Historical Events Happened In April - 30

1942  On April - 30 catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51  

1943  Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms on April - 30.  

1943  On April - 30 beatrice Potter Webb, British writer (My Apprenticeship), dies at 85  

1944  On April - 30 nY Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs  

1945  On April - 30 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio  

1945  On April - 30 germany surrenders; end of the Third Reich.  

1945  On April - 30 munich is captured by Patch's 7th Army unit.  

1945  On April - 30 adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56  

1946  On this day in history cleve Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0  

1947  Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover on this day in history.  

1948  Org of American States charter signed at Bogot , Colombia on April - 30.  

1950  On April - 30 construction starts on $95 million Interprovincial Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Ontario Lakehead.  

1952  Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies on April - 30.  

1955  Element 101, Mendelevium, announced on this day in history.  

1955  Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history alben W Barkley, (VP-D-1949-53), dies at 78  

1957  Ludwig Schiedermair, German musicologist (Beethoven), dies at 80 on April - 30.  

1959  On this day in history armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81  

1960  On this day in history lt. Gen. H.D. Graham leaves the Canadian armed forces; last officer with a World War I ribbon to retire.  

1961  On April - 30 the first Airline shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern)  

1962  On this day in history nASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m  

1962  Willie Mays hits 4 HRs on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history bryant Washburn, actor (Nabonga, Millionaire Kid), dies at 74  

1965  Helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56 on April - 30.  

1966  On April - 30 richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident  

1969  On this day in history sir Paul Hasluck appointed Australian Governor-General.  

1970  American troops enter Cambodia, Asia on April - 30.  

1970  The first CP coal unit train, comprising 88 cars and carrying more than 9,000 tons of coking coal destined to Japan, arrives at Roberts Bank superport after a 700-mile run from Sparwood, B.C on this day in history.  

1970  US troops invade Cambodia on this day in history.  

1970  Vancouver BC, the first computer-controlled CP Rail coal train reaches Roberts Bank from mines in Alberta on this day in history.  

1970  Hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82 on April - 30.  

1971  Elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70 on April - 30.  

1972  On April - 30 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio  

1972  On this day in history gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38  

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1245  King Philip III of France (d. 1285) was born on April - 30.  

1309  On this day in history birth of kazimierz III de Great, King of Poland (1333-70)  

1553  On this day in history birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)  

1602  On April - 30 birth of william Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler  

1651  Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint was born on April - 30.  

1662  On this day in history birth of queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)  

1664  On this day in history birth of françois Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)  

1710  Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795) was born on this day in history.  

0065  Death of Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39) on April - 30.  

0313  Gaius G V Maximus, [Daia], Emperor of Rome, dies on this day in history.  

0535  On April - 30 death of amalaswintha, queen of Ostrogoten, murdered  

1030  Mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies on April - 30.  

1063  Death of Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010) on April - 30.  

1131  On April - 30 death of adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint  

1196  Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies on this day in history.  

1214  Huguccio/Hugo van Pisa, Italian bishop, dies on April - 30.