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
- 1492 –Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 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.
- 1863 –A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fought a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
- 1894 –Coxey’s Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
- 1920 –Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
- 1939 –The 1939-40 New York World’s Fair opens.
- 1953 –In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
- 1980 –Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
- 1993 –CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
- 2009 –Seven people are killed and 17 injured at a Queen’s Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.
Who were born on April 30?
- 1923 –Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
- 1926 –Cloris Leachman, American actress
- 1938 –Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
- 1946 –Bill Plympton, American animator
- 1971 –Darren Emerson, British DJ (Underworld)
- 1973 –Jeff Timmons, American singer (98 Degrees)
- 1979 –Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
- 1980 –Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer
- 1980 –Luis Scola, Argentinean basketball player
- 1981 –John O'Shea, Irish footballer
Who died on April 30?
- 1550 –Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (b. 1516)
- 1792 –John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
- 1863 –Jean Danjou, French foreign legion captain (b. 1828)
- 1966 –Richard Farina, American folk singer and author (b. 1937)
- 1974 –Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
- 2003 –Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
- 2006 –Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (b. 1934)
- 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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