April 30th, 1919

Born on April 30th, 1919

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 38,000 days old!

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What happened on April 30th?

April 30th, 2021

A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel.

April 30th, 2009

A Dutch man drove his car at high speed into a parade in an attempt to kill the Dutch royal family.

April 30th, 2004

The New Yorker published an online article and photographs detailing accounts of torture and abuse by American military personnel of Iraqi prisoners held at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.

April 30th, 2000

Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun whose apparitions of Jesus inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, was canonized by Pope John Paul II.

April 30th, 1982

Sixteen monks and a nun of the Hindu organisation Ananda Marga were beaten to death and set on fire in Calcutta, India.

April 30th, 1975

American forces completed a helicopter evacuation (aircraft and evacuees pictured) of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city, ending the Vietnam War.

April 30th, 1963

A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black bus crews led to a bus boycott in Bristol, England.

April 30th, 1945

World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with Eva Braun one day after their marriage.

April 30th, 1943

Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.

April 30th, 1927

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford became the first two celebrities to make imprints of their hands and feet in cement (Pickford's pictured) at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California.

April 30th, 1897

British physicist J. J. Thomson and his team announce the discovery of the electron.

April 30th, 1894

A crowd of workers, unemployed due to the Panic of 1893, concluded the first significant popular protest march on Washington D.C.

April 30th, 1883

New York governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation that led to the creation of Niagara Falls State Park, the United States' first state park.

April 30th, 1789

George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City.

April 30th, 1006

SN 1006 (remnant pictured), the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appeared in the constellation Lupus.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 30th

Born on April 30th, 1919

92

François Brigneau

French journalist and publisher (1919-2012)

*April 30th, 1919, Concarneau †April 9th, 2012, Saint-Cloud

85

Ted Scott

Canadian bishop (1919-2004)

*April 30th, 1919, Edmonton †June 21st, 2004

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89

Phil Brown

American actor (1916–2006)

*April 30th, 1916, Cambridge †February 9th, 2006, Woodland Hills

37

Elena Prus

Badminton player

*April 30th, 1986, Lysychansk

96

Tamisuke Watanuki

Japanese politician

*April 30th, 1927, Toyama Prefecture

82

Fips Asmussen

German comedian (1938–2020)

*April 30th, 1938, Hamburg †August 9th, 2020, Carl-von-Basedow-Klinikum

94

Cloris Leachman

American actress and comedian (1926–2021)

*April 30th, 1926, Des Moines †January 27th, 2021, Encinitas

48

Ha Tae-kwon

South Korean badminton player

*April 30th, 1975, Jeonju

100

Tom Moore

British Army officer and fundraiser (1920–2021)

*April 30th, 1920, Keighley †February 2nd, 2021, Bedford Hospital

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

94

Dorival Caymmi

Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, and painter (1914-2008)

*April 30th, 1914, Salvador †August 16th, 2008, Rio de Janeiro

74

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

82

Al Lewis

Actor, radio personality, politician (1923–2006)

*April 30th, 1923, New York City †February 3rd, 2006, New York City

41

Kirsten Dunst

American actress and model

*April 30th, 1982, Point Pleasant

78

Klausjürgen Wussow

German actor (1929-2007)

*April 30th, 1929, Kamień Pomorski †June 19th, 2007, Rüdersdorf bei Berlin

77

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

*April 30th, 1777, Brunswick †February 23rd, 1855, Göttingen

45

Tadashi Ohtsuka

Badminton player

*April 30th, 1978, Nagasaki

92

Gerda Lerner

Austrian-American women's history scholar (1920-2013)

*April 30th, 1920, Vienna †January 2nd, 2013, Madison

22

Lil Tjay

American rapper and singer-songwriter

*April 30th, 2001, The Bronx

85

Franz Defregger

Painter from Austria (1835-1921)

*April 30th, 1835, Iselsberg-Stronach †January 2nd, 1921, Munich

26

Yantoni Edy Saputra

Badminton player

*April 30th, 1997, Samarinda

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Born in 1919

68

Lino Ventura

Italian-French actor

*July 14th, 1919, Parma †October 22nd, 1987, Saint-Cloud

84

Ove Sprogøe

Danish actor (1919-2004)

*December 21st, 1919, Odense †September 14th, 2004, Tårnby

86

Paul Valentine

American actor (1919-2006)

*March 23rd, 1919, New York City †January 27th, 2006, Los Angeles

90

Gayatri Devi

Maharani of Jaipur and Indian politician (1919–2009)

*May 23rd, 1919, London †July 29th, 2009, Jaipur

63

Hennes Weisweiler

German association football player and manager (1919–1983)

*December 5th, 1919, Lechenich †July 5th, 1983, Aesch

66

Stephan Henrik Barratt-Due

Norwegian violinist

*February 19th, 1919, Oslo †November 18th, 1985, Oslo

77

Helga von Heintze

German-austrian classical archaeologist (1919-1996)

*August 9th, 1919, Bielsko-Biała †November 15th, 1996, Rome

75

Donald Pleasence

British actor (1919–1995)

*October 5th, 1919, Worksop †February 2nd, 1995, Saint-Paul-de-Vence

95

Jayne Meadows

Chinese born-American actress and author (1919–2015)

*September 27th, 1919, Wuchang †April 26th, 2015, Encino

94

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Soviet and Russian small arms designer (1919-2013)

*November 10th, 1919, Kurya †December 23rd, 2013, Izhevsk

76

Jon Pertwee

English actor (1919–1996)

*July 7th, 1919, Chelsea †May 20th, 1996, Connecticut

76

Martin Balsam

American actor (1919–1996)

*November 4th, 1919, The Bronx †February 13th, 1996, Rome

97

Walter Scheel

President of West Germany (1974-1979)

*July 8th, 1919, Solingen †August 24th, 2016, Bad Krozingen

74

Sven-Erik Bäck

Swedish composer

*September 16th, 1919, Kungsholm parish †January 10th, 1994, Oscar Parish

60

Kay Medford

American actress (1919–1980)

*September 14th, 1919, New York City †April 10th, 1980, New York City

45

Nat King Cole

American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

*March 17th, 1919, Montgomery †February 15th, 1965, Santa Monica

94

Giulio Andreotti

Italian politician and statesman (1919–2013)

*January 14th, 1919, Rome †May 6th, 2013, Rome

77

Beryl Reid

British actress

*June 17th, 1919, Hereford †October 13th, 1996, Thames Valley Hospital

94

Doris Lessing

British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer

*October 22nd, 1919, Kermanshah †November 17th, 2013, London

86

Ferruccio Valcareggi

Italian footballer (1919–2005)

*February 12th, 1919, Trieste †November 2nd, 2005, Florence

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 30th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, May Eve, the eve of the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere) which are celebrated on April 30th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1919 is a normal year and no leap year.

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