DateNameLocation / Topic
Monday, Apr 30
St. James the Great Day St. James the Great Day
Monday, Apr 30
International Jazz Day International Jazz Day
Monday, Apr 30
Carnival Day Carnival Day
Monday, Apr 30
Liberation Day/Reunification Day Liberation Day/Reunification Day
Monday, Apr 30
Education Day Education Day
Monday, Apr 30
Children's Day Children's Day
Monday, Apr 30
Spring and Labor Day Holiday Spring and Labor Day Holiday
Monday, Apr 30
Walpurgis Night Walpurgis Night
Monday, Apr 30
State Holiday
United States (Mississippi)
Monday, Apr 30
God of Medicine's Birthday God of Medicine's Birthday
Monday, Apr 30
Shōwa Day observed Shōwa Day observed
Monday, Apr 30
National Bubble Tea Day National Bubble Tea Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Sarcoidosis Day National Sarcoidosis Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Military Brats Day National Military Brats Day
Monday, Apr 30
National PrepareAthon! Day National PrepareAthon! Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Honesty Day National Honesty Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Bugs Bunny Day National Bugs Bunny Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Hairstylist Appreciation Day National Hairstylist Appreciation Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Oatmeal Cookie Day National Oatmeal Cookie Day
Monday, Apr 30
National Raisin Day National Raisin Day
Monday, Apr 30
Buddha Purnima/Vesak Buddha Purnima/Vesak
Monday, Apr 30
Buddha Purnima Buddha Purnima
Monday, Apr 30
Labor Day Labor Day
Monday, Apr 30
Confederate Memorial Day
United States (Mississippi)
Confederate Memorial Day
Monday, Apr 30
Bridge Public Holiday
Monday, Apr 30
Visak Bochea Day observed
Monday, Apr 30
Unity Day (extra holiday)
Monday, Apr 30
Buddha Jayanti Buddha Jayanti
Monday, Apr 30
Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day Day after Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
Monday, Apr 30
Labor Day (Extra Holiday) Labor Day (Extra Holiday)
Monday, Apr 30
Labor Day / May Day holiday Labor Day / May Day holiday
Monday, Apr 30
Labor Day Holiday Labor Day Holiday
Monday, Apr 30
Theravada New Year Theravada New Year

Historical Events on April 30

  • 1636: During the 80 Years’ War, an important fort is recaptured from Spain by Dutch Republic forces after a 9-month siege.
  • 1789: George Washington takes the oath to become President of the U.S on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in the city of New York.
  • 1803: The size of the United States more than doubles when the U.S purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million USD.
  • 1812: The Territory of New Orleans is renamed Louisiana and it becomes the 18thS State.
  • 1871: In the Arizona Territory, the Camp Grant Massacre occurs.
  • 1885: A bill creating Niagara Reservation – the first state park in New York – is signed by New York Governor David B. Hill.
  • 1900: Hawaii becomes a U.S territory and Sanford B. Dole is made its governor.
  • 1904: In St. Louis, Missouri, the World’s Fair of 1904 opens; Supposedly, the ice cream cone is invented at this fair.
  • 1938: The prototype of the cartoon character Bugs Bunny named Happy Rabbit debuts in an animated cartoon short shown in movie theaters called Porky’s Hare Hunt.
  • 1939: In New York, the New York World’s Fair opens.
  • 1943: Near Huelva, the HMS Seraph – a British submarine – comes to the surface to cast adrift a corpse dressed as a courier and carrying intentionally false invasion plans.
  • 1945: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun both commit suicide in the Fuhrerbunker. Hitler does so by shooting himself in the head and Braun does so by biting down on a cyanide capsule.
  • 1945: Soviet forces raise the Victory Banner on the Reichstag Building.
  • 1945: Almost 9,000 British and American airmen are freed when the Soviets liberate Stalag POW camp near Barth in Germany.

Famous Birthdays on April 30

  • Belarusian-American economist and Nobel Prize laureate, Simon Kuznets is born in 1901.
  • American economist and Nobel Prize laureate, Theodore Schultz is born in 1902.
  • American conductor Robert Shaw is born in 1916.
  • American singer Bea Wain is born in 1917.
  • American actress Kirsten Dunst is born in 1982.
  • Israeli actress and model, Gal Gadot is born in 1985.
  • American actress and singer, Dianna Agron is born in 1986.