WillDekkard
04-30-2010, 03:48 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on This Date in History
- April 30th
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* 313 – Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
* 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.
* 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
* 1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
* 1671 – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
* 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.
* 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 (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
* 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
* 1939 – The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens.
* 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
* 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 Victory Banner 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.
* 1953 – In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
* 1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
* 1967 – The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
* 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 in Brisbane, Australia.
* 1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
* 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 number of members to 10.
* 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 are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
* 2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
* 2009 – Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
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- April 30th
c/p from Wikipedia
* 313 – Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
* 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.
* 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
* 1513 – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
* 1671 – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
* 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.
* 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 (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
* 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
* 1939 – The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens.
* 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
* 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 Victory Banner 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.
* 1953 – In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
* 1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
* 1967 – The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
* 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 in Brisbane, Australia.
* 1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
* 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 number of members to 10.
* 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 are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
* 2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
* 2009 – Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
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