April 30 is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years A leap year is a year containing one or more extra days (or, in the case of lunisolar calendars, an extra month) in order to keep the calendar year synchronized with the astronomical or seasonal year. For example, in the Gregorian calendar, February in a leap year has 29 days instead of the usual 28 so the year lasts 366 days instead of the usual 3) in the Gregorian calendar The Gregorian calendar is the internationally accepted civil calendar. It was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, after whom the calendar was named, on 24 February 1582 by the papal bull Inter gravissimas. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 313 – Roman emperor The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period . The Romans had no single term for the office: Latin titles such as imperator (from which English emperor ultimately derives), augustus, caesar and princeps were all associated with it. In practice, the Emperor was supreme ruler of Rome and supreme commander of the Licinius Of Dacian peasant origin, born in Moesia Superior, Licinius accompanied his close childhood friend, the Emperor Galerius, on the Persian expedition in 297. After the death of Flavius Valerius Severus, Galerius elevated Licinius to the rank of Augustus in the West on November 11, 308. He received as his immediate command the provinces of Illyricum, unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire The Byzantine Empire or Eastern Roman Empire, known to its inhabitants as the Roman Empire, the Empire of the Romans and also as Romania (Ῥωμανία, Rhōmanía), was the continuation of the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople, and ruled by Emperors in direct succession to the ancient Roman Emperors under his rule.
• 1006 – Supernova A supernova is a stellar explosion. Supernovae are extremely luminous and cause a burst of radiation that often briefly outshines an entire galaxy, before fading from view over several weeks or months. During this short interval, a supernova can radiate as much energy as the Sun could emit over its life span. The explosion expels much or all of a SN 1006 SN 1006 was a supernova, widely seen on Earth beginning in the year 1006 CE; Earth was about 7200 light-years away from the supernova. It was the brightest apparent magnitude stellar event in recorded history.[citation needed] First appearing in the constellation of Lupus between April 30 and May 1 of that year, this "guest star" was, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation In colloquial usage, a constellation is what astronomers call an asterism: a group of celestial bodies that appear to form a pattern in the sky or appear visibly related to each other. Examples are Orion (which appears like a human figure with a belt, often referred to as "The Hunter"), Leo (which contains bright stars that outline the Lupus.
• 1315 Year 1315 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
• 1492 Year 1492 was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Spain Spain /ˈspeɪn/ (Spanish: España, pronounced [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), or the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.[note 6] Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north by France, gives Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was a Genoese navigator, colonizer and explorer whose voyages across the Atlantic Ocean—funded by Queen Isabella of Spain—led to general European awareness of the American continents in the Western Hemisphere. Although not the first to reach the Americas from Europe—he was preceded by the Norse, led by Leif Ericson, who his commission of exploration.
• 1513 Year 1513 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar – Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII Henry VIII was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death. He was also Lord of Ireland (later King of Ireland) and claimant to the Kingdom of France. Henry was the second monarch of the House of Tudor, succeeding his father, Henry VII.
• 1671 Year 1671 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 10-day slower Julian calendar) – Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Croatia ( /kroʊˈeɪʃə/ ; Croatian: Hr̀vātskā pronounced [xř̩ʋaːtskaː]), officially the Republic of Croatia (Republika Hrvatska listen (help·info)), is a country in Southeastern Europe, at the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital (and largest city) is Zagreb. Croatia borders Slovenia Ban The word ban has entered English language as a borrowing from South Slavic ban, meaning "lord, master; ruler". The Slavic word is a borrowing from a Turkic language, from the Avar word bajan meaning "ruler of the horde", a derivation of the Proto-Turkic root *bāj- "rich, noble", itself in turn borrowed from an from the Zrinski The Zrinski family, known also as Zrínyi in Hungarian, was a Croatian noble family, influential in the Hungarian Kingdom during the period in history marked by the Ottoman wars in Europe family, is executed Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the killing of a person by judicial process for retribution, general deterrence, and incapacitation. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head" . Hence, a.
• 1789 Year 1789 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – On the balcony of Federal Hall Federal Hall, located at 26 Wall Street in New York City, was the first capitol of the United States of America and the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States on April 30, 1789. It is also the place where the United States Bill of Rights was passed. The original building was demolished in the on Wall Street Wall Street is a street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. It runs east from Broadway to South Street on the East River, through the historical center of the Financial District. It is the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange; over time Wall Street became the name of the surrounding geographic neighborhood in New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States, and the center of the New York metropolitan area, which is among the most populous urban areas in the world. A leading global city, New York exerts a powerful influence over worldwide commerce, finance, culture, fashion and entertainment. As host of the United Nations headquarters, it is, George Washington The Continental Congress appointed Washington commander-in-chief of the American revolutionary forces in 1775. The following year, he forced the British out of Boston, lost New York City, and crossed the Delaware River in New Jersey, defeating the surprised enemy units later that year. As a result of his strategy, Revolutionary forces captured the takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition. The President leads the executive branch of the federal government and is one of only two nationally-elected federal officers.
• 1794 Year 1794 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 11-day slower Julian calendar) – The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French France (pronounced /ˈfræns/ or /ˈfrɑːns/; French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the forces defeated the Spanish Spain /ˈspeɪn/ (Spanish: España, pronounced [esˈpaɲa] ( listen)), or the Kingdom of Spain (Spanish: Reino de España), is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.[note 6] Its mainland is bordered to the south and east by the Mediterranean Sea except for a small land boundary with Gibraltar; to the north by France, under General Union.
