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 121st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 17, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,573,920 minutes 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 ‘hectaicosahenagon’ day.
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 274 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 4,148 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 30 Historical Events
- 1315 –Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
- 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.
- 1904 –The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
- 1988 –Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia.
Who were born on April 30?
- 1245 –King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
- 1857 –Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
- 1909 –Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- 1925 –Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
- 1941 –Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
- 1948 –Perry King, American actor
- 1952 –Jacques Audiard, French film director
- 1975 –Mike Chat, American actor
- 1981 –Kunal Nayyar, Indian/British actor
- 1982 –Lloyd Banks, American rapper
Who died on April 30?
- 1341 –John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
- 1550 –Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (b. 1516)
- 1792 –John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
- 1875 –Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
- 1883 –Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
- 1956 –Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
- 1974 –Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
- 2006 –Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject (b. 1920)
- 2007 –Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2008 –John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)
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