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 121^st 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, 1,714,435,200 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 ‘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.

April 30 Historical Events

• 313 –
  Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
• 1812 –
  The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
• 1927 –
  The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women’s federal prison in the United States.
• 1937 –
  The Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.
• 1943 –
  World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.
• 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.
• 1947 –
  In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam a second time.
• 1948 –
  In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
• 1961 –
  K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
• 1980 –
  Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

Who were born on April 30?

• 1865 –
  Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
• 1905 –
  Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician
• 1908 –
  Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic Foreign and later Prime Minister (d. 1970)
• 1923 –
  Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
• 1945 –
  Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1954 –
  Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer
• 1965 –
  Adrian Pasdar, American actor
• 1966 –
  Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 –
  Steven Mackintosh, British actor
• 1982 –
  Kirsten Dunst, American actress

Who died on April 30?

• 1341 –
  John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
• 1550 –
  Tabinshwehti, King of Burma (b. 1516)
• 1642 –
  Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
• 1736 –
  Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
• 1847 –
  Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
• 1903 –
  Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b. 1831)
• 1945 –
  Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler’s wife (b. 1912)
• 1995 –
  Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
• 2003 –
  Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
• 2007 –
  Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)