• 1803 1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition by the United States of America of 828,800 square miles (2,147,000 km2) of the French territory Louisiane in 1803. The U.S. paid 60 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), a total cost of 15 million dollars for the Louisiana territory: The United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its forty-eight contiguous states and Washington, D.C., the capital district, lie between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, bordered by Canada to the north and Mexico to the purchases the Louisiana Territory The Territory of Louisiana was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from July 4, 1805, until June 4, 1812, when it was renamed the Territory of Missouri from France France (pronounced /ˈfræns/ or /ˈfrɑːns/; French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced: [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country located in Western Europe, with several overseas islands and territories located on other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.
• 1812 Year 1812 , a leap year, started on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Territory of Orleans The Territory of Orleans was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from October 1, 1804, until April 30, 1812, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Louisiana becomes the 18th U.S. state A U.S. state is any one of 50 subnational entities of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government . Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. However, state citizenship is very flexible, and no government approval is required to under the name Louisiana The State of Louisiana ( /luːˌiːziːˈænə/ or /ˌluːziːˈænə/ (help·info), French: État de Louisiane, pronounced [lwizjan] (help·info)) is a state located in the southern region (Deep South) of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state divided into parishes,.
• 1838 Year 1838 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Nicaragua Nicaragua officially the Republic of Nicaragua (Spanish: República de Nicaragua, pronounced [reˈpuβlika ðe nikaˈɾaɣwa] ( listen)), is a representative democratic republic. It is the largest country in Central America with an area of 130,000 km2, and the second poorest in the Western Hemisphere. The country is bordered by Honduras to the declares independence from the Central American Federation.
• 1863 Year 1863 was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Mexican The United Mexican States (Spanish: Estados Unidos Mexicanos ), commonly known as Mexico (English: /ˈmɛksɪkoʊ/) (Spanish: México (help·info) [ˈmexiko]), is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, forces attacked the French Foreign Legion The French Foreign Legion is a unique unit in the French Army, established in 1831. The legion was specifically created for foreign nationals wishing to serve in the French Armed Forces, but commanded by French officers. However, it is also open to French citizens, who amount to 24% of recruits. After the July Revolution of 1830, foreigners were in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
• 1871 Year 1871 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – The Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory The Territory of Arizona was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863, until February 14, 1912, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Arizona.
• 1894 Year 1894 was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar) – Coxey's Army Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by the populist Jacob Coxey. They marched on Washington D.C. in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history to that time. Officially named the Commonweal in Christ, its nickname came from its leader and was reaches Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. , formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States, founded on July 16, 1790. The City of Washington was originally a separate municipality within the Territory of Columbia until an act of Congress in 1871 effectively merged the City and the to protest the unemployment Unemployment occurs when a person is available to work and seeking work but currently without work. The prevalence of unemployment is usually measured using the unemployment rate, which is defined as the percentage of those in the labor force who are unemployed. The unemployment rate is also used in economic studies and economic indices such as caused by the Panic of 1893 The Panic of 1893 was a serious economic depression in the United States that began in 1893. This panic is sometimes considered a part of the Long Depression which began with the Panic of 1873, and like that of earlier crashes, was caused by railroad overbuilding and shaky railroad financing which set off a series of bank failures. Compounding.
• 1900 Year 1900 was an exceptional common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar, but a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. As a result, the Julian calendar was 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar until Wednesday, February 28 (O.S. February 16) and has been 13 days behind since – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• 1900 – Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
• 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
• 1907 – Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
• 1920 – Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
• 1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
• 1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women, opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
• 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
• 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.
• 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit.
• 1938 – The first televised FA Cup Final takes place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End.
• 1939 – World's Fair: NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's opening day ceremonial address.
• 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: Fuehrerbunker: 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.
• 1953 – In Warner Robins, Georgia, an F4 tornado kills 18 people.
• 1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
• 1967 – The Aldene Connection opened in Roselle Park, NJ, shutting down the CNJ's Jersey City waterfront terminal and transferring commuters to Newark Penn Station.
• 1973 – Watergate Scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman and others have resigned.
• 1975 – Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
• 1980 – Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
• 1988 – Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II officially opens World Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia.
• 1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
• 1993 – Virgin Radio broadcasts for the first time in the United Kingdom.
• 1995 – U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first President to visit Northern Ireland.
• 1999 – Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the number of members to 10.
• 2001 – The Mitchell Report on the Arab-Israeli conflict is published.
• 2002 – A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years.
• 2004 – U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
• 2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Ekaterinburg, Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia and one of his sisters.
• 2009 – Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
• 2009 – Failed attack on the Dutch Royal Family results in 7 deaths and 17 injured.
• 2009 – The United Kingdom formally ends combat operations in Iraq.

