April 30
1789 - George Washington took the oath of office in New York to become the first president of the United States.
1803 - France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase for the equivalent of $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state.
1859 - "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was first published in serial form in a literary magazine.
1900 - Engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi, after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers.
1900 - Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory.
1939 - U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World's Fair, with the signal being transmitted from the Empire State Building.
1945 - As Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress, Eva Braun, committed suicide.
1947 - President Harry S. Truman signed a resolution officially confirming the name of Hoover Dam, which had also come to be known as "Boulder Dam".
1948 - The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogota, Colombia.
1958 - The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C.
1958 - Britain's Life Peerages Act of 1958 allowed women to become members of the House of Lords.
1970 - President Richard Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest.
1973 - President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean, who was actually fired.
1975 - The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.
1991 - More than 131,000 people were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a powerful cyclone struck Bangladesh.
1997 - ABC aired the "coming out" episode of the sitcom "Ellen," in which the title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admitted she is a lesbian.
2001 - Chandra Levy, a federal government intern, went missing in Washington, D.C. (Her remains were found more than a year later in a city park.)
2003 - Mahmoud Abbas took office as the first Palestinian prime minister.
2003 - Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2004 - Arabs expressed outrage at graphic photographs of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by U.S. military police; President George W. Bush condemned the mistreatment of prisoners, saying “that’s not the way we do things in America.”
2005 - Missing Georgia woman Jennifer Wilbanks, the so-called "runaway bride," turned up in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2009 - Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection.
2009 - British forces exited Iraq.
2017 - President Donald Trump said after North Korea’s latest failed rocket launch that communist leader Kim Jong Un would eventually develop better missiles, and that “we can’t allow it to happen”; in a taped interview broadcast on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” the president would not discuss the possibility of military action.
2021 - Disneyland in Southern California reopened its gates after a 13-month closure caused by the coronavirus; capacity was limited for the reopening, and only California residents were allowed in.
Birthdays
31 - Travis Scott (rapper)
33 - Brandon Lancaster (singer)
34 - Ana de Armas (actress)
36 - Dianna Agron (actress)
37 - Gal Gadot (actress)
40 - Kirsten Dunst (actress)
41 - Kunal Nayyar (actor)
41 - Marina Squerciati (actress)
42 - Sam Heughan (actor)
47 - Johnny Galecki (actor)
49 - Jeff Timmons (singer)
49 - Akon (singer)
50 - Lisa Dean Ryan (actress)
51 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (singer)
55 - J.R. Richards (singer)
57 - Adrian Pasdar (actor)
61 - Isiah Thomas (basketball player)
63 - Paul Gross (actor)
66 - Lars von Trier (director)
69 - Merrill Osmond (singer)
74 - Wayne Kramer (singer)
74 - Perry King (actor)
76 - King Carl Gustaf XVI (king of Sweden)
82 - Burt Young (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 30
1922 - Charlie Robertson (Chicago White Sox) threw a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers.
1939 - Lou Gehrig played in his final game with the New York Yankees, his record 2,130th consecutive game.
1961 - Willie Mays (San Francisco) hit four home runs against the Milwaukee Braves.
1971 - The Milwaukee Bucks sweep the Baltimore Bullets to win the NBA championship.
1985 - The Buffalo Bills select Virginia Tech defensive end Bruce Smith with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1993 - Top-ranked women’s tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany, by a man who described himself as a fan of second-ranked German player Steffi Graf. (The man, convicted of causing grievous bodily harm, was given a suspended sentence.)
1996 - The New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles played the longest nine-inning game in major league baseball history. The game took four hours and 21 minutes.
1997 - Riddick Bowe announced his retirement from boxing to pursue a career with the HBO cable network. His career record was 40-1 with 32 knockouts.
1997 - The Atlanta Braves set a major league record when the got their 19th win in the month of April.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez became the second youngest major league player to reach 250 home runs. He was 26 years and 277 days old.
2012 - Manchester City defeated Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League's history.
2015 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1789 - George Washington took the oath of office in New York to become the first president of the United States.
