What Happened On April 30

What Happened On Apr 30 Events

1030 Apr 30 Mahmud Ghaznavid dies
The last four years of Mahmud's life were spent contending with the influx of Oghuz Turkic horse tribes from Central Asia, the Buyid Dynasty and rebellions by Seljuqs. Initially the Selju...
1789 Apr 30 Washington delivers first inaugural address
On April 30, 1789, George Washington delivered his first inaugural address to a joint session of Congress, assembled in Federal Hall in the nation's new capital, New York City. The newly-...
1812 Apr 30 Louisiana is the 18th State Admitted to the Union
The Territory of Orleans was established by the Act of March 26, 1804 and was effective October 1, 1804. It remained a Territory until Louisiana was admitted as a State. The Distric...
1859 Apr 30
to 1859 Nov 26
 Charles Dickens publishes A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With 200 million copies sold, it is the most printed original E...
1863 Apr 30 Battle of Day's Gap
Description: Union Col. Abel D. Streight led a provisional brigade on a raid to cut the Western & Atlantic Railroad that supplied Gen. Braxton Bragg’s Confederate army in Middle Tennessee...
1864 Apr 30 Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
Description: Maj. Gen. Fred Steele’s forces retreated from Camden after being mauled at Marks’ Mills and Poison Spring. On the afternoon of April 29, the Union forces reached Jenkins’ Fer...
1904 Apr 30
to 1904 May 1
 Battle of Yalu River
The Japanese main attack began in the early morning hours of 27 April 1904. By 0300, the balance of the 12th Division had crossed the river and was advancing in three columns. While the J...
1922 Apr 30 Charlie Robertson Pitches a Perfect Game
Charles Culbertson Robertson (January 31, 1896 – August 23, 1984) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball. Born in Dexter, Texas, and grew up in Nocona, Texas graduating from ...
1927 Apr 30 'Mosquitoes' Is Published
Mosquitoes is a comic novel by the American author William Faulkner, published in 1927. It is the author's second novel. The story tells of the misadventures of passengers on a cruise shi...
1932 Apr 30 Clyde Barrow Commits A Robbery
During Buck Barrow's time in jail in 1932, Clyde Barrow, Raymond Hamilton and a rotating core group of associates participated in small robberies, mostly of stores and gas stations. In Ap...
1935 Apr 30 "The Scoundrel" Is Released
The Scoundrel (1935) is a drama film directed by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur, and starring Noel Coward, Julie Haydon, Stanley Ridges, and Lionel Stander. It was Coward's film debut, a...
1936 Apr 30 Gandhi Relocates Base of Operations to Sevagram, a Small Village Near Wardha in Central India
When the Congress Party chose to contest elections and accept power under the Federation scheme, Gandhi decided to resign from party membership. He did not disagree with the party's move,...
1939 Apr 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes First President to Appear on TV
In April of 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president of the United States to appear on television. The setting was the 1939 World's Fair in New York. The appearance was broa...
1945 Apr 30 Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide
During the night of 28 April, General Wenck reported that his Twelfth Army had been forced back along the entire front. Wenck noted that no further attacks towards Berlin were possible. G...
1953 Apr 30 Warner Robins Tornadoes
A series of tornadoes in Peach, Houstoun, Marion, Twiggs and Bibb Counties left 310 people injured, 20 people dead (some sources say 19) and more than 15 million dollars in property damag...
1954 Apr 30 "River of No Return"
Matt Calder, who lives on a remote farm with his young son Mark, helps two unexpected visitors who lose control of their raft on the nearby river. Harry Weston is a gambler by profession ...
1963 Apr 30 Ronald Reagan is Guest Host on the "Dick Powell Show" - Season 2, Episode 30: The Last of the Private Eyes
The exploits of J.F. Kelly, a bumbling private detective who solves crimes quite by accident. In the pilot episode, Kelly attempts to solve a murder by proving that the butler did it.