Births

• 1245 – King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
• 1331 – Gaston Phoebus of Foix (d.1391)
• 1553 – Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
• 1623 – François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
• 1651 – Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (d. 1719)
• 1662 – Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
• 1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
• 1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
• 1721 – Roger Sherman, American statesman (d. 1793)
• 1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
• 1770 – David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
• 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
• 1803 – Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
• 1812 – Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
• 1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
• 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
• 1864 – Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
• 1865 – Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
• 1869 – Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
• 1870 – Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
• 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
• 1876 – Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
• 1877 – Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
• 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
• 1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
• 1895 – Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
• 1896 – Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
• 1897 – Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
• 1901 – Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
• 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
• 1905 – Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician
• 1908 – Eve Arden, American actress (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
• 1909 – Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
• 1909 – F. E. McWilliam,Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
• 1916 – Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
• 1916 – Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
• 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
• 1923 – Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
• 1923 – Francis Tucker, South African Rally Driver (d. 2008)
• 1925 – Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
• 1925 – Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
• 1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress
• 1928 – Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
• 1930 – Felix Guattari, French philosopher and social theorist, (d. 1992)
• 1933 – Dickie Davies, British television presenter
• 1933 – Willie Nelson, American musician
• 1934 – Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d. 1995)
• 1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
• 1938 – Gary Collins, American actor
• 1938 – Larry Niven, American author
• 1940 – Burt Young, American actor
• 1941 – Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
• 1943 – Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
• 1943 – Bobby Vee, American singer
• 1944 – Jill Clayburgh, American actress
• 1945 – Annie Dillard, American writer
• 1945 – Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
• 1946 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
• 1946 – Don Schollander, American swimmer
• 1946 – Bill Plympton, American animator
• 1947 – Leslie Grantham, English actor
• 1947 – Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
• 1947 – Mats Odell, Swedish politician
• 1947 – Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer
• 1948 – Perry King, American actor
• 1949 – Phil Garner, baseball manager
• 1949 – António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
• 1952 – Jacques Audiard, French film director
• 1953 – Merrill Osmond, American musician (The Osmonds)
• 1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
• 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
• 1956 – Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
• 1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish film director
• 1957 – Aviva Chomsky, American historian, daughter of Noam Chomsky
• 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
• 1959 – Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
• 1959 – Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
• 1959 – W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
• 1960 – Kerry Healey, American politician
• 1960 – David Miscavige, American cult leader
• 1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
• 1963 – Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
• 1964 – Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
• 1964 – Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
• 1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor
• 1966 – Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 – Steven Mackintosh, British actor
• 1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
• 1969 – Warren Defever, American musician, composer
• 1970 – Ken Stanton, American Radio Personality
• 1971 – John Boyne, Irish novelist
• 1971 – Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
• 1973 – Akon, American R&B Singer
• 1973 – Jeff Timmons, American singer (98 Degrees)
• 1975 – Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
• 1975 – Mike Chat, American actor
• 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor
• 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
• 1977 – Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
• 1977 – Pell James, American actress
• 1978 – Tom Fulp, Animator and Founder of Newgrounds
• 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
• 1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footbal-keeper
• 1980 – Luis Scola, Argentinean basketball player
• 1981 – John O'Shea, Irish footballer
• 1981 – Emma Pierson, British actress
• 1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper
• 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
• 1982 – Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
• 1982 – Drew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
• 1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German luger
• 1983 – Troy Williamson, American football player
• 1984 – Shawn Daivari, American professional wrestler and manager
• 1984 – Lee Roache, English footballer
• 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
• 1987 – Alipate Carlile, Australian rules footballer
• 1987 – Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
• 1987 – Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer

