldest bus companies in the United
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APRIL 30, 1789
George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City.
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of
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APRIL 30, 1894
A crowd of workers, unemployed due to the Panic of 1893, concluded the first significant popular protest march on Washington D.C.
Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey. They marched on
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APRIL 30, 1803
The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory for 80 million francs, or less than US$.03 per acre ($.07/ha).
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803.
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APRIL 30, 2009
A Dutch man drove his car at high speed into a parade in an attempt to kill the Dutch royal family.
The 2009 attack on the Dutch royal family occurred on 30 April in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands, when a man drove his car
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APRIL 30, 311
The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians officially ended in the eastern Roman Empire.
Year 311 (CCCXI) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the
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APRIL 30, 2021
A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel.
On 30 April 2021, at about 00:45 IDT (UTC+3), a deadly crowd crush occurred on Mount Meron, Israel, during the annual pilgrimage
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APRIL 30, 1945
World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with Eva Braun one day after their marriage.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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APRIL 30, 1982
Sixteen monks and a nun of the Hindu organisation Ananda Marga were beaten to death and set on fire in Calcutta, India.
Ānanda Mārga, or officially Ānanda Mārga Pracāraka Saṃgha, is a world-wide socio-spiritual organisation founded in Jamalpur, Munger, Bihar, India, in 1955 by
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APRIL 30, 2004
The New Yorker published an online article and photographs detailing accounts of torture and abuse by American military personnel of Iraqi prisoners held at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.
The New Yorker is an American magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It was founded on February
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APRIL 30, 1943
Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all
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APRIL 30, 1897
British physicist J. J. Thomson and his team announce the discovery of the electron.
Sir Joseph John Thomson was an English physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 "in recognition of the great
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APRIL 30, 1975
American forces completed a helicopter evacuation (aircraft and evacuees pictured) of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city and ended the Vietnam War.
Operation Frequent Wind was the final phase in the evacuation of American civilians and "at-risk" Vietnamese from Saigon, South Vietnam, before the
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APRIL 30, 1883
New York governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation that led to the creation of Niagara Falls State Park, the United States' first state park.
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to
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APRIL 30, 1006
SN 1006 (remnant pictured), the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appeared in the constellation Lupus.
SN 1006 was a supernova that is likely the brightest observed stellar event in recorded history, reaching an estimated −7.5 visual magnitude,
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APRIL 30, 1927
The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opened near Alderson, West Virginia, as the first federal prison for women in the United States.
The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia. It is operated by
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APRIL 30, 2000
Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun whose apparitions of Jesus inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, was canonized by Pope John Paul II.
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Faustyna, popularly spelled "Faustina", had apparitions
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APRIL 30, 1927
Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford became the first two celebrities to make imprints of their hands and feet in cement (Pickford's pictured) at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.
Douglas Elton Fairbanks Sr. was an American actor and filmmaker best known for being the first actor to play the masked Vigilante
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