1964 Apr 30 USS John F. Kennedy Supercarrier is Ordered
USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) (formerly CVA-67), Ship Characteristic Board SBC-127C, is a decommissioned supercarrier of the United States Navy. Nicknamed "Big John", she was named after th...
1973 Apr 30 Frank Sinatra comes out of retirement to record Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back
In 1973, Sinatra came out of retirement with a television special and album, both entitled Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. The album, arranged by Gordon Jenkins and Don Costa, was a great success,...
1975 Apr 30 Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the North Vietnamese army on April 30, 1975. The event marked the end of the Vietnam War and the start of a ...
1978 Apr 30 Three-Way Prisoner Exchange Completed Between East Germany, Mozambique, and the United States
A three-way prisoner exchange among the U.S., East Germany and Mozambique was completed. Miron Marcus, an Israeli citizen held since September 1976, was released on the Mozambique-Swazil...
1982 Apr 30 "Smash Palace" Is Released
Smash Palace is a New Zealand feature film, released in 1981. It was directed by Roger Donaldson and starred Bruno Lawrence, Anna Jemison, Greer Robson and Keith Aberdein. The film fea...
1987 Apr 30 FDA Approves Schering-Plough's Elocon
Elocon is a topical (for the skin) steroid. It reduces the actions of chemicals in the body that cause inflammation, redness, and swelling. Elocon is used to treat the inflammation and...
1991 Apr 30 Violent Femmes release Why Do Birds Sing?
Why Do Birds Sing? is the Violent Femmes' fifth studio albums, released on April 30, 1991. It featured the single "American Music," which received modest airplay on modern rock radio, and...
1991 Apr 30 Yes release Union
Union is the fourteenth studio album by British progressive rock band Yes, released in 1991. It was intended as a union of Yes (Chris Squire, Trevor Rabin, Alan White, Tony Kaye) and ABWH...
1997 Apr 30 Oprah Winfrey Appears In "Ellen"
"The Puppy Episode" is a two-part episode of the situation comedy television series Ellen. The episode details lead character Ellen Morgan's realization that she is a lesbian and her comi...
1998 Apr 30 FDA Approves Bedford's Adriamycin
Adriamycin is a chemotherapy drug that is administered for the treatment of several types of cancer, including multiple myeloma, bladder cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, and lymphomas. It...
1998 Apr 30 FDA Approves Hoffmann La Roche's Xeloda
The panel discussed Xeloda in the treatment of patients with locally-advanced or metastatic breast cancer following failure of Bristol-Myers Squibb's Taxol (paclitaxel) and an anthracycli...
2001 Apr 30 Official Opening of Nelson Mandela Gardens in Millenium Square, Leeds
On 30 April 2001, Nelson Mandela Gardens in Millenium Square, Leeds was officially opened and Nelson Mandela was awarded the freedom of the city and awarded a commemorative 'golden owl' (...
2003 Apr 30 South Park Episode 707 - "Red Man's Greed"
The owners of the Three Feathers Indian Casino have acquired the town of South Park. The citizens are being forced off their land to make way for a new super highway. Faced with saying go...
2005 Apr 30 Boston Red Sox defeat Texas Rangers, 9-2
ARLINGTON, Texas -- He just wins. The tally now is 13 Boston wins in the last 14 Bronson Arroyo regular-season starts, and an 8-0 record for the 28-year-old righthander in that span (d...
2006 Apr 30 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 5-4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Trot Nixon summoned the name of a long-forgotten character from a '50s kids' TV show to describe what it was like last season, when the Yankees and Red Sox opened ...
2007 Apr 30 "Casino Royale" Rifftrax is Released
A spine-tingling thrill ride that moves from the exotic poker tables of Montenegro, to the exotic hotel rooms of Montenegro, then back to the poker tables, then the rooms again, then a re...
