This Day in History
30 Apr 1315
French chamberlain Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon after being convicted of sorcery
30 Apr 1349
Jewish community at Radolszell Germany exterminated
30 Apr 1483
Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptunes orbit until July 23 1503
30 Apr 1506
Philip of Burgundy & England sign trade agreement
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New York World’s Fair opens
On April 30 1939 the New York Worlds Fair opens in New York City. The opening ceremony which featured speeches by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and...
Louisiana Purchase concluded
On April 30 1803 representatives of the United States and Napoleonic France conclude negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase a massive land sale that doubles...
Adolf Hitler commits suicide
On this day in 1945 holed up in a bunker under his headquarters in Berlin Adolf Hitler commits suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule and shooting himself in...
South Vietnam surrenders
By dawn communist forces move into Saigon where they meet only sporadic resistance. The South Vietnamese forces had collapsed under the rapid advancement of t...
Tennis star Monica Seles stabbed
Top womens tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by a deranged German man during a match in Hamburg. The assailant a fan of German tennis star Steffi G...
George Washington gives first presidential inaugural address
On this day in 1789 George Washington is sworn in as the first American president and delivers the first inaugural speech at Federal Hall in New York City. Ele...
Arizona Ranger Burton Mossman is born
Burton C. Mossman a rancher turned lawman is born in Aurora Illinois.Little is known about Mossmans childhood in Illinois though he apparently learn...
Annie Dillard is born
Poet essayist and novelist Annie Dillard is born on this day in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania in 1945.At age 28 Dillard became the youngest American woman to win...
Coming out episode of Ellen
On this day in 1997 in a widely publicized episode of the ABC sitcom Ellen TV character Ellen Morgan (played by Ellen DeGeneres) announces that she is gay.DeG...
Orange-sized hail reported in India
A hail storm devastates the farming town of Moradabad India killing 230 people and many more farm animals on this day in 1888. Sixteen others died in nearby ...
The first federal prison for women opens
The Federal Industrial Institution for Women the first womens federal prison opens in Alderson West Virginia. All women serving federal sentences of ...
Confederates attack Union troops at Jenkins’ Ferry
At the Battle of Jenkins Ferry in Arkansas Union troops under General Frederick Steele fight off a Confederate army under General Edmund Kirby Smith as...
Organization of American States established
The United States and 20 Latin American nations sign the charter establishing the Organization of American States (OAS). The new institution was designed to fac...
Original Land Rover debuts at auto show
The Land Rover a British-made all-terrain vehicle that will earn a reputation for its use in exotic locales debuts at an auto show in Amsterdam on April 30 1...
Samuel Adams writes of hope for more battles
In a letter to Reverend Samuel Cooper dated April 30 1776 Samuel Adams writes of his hopes for another battle between British and American troops stating his...
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