Date Name Location / Topic
Saturday, Apr 30

St. James the Great Day

Saturday, Apr 30

International Jazz Day

Saturday, Apr 30

Carnival Day

Saturday, Apr 30

Liberation Day/Reunification Day

Saturday, Apr 30

Education Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Bubble Tea Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Sarcoidosis Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Military Brats Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National PrepareAthon! Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Honesty Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Adopt a Shelter Pet Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Bugs Bunny Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Hairstylist Appreciation Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Oatmeal Cookie Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Raisin Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Rebuilding Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Sense of Smell Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Pool Opening Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Kiss of Hope Day

Saturday, Apr 30

Children's Day

Saturday, Apr 30

Children´s Day

Saturday, Apr 30

Walpurgis Night

Saturday, Apr 30

May Day observed

Saturday, Apr 30

World Veterinary Day

Saturday, Apr 30

National Go Birding Day

Saturday, Apr 30

Independent Bookstore Day

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.