April 30 is Honesty Day. Aching to tell someone something important? Go for it today!
Spare some minutes to learn the following major events of April 30 in history.
- 1562-1st French colonists in North America: Jean Ribault & colonists arrived in Florida.
- 1789-George Washington became the first U.S. President.
- 1859-Charles Dickens’ “A Tale Of Two Cities” was first published in the literary periodical “All the Year Round”.
- 1869-Work began on the Dams along the Red River, which allowed Union General Nathaniel Banks’ troops to sail over the rapids above Alexandria, Louisiana.
- 1902-Claude Debussy’s only completed opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” premieres in Paris.
- 1916-Germany and its World War I allies became the first countries to use daylight saving time.
- 1930-The Soviet Union proposed a military alliance with France and Great Britain.
- 1931-The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey was opened.
- 1932-Australian Test cricket batsman Don Bradman wedded Jessie Martha Menzies at St Paul’s Anglican Church in Burwood, Sydney.
- 1945-Adolf Hitler died on this day.
- 1952-Mr Potato Head was the 1st toy advertised on television.
- 1972-The North Vietnamese launched an invasion of the South.
- 1975-The fall of Saigon marked the end of the Vietnam War.
- 1980-Terrorists seized the Iranian Embassy in London.
- 1985-Israeli actress Gal Gadot was born on this day.
- 1988-1888 Moradabad hailstorm: hailstones allegedly as big as oranges killed 246 people and some 1600 sheep and cattle in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh.
- 1993-Tennis ace Monica Seles was stabbed by an obsessed fan.
- 1993-CERN announced that World Wide Web protocols will remain free.
- 2009-Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- 2012-Manchester City defeated Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League’s history.