What are the important events that happened on April 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 30 is the 120th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 17, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,745,971,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaicosagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 293 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,513 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 30 Historical Events
- 311 –The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
- 1492 –Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1671 –Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
- 1904 –The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1907 –Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
- 1947 –In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
- 1948 –In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
- 1963 –The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company’s refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
- 1975 –Fall of Saigon (or Liberation of Saigon from the Communist perspective): 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.
Who were born on April 30?
- 1710 –Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
- 1905 –Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician
- 1908 –Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic Foreign and later Prime Minister (d. 1970)
- 1908 –Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1938 –Gary Collins, American actor
- 1946 –Bill Plympton, American animator
- 1964 –Tony Fernandes, Malaysian entrepreneur
- 1975 –Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
- 1984 –Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager
- 1987 –Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer
Who died on April 30?
- 1030 –Mahmud of Ghazni, ruler of the Ghaznavid Dynasty of India (b. 971)
- 1341 –John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
- 1550 –Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (b. 1516)
- 1642 –Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
- 1712 –Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633)
- 1879 –Emma Hale Smith Bidamon, wife of Joseph Smith, and mother of Joseph Smith III (b.1804)
- 1900 –Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
- 1970 –Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
- 1972 –Gia Scala, British-American actress (b. 1934)
- 2006 –Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject (b. 1920)
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