Historical Events In April - 30

1942  Catherine Murphy Urner, composer, dies at 51 on April - 30.  

1943  On April - 30 bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms  

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

1944  On this day in history nY Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs  

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

1945  Germany surrenders; end of the Third Reich on April - 30.  

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

1945  On this day in history adolph Hitler, German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56  

1946  Cleve Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats NY Yankees, 1-0 on April - 30.  

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

1948  On this day in history org of American States charter signed at Bogot , Colombia  

1950  On this day in history construction starts on $95 million Interprovincial Pipeline to carry oil from Alberta to the Ontario Lakehead.  

1952  Charles Radoux-Rogier, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1955  On this day in history element 101, Mendelevium, announced  

1955  On April - 30 perez Prado's "Cherry Pink & Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks  

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 this day in history.  

1959  On April - 30 armand Louis Joseph Marsick, composer, dies at 81  

1960  On April - 30 lt. Gen. H.D. Graham leaves the Canadian armed forces; last officer with a World War I ribbon to retire.  

1961  The first Airline shuttle flights between Wash DC, Boston & NYC begin (Eastern) on this day in history.  

1962  NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history helen Chandler, actress (Dracula, Salute, Last Flight), dies at 56  

1966  On this day in history richard Farina, American writer and folk rocker, dies on his birthday in a motorcycle accident  

1969  Sir Paul Hasluck appointed Australian Governor-General on this day in history.  

1970  American troops enter Cambodia, Asia on this day in history.  

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 April - 30.  

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  On this day in history hall Johnson, composer, dies at 82  

1971  On April - 30 elmo Roper, pollster (Roper Poll), dies at 70  

1972  On this day in history "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio  

1972  Gia Scala, actress (Garment Jungle, I Aim at the Stars), dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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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 April - 30 birth of louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)  

1602  William Lilly, England, astrologer/author/almanac compiler was born on April - 30.  

1651  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French priest/theorist/saint  

1662  Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694) was born on April - 30.  

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

1710  On April - 30 birth of johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)  

0065  Death of Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history mohammud van Ghazna, Turkish mayor (G'widen)/Islamic ruler, dies  

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

1131  On this day in history death of adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint  

1196  Boudouin II, bishop of Utrecht (1178-96), dies on April - 30.  

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