April 30th, 1949

Born on April 30th, 1949

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What happened on April 30th?

April 30th, 1803

The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory for 80 million francs, or less than US$.03 per acre ($.07/ha).

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 of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city and ended 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 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 (pictured) took the oath of office as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City.

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

Born on April 30th, 1949

77

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017

*April 30th, 1949, Lisbon

77

James Grady

American writer

*April 30th, 1949, Shelby

77

Mary Jo Kilroy

Former United States Congresswoman

*April 30th, 1949, Cleveland

77

Juan Gasparini

Argentinian journalist and author

*April 30th, 1949, Azulfina

77

Alun Evans

English footballer (born 1949)

*April 30th, 1949, Kidderminster

Same year
Born in 1949

77

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

76

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

77

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

76

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

77

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

77

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

77

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer, musician and actor (1949-2016)

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

76

Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Austrian school economist and libertarian anarcho-capitalist philosopher

*September 2nd, 1949, Peine

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

77

Hans Michelbach

German politician

*May 3rd, 1949, Gemünden am Main

76

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

76

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

76

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

77

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

67

Jutta Winkelmann

German film director and author (1949–2017)

*April 3rd, 1949, Kassel †February 23rd, 2017, Munich

77

Amin Maalouf

Francophone Lebanese writer based in France

*February 25th, 1949, Beirut

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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