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April 30
311 - Shortly before his death, Roman Emperor Galerius issued his Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians.
1789 - George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first president of the United States.
1803 - France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase for approximately $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state.
1859 - "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was first published in serial form in a literary magazine.
1900 - Engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi, after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers.
1900 - Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory.
1939 - Commercial television in the United States made its debut at the New York's World Fair. The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.
1945 - As Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.
1948 - The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogota, Colombia.
1958 - The American Association of Retired Persons was founded in Washington, D.C.
1970 - President Richard Nixon announced the United States was sending troops into Cambodia.
1973 - President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean, who was actually fired.
1975 - The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.
1983 - Blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters died in Westmont, Illinois at age 68.
1991 - More than 131,000 were killed and 9 million left homeless after a powerful cyclone struck Bangladesh.
1997 - ABC aired the "coming out" episode of the sitcom "Ellen," in which the title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admitted she is a lesbian.
2001 - Chandra Levy, a federal government intern, went missing in Washington, D.C. (Her remains were found more than a year later in a city park.)
2003 - Mahmoud Abbas took office as the first Palestinian prime minister.
2003 - Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2004 - Arabs expressed outrage at the graphic photos of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by U.S. military police; President George W. Bush condemned the mistreatment of prisoners, saying "that's not the way we do things in America."
2005 - Missing Georgia woman Jennifer Wilbanks, the so-called "runaway bride," turned up in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2009 - Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection.
2009 - British forces exited Iraq.
2010 - Heavy winds and high tides complicated efforts to hold back oil from a blown-out BP-operated rig that threatened to coat bird and marine life in the Gulf of Mexico; President Barack Obama halted any new offshore projects pending safeguards to prevent more explosions like the one that unleashed the spill.
2019 - President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders agreed to work toward a $2 trillion infrastructure plan but put off the question of how to pay for it.
2019 - Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication; his 30-year reign ended at midnight, when his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, became the new emperor.
Birthdays
29 - Ayisha Diaz (model)
31 - Brandon Lancaster (country singer)
32 - Ana de Armas (actress)
34 - Dianna Agron (actress)
35 - Gal Gadot (actress)
36 - Tyler Wilkinson (country singer)
36 - Rosa Acosta (model)
38 - Kirsten Dunst (actress)
38 - Drew Seeley (actor)
39 - Kunal Nayyar (actor)
40 - Sam Heughan (actor)
45 - Johnny Galecki (actor)
48 - Lisa Dean Ryan (actress)
49 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (country singer)
55 - Adrian Pasdar (actor)
59 - Isiah Thomas (basketball player)
61 - Paul Gross (actor)
64 - Lars von Trier (director)
67 - Merrill Osmond (singer)
72 - Wayne Kramer (singer)
72 - Perry King (actor)
80 - Burt Young (actor)
94 - Cloris Leachman (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 30
1922 - Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox threw a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers.
1939 - Lou Gehrig played his final game with the New York Yankees, his record 2,130th consecutive game.
1961 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit four home runs in a game against the Milwaukee Braves.
1970 - Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs became the first National League player to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1971 - The Milwaukee Bucks swept the Baltimore Bullets to win the NBA championship.
1985 - The Buffalo Bills select Virginia Tech defensive end Bruce Smith with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1987 - Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders plays in his final game.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles win their first game of the season, defeating the Chicago White Sox to snap a 21-game losing streak.
1993 - Top-ranked women's tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by a man who ran onto the court during a match in Hamburg, Germany.
1996 - The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles played the longest nine-inning game in major league history at four hours and 21 minutes.
1997 - Heavyweight boxer Riddick Bowe announced his retirement from boxing. His career record was 40-1 with 32 knockouts.
1997 - The Atlanta Braves set a major league record when they got their 19th win in the month of April.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez became the second-youngest player in major league history to hit 250 career home runs at 26 years, 277 days old.
2015 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
311 - Shortly before his death, Roman Emperor Galerius issued his Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians.
1789 - George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first president of the United States.
1803 - France sold Louisiana and adjoining lands to the United States as part of the Louisiana Purchase for approximately $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state.
1859 - "A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens was first published in serial form in a literary magazine.
1900 - Engineer John Luther "Casey" Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi, after staying at the controls in a successful effort to save the passengers.
