On this day: 30 April

Selected events and births on 30 April, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1006 – SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appeared in the constellation Lupus. Read more: SN 1006 Supernova Lupus (constellation)
• 1789 – George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City. Read more: George Washington Oath of office of the president of the United States Presidency of George Washington
• 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). Read more: Louisiana Purchase Louisiana (New France) French franc
• 1883 – New York governor Grover Cleveland signed legislation that led to the creation of Niagara Falls State Park, the United States' first state park. Read more: Grover Cleveland Niagara Falls State Park State park
• 1894 – A crowd of workers, unemployed due to the Panic of 1893, concluded the first significant popular protest march on Washington D.C. Read more: Coxey's Army Panic of 1893 Political demonstration
• 1897 – British physicist J. J. Thomson and his team announce the discovery of the electron. Read more: J. J. Thomson Electron
• 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. Read more: Douglas Fairbanks Mary Pickford Grauman's Chinese Theatre
• 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. Read more: Bristol Omnibus Company Transport and General Workers' Union Bristol Bus Boycott
• 1994 – Riverdance was performed for the first time, as the interval act for the Eurovision Song Contest. Read more: Riverdance Eurovision Song Contest 1994
• 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. Read more: Faustina Kowalska Visions of Jesus and Mary Catholic devotions

Born on this day

• 1941 – Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs Read more: Stavros Dimas Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Greece)
• 1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets Read more: Mats Odell Ministry of Finance (Sweden)
• 1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations Read more: António Guterres Prime Minister of Portugal Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 1954 – Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union Read more: Kim Darroch Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union
• 1959 – Stephen Harper, Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada Read more: Stephen Harper Prime Minister of Canada
• 1960 – Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Read more: Kerry Healey Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts
• 1964 – Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group Read more: Tony Fernandes Tune Group
• 1969 – Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development Read more: Justine Greening Minister of State for International Development
• 2002 – Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess player Read more: Anna Cramling
• 2002 – Teden Mengi, English footballer Read more: Teden Mengi
• 2003 – Emily Carey, British actress Read more: Emily Carey
• 2003 – Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor Read more: Jung Yoon-seok

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