1803 - France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase for the equivalent of $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state.
1859 - "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was first published in serial form in a literary magazine.
1900 - Engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi, after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers.
1900 - Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory.
1939 - U.S. commercial television made its official debut at the New York World's Fair, with the signal being transmitted from the Empire State Building.
1945 - As Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler and his newly married mistress, Eva Braun, committed suicide.
1947 - President Harry S. Truman signed a resolution officially confirming the name of Hoover Dam, which had also come to be known as "Boulder Dam".
1948 - The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogota, Colombia.
1958 - The American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) was founded in Washington, D.C.
1958 - Britain's Life Peerages Act of 1958 allowed women to become members of the House of Lords.
1970 - President Richard Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest.
1973 - President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean, who was actually fired.
1975 - The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.
1991 - More than 131,000 people were killed and as many as 9 million left homeless when a powerful cyclone struck Bangladesh.
1997 - ABC aired the "coming out" episode of the sitcom "Ellen," in which the title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admitted she is a lesbian.
2001 - Chandra Levy, a federal government intern, went missing in Washington, D.C. (Her remains were found more than a year later in a city park.)
2003 - Mahmoud Abbas took office as the first Palestinian prime minister.
2003 - Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2004 - Arabs expressed outrage at graphic photographs of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by U.S. military police; President George W. Bush condemned the mistreatment of prisoners, saying “that’s not the way we do things in America.”
2005 - Missing Georgia woman Jennifer Wilbanks, the so-called "runaway bride," turned up in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2009 - Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection.
2009 - British forces exited Iraq.
2017 - President Donald Trump said after North Korea’s latest failed rocket launch that communist leader Kim Jong Un would eventually develop better missiles, and that “we can’t allow it to happen”; in a taped interview broadcast on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” the president would not discuss the possibility of military action.
2021 - Disneyland in Southern California reopened its gates after a 13-month closure caused by the coronavirus; capacity was limited for the reopening, and only California residents were allowed in.
Birthdays
31 - Travis Scott (rapper)
33 - Brandon Lancaster (singer)
34 - Ana de Armas (actress)
36 - Dianna Agron (actress)
37 - Gal Gadot (actress)
40 - Kirsten Dunst (actress)
41 - Kunal Nayyar (actor)
41 - Marina Squerciati (actress)
42 - Sam Heughan (actor)
47 - Johnny Galecki (actor)
49 - Jeff Timmons (singer)
49 - Akon (singer)
50 - Lisa Dean Ryan (actress)
51 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (singer)
55 - J.R. Richards (singer)
57 - Adrian Pasdar (actor)
61 - Isiah Thomas (basketball player)
63 - Paul Gross (actor)
66 - Lars von Trier (director)
69 - Merrill Osmond (singer)
74 - Wayne Kramer (singer)
74 - Perry King (actor)
76 - King Carl Gustaf XVI (king of Sweden)
82 - Burt Young (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 30
1922 - Charlie Robertson (Chicago White Sox) threw a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers.
1939 - Lou Gehrig played in his final game with the New York Yankees, his record 2,130th consecutive game.
1961 - Willie Mays (San Francisco) hit four home runs against the Milwaukee Braves.
1971 - The Milwaukee Bucks sweep the Baltimore Bullets to win the NBA championship.
1985 - The Buffalo Bills select Virginia Tech defensive end Bruce Smith with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1993 - Top-ranked women’s tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany, by a man who described himself as a fan of second-ranked German player Steffi Graf. (The man, convicted of causing grievous bodily harm, was given a suspended sentence.)
1996 - The New York Yankees and the Baltimore Orioles played the longest nine-inning game in major league baseball history. The game took four hours and 21 minutes.
1997 - Riddick Bowe announced his retirement from boxing to pursue a career with the HBO cable network. His career record was 40-1 with 32 knockouts.
1997 - The Atlanta Braves set a major league record when the got their 19th win in the month of April.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez became the second youngest major league player to reach 250 home runs. He was 26 years and 277 days old.
2012 - Manchester City defeated Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League's history.
2015 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
