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Saturday 30 April 2016

Today In History [30th April, 2016]

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.

April 30
313
Licinius unifies the whole of the eastern Roman Empire under his own rule.
1250
King Louis IX of France is ransomed.
1527
Henry VIII of England and King Francis of France sign the Treaty of Westminster.
1563
All Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI.
1725
Spain withdraws from the Quadruple Alliance.
1789
George Washington is inaugurated as the first U.S. president.
1803
The United States doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase, which was sold by France for $15 million.
1812
Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a state.
1849
Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian patriot and guerrilla leader, repulses a French attack on Rome.
1864
Work begins on the Dams along the Red River, which will allow Union General Nathaniel Banks‘ troops to sail over the rapids above Alexandria, Louisiana.
1930
The Soviet Union proposes a military alliance with France and Great Britain.
1931
The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, opens.
1943
The British submarine HMS Seraph drops ‘the man who never was,’ a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain.
1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. Karl Donitz becomes his successor.
1968
U.S. Marines attack a division of North Vietnamese troops in the village of Dai Do.
1970
U.S. troops invade Cambodia to disrupt North Vietnamese Army base areas.
1972
The North Vietnamese launch an invasion of the South.
1973
President Richard Nixon announces the resignation of Harry Robbins Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and other top aides.
1975
North Vietnamese troops enter the Independence Palace of South Vietnam in Saigon ending the Vietnam War.
1980
Terrorists seize the Iranian Embassy in London.
Born on April 30
1777
Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician.
1858
Mary Scott Lord Dimmick, First Lady to President Benjamin Harrison .
1870
Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (The Merry Widow, The Land of Smiles).
1909
Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands.
1912
Eve Arden (Eunice Quedens), actress.
1933
Willie Nelson, country singer.
1945
Annie Dillard, writer (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek).
1954
Jane Campion, New Zealand film director (The Piano, A Portrait of a Lady).

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