Deaths

• 65 – Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
• 1063 – Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
• 1131 – Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
• 1341 – John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
• 1439 – Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
• 1524 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
• 1544 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
• 1555 – Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
• 1632 – King Sigismund I of Sweden (b. 1561)
• 1632 – Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
• 1642 – Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
• 1660 – Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
• 1655 – Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
• 1696 – Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
• 1712 – Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633)
• 1736 – Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
• 1758 – François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
• 1792 – John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
• 1795 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
• 1841 – Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
• 1847 – Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
• 1863 – Jean Danjou, French foreign legion captain (b. 1828)
• 1865 – Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
• 1875 – Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
• 1879 – Emma Hale Smith Bidamon, wife of Joseph Smith, and mother of Joseph Smith III (b.1804)
• 1883 – Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
• 1900 – Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
• 1903 – Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b. 1831)
• 1936 – Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
• 1943 – Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
• 1943 – Beatrice Webb, British economist (b. 1858)
• 1945 – Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's new wife (b. 1912)
• 1945 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (suicide) (b. 1889)
• 1956 – Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
• 1970 – Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
• 1972 – Gia Scala, English-American actress (b. 1934)
• 1973 – Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
• 1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
• 1980 – Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
• 1982 – Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
• 1983 – George Balanchine, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
• 1983 – Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1915)
• 1985 – George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor (b. 1918)
• 1989 – Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
• 1989 – Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
• 1993 – Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
• 1994 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
• 1995 – Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
• 1996 – David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1998 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
• 2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
• 2003 – Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
• 2003 – Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
• 2005 – Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 – 1992) (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject (b. 1920)
• 2006 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian novelist (b. 1925)
• 2006 – Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (b. 1934)
• 2007 – Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
• 2007 – Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
• 2007 – Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2007 – Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
• 2008 – John Cargher, Australian radio broadcaster (b. 1919)

Holidays and observances

• Walpurgis Night – Celebrated in Germany, central, and western Europe
• Scandinavia – The arrival of spring.
• Sweden – Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustav, an official flag day.
• Finland – Mayday's eve. Most celebrations take place day prior to the first of May.
• The Netherlands – Queen's Day, the largest one-day holiday in the Netherlands.
• Roman Empire – third day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
• Bealtaine Eve (From either Irish Bealtaine or Scottish Gaelic). Originally a Celtic Druid holiday.
• Vietnam – Liberation Day.
• Mexico – Children's Day.
• Czech Republic and Slovakia – Carodejnice – witches' night

in the Roman Catholic Church:

• Saint Adjutor
• Saint Eutropius
• Saint Maximus, 3rd century martyr
• Saint Quirinus of Neuss
• Saint Suitbert the Younger (d. 807)
• Saint Pope Pius V

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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