1900 - Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory.
1939 - Commercial television in the United States made its debut at the New York's World Fair. The signal was transmitted from the Empire State Building.
1945 - As Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.
1948 - The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogota, Colombia.
1958 - The American Association of Retired Persons was founded in Washington, D.C.
1970 - President Richard Nixon announced the United States was sending troops into Cambodia.
1973 - President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean, who was actually fired.
1975 - The Vietnam War ended with South Vietnam's surrender to North Vietnam.
1983 - Blues singer and guitarist Muddy Waters died in Westmont, Illinois at age 68.
1991 - More than 131,000 were killed and 9 million left homeless after a powerful cyclone struck Bangladesh.
1997 - ABC aired the "coming out" episode of the sitcom "Ellen," in which the title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admitted she is a lesbian.
2001 - Chandra Levy, a federal government intern, went missing in Washington, D.C. (Her remains were found more than a year later in a city park.)
2003 - Mahmoud Abbas took office as the first Palestinian prime minister.
2003 - Libya accepted responsibility for the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
2004 - Arabs expressed outrage at the graphic photos of naked Iraqi prisoners being humiliated by U.S. military police; President George W. Bush condemned the mistreatment of prisoners, saying "that's not the way we do things in America."
2005 - Missing Georgia woman Jennifer Wilbanks, the so-called "runaway bride," turned up in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
2009 - Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection.
2009 - British forces exited Iraq.
2010 - Heavy winds and high tides complicated efforts to hold back oil from a blown-out BP-operated rig that threatened to coat bird and marine life in the Gulf of Mexico; President Barack Obama halted any new offshore projects pending safeguards to prevent more explosions like the one that unleashed the spill.
2019 - President Donald Trump and Democratic congressional leaders agreed to work toward a $2 trillion infrastructure plan but put off the question of how to pay for it.
2019 - Japanese Emperor Akihito announced his abdication; his 30-year reign ended at midnight, when his son, Crown Prince Naruhito, became the new emperor.
Birthdays
29 - Ayisha Diaz (model)
31 - Brandon Lancaster (country singer)
32 - Ana de Armas (actress)
34 - Dianna Agron (actress)
35 - Gal Gadot (actress)
36 - Tyler Wilkinson (country singer)
36 - Rosa Acosta (model)
38 - Kirsten Dunst (actress)
38 - Drew Seeley (actor)
39 - Kunal Nayyar (actor)
40 - Sam Heughan (actor)
45 - Johnny Galecki (actor)
48 - Lisa Dean Ryan (actress)
49 - Carolyn Dawn Johnson (country singer)
55 - Adrian Pasdar (actor)
59 - Isiah Thomas (basketball player)
61 - Paul Gross (actor)
64 - Lars von Trier (director)
67 - Merrill Osmond (singer)
72 - Wayne Kramer (singer)
72 - Perry King (actor)
80 - Burt Young (actor)
94 - Cloris Leachman (actress)
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Today in Sports History - April 30
1922 - Charlie Robertson of the Chicago White Sox threw a perfect game against the Detroit Tigers.
1939 - Lou Gehrig played his final game with the New York Yankees, his record 2,130th consecutive game.
1961 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit four home runs in a game against the Milwaukee Braves.
1970 - Billy Williams of the Chicago Cubs became the first National League player to play in 1,000 consecutive games.
1971 - The Milwaukee Bucks swept the Baltimore Bullets to win the NBA championship.
1985 - The Buffalo Bills select Virginia Tech defensive end Bruce Smith with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1987 - Mike Bossy of the New York Islanders plays in his final game.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles win their first game of the season, defeating the Chicago White Sox to snap a 21-game losing streak.
1993 - Top-ranked women's tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by a man who ran onto the court during a match in Hamburg, Germany.
1996 - The New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles played the longest nine-inning game in major league history at four hours and 21 minutes.
1997 - Heavyweight boxer Riddick Bowe announced his retirement from boxing. His career record was 40-1 with 32 knockouts.
1997 - The Atlanta Braves set a major league record when they got their 19th win in the month of April.
2002 - Alex Rodriguez became the second-youngest player in major league history to hit 250 career home runs at 26 years, 277 days old.
2015 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
