April 30 in history
Events on April 30
Notable events that happened on April 30 in past years.
- 2021
Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
Wikipedia article: 2021 Meron crowd crush - 2009
Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Wikipedia article: Chrysler - 2000
Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
Wikipedia article: Canonization - 1993
CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
Wikipedia article: CERN - 1980
The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
Wikipedia article: Iranian Embassy siege - 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.
Wikipedia article: Bristol Bus Boycott - 1948
In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
Wikipedia article: Bogotá - 1945
World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.
Wikipedia article: Stalag Luft I - 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.
Wikipedia article: NBC - 1905
Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
Wikipedia article: Albert Einstein - 1871
The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
Wikipedia article: Camp Grant massacre - 1838
Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.
Wikipedia article: Nicaragua - 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 President of the United States.
Wikipedia article: Federal Hall - 1513
Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.
- 311
The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
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