April 30 ::: Project ETERNITY

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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.

Events

1300-1899

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.

1900-1999

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.

1938 - The cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt, debuts in movie theaters, introducing Bugs Bunny.

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 Bogotá, 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 H.R. 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.

1988 - In Dublin, Ireland, Céline Dion wins the thirty-third Eurovision Song Contest for Switzerland singing "Ne partez pas sans moi" (Don't leave without me).

1991 - A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh killing an estimated 125,000 people.

1992 - The last episode of the Cosby Show airs.

1993 - CERN announces that the World Wide Web will be free to everyone.

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.

1994 - In Dublin, Ireland, Paul Harrington & Charlie McGettigan win the thirty-ninth Eurovision Song Contest for Ireland singing "Rock'n'Roll Kids".

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.