2007 Apr 30 Detroit Tigers defeat Baltimore Orioles, 8-4
DETROIT -- When the benches cleared in the top of the fifth inning, a mass of players darting in from different directions and converging at home plate, several players and umpires got be...
2008 Apr 30 Boston Celtics defeat Atlanta Hawks, 110-85
It has been replayed again and again. It might be the best "Saturday Night Live" skit of them all. Jon Lovitz, playing Mike Dukakis, debates Dana Carvey, playing George Bush. Listening to...
2008 Apr 30 Boston Red Sox defeat Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1
Few things are more embarrassing than premature exhilaration. That's what the Red Sox were guilty of last night at the Fens when they came storming out of their dugout to celebrate anothe...
2008 Apr 30 HP Labs Develops Switching Memristor
On April 30, 2008 a team at HP Labs announced the development of a switching memristor. Based on a thin film of titanium dioxide, it has a regime of operation with an approximately linear...
2008 Apr 30 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Baltimore Orioles, 8-1
Before the top of the seventh inning started last night, the Orioles' hope of ending a surprising month with another home victory was still very much alive. Matt Albers got them deep i...
2009 Apr 30 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Briefing on the Investigation of Swine Flu
Welcome all to H1N1. You can imagine there's a lot of media interest and a lot of reporters calling in. So do limit yourself to one question. We will turn it over to Dr. Richard Besser...
2009 Apr 30 Chicago Bulls defeat Boston Celtics, 128-127
CHICAGO - The gods of overtime got some payback on the Celtics last night. Or maybe just the odds of overtime are playing catch-up. In their first triple-overtime game in the playoffs ...
2009 Apr 30 Four University of Delaware Students Confirmed with Swine Flu
The University of Delaware mobilized efforts to contain infection as the number of students with "probable" swine flu grew from four to 10. Classes went on as usual at the 20,000-stude...
2009 Apr 30 Milwaukee Brewers defeat Arizona Diamondbacks, 4-1
They knocked. Knocked again. Knocked again. No answer. So they kept knocking. Nothing. Another knock. Silence. They banged a sixth time and no answer. Never det...
2009 Apr 30 My 15th wedding anniversary
2009 Apr 30 New York Yankees defeat Los Angeles Angels, 7-4
When the season began for the Yankees, Melky Cabrera wasn't even starting. Now he's starting to show why he belongs in the everyday lineup. Cabrera, who closed out the last home stand ...
2009 Apr 30 Red Sox crushed by Tampa Bay Rays, 13 - 0, in game twenty-two of season
A thoroughly flat performance by the Red Sox on Thursday night at Tropicana Field was salvaged slightly when they were at least able to avoid the history books. Rays right-hander Matt ...
2009 Apr 30 St. Louis Cardinals defeat Chicago White Sox, 9-4
WASHINGTON - How wild was Thursday's action at Nationals Park? Nationals starting pitcher Daniel Cabrera uncorked four wild pitches in six innings, two in the first. One sailed behind ...
2009 Apr 30 Swine Flu Spreads to 11 States
U.S. health authorities say at least 109 people in 11 U.S. states have been infected with swine flu. However, officials in the northeastern state of Maine confirmed three new infections, ...
2009 Apr 30 Tampa Bay Rays defeat Boston Red Sox, 13-0
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - When Matt Garza walked to the mound each inning, he leaped over the foul line. In the seventh inning of a perfect game, however, the jete of sorts came with a st...
2009 Apr 30 "Thirst" is Released
Thirst (Hangul: 박쥐; RR: Bakjwi) is a 2009 horror/drama film, written and directed by Park Chan-wook. It is loosly based on the novel Thérèse Raquin by Émile Zola. The film tells the story...
2009 Apr 30 World Health Organization Swine Influenza - Update 6
The situation continues to evolve rapidly. As of 17:00 GMT, 30 April 2009, 11 countries have officially reported 257 cases of influenza A (H1N1) infection. The United States Government...