April 30 in History
What happened on April 30 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on april 30 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on april 30 in history.
?>1980
Terrorists seize the Iranian Embassy in London.
1975
North Vietnamese troops enter the Independence Palace of South Vietnam in Saigon ending the Vietnam War.
1973
President Richard Nixon announces the resignation of Harry Robbins Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and other top aides.
1972
The North Vietnamese launch an invasion of the South.
1970
U.S. troops invade Cambodia to disrupt North Vietnamese Army base areas.
1968
U.S. Marines attack a division of North Vietnamese troops in the village of Dai Do.
1945
Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his bunker. Karl Donitz becomes his successor.
1943
The British submarine HMS Seraph drops ‘the man who never was,’ a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain.
1931
The George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, opens.
1930
The Soviet Union proposes a military alliance with France and Great Britain.
1864
Work begins on the Dams along the Red River, which will allow Union General Nathaniel Banks‘ troops to sail over the rapids above Alexandria, Louisiana.
1849
Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian patriot and guerrilla leader, repulses a French attack on Rome.
1812
Louisiana is admitted into the Union as a state.
1803
The United States doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase, which was sold by France for $15 million.
1789
George Washington is inaugurated as the first U.S. president.
1725
Spain withdraws from the Quadruple Alliance.
1563
All Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI.
1527
Henry VIII of England and King Francis of France sign the Treaty of Westminster.
1250
King Louis IX of France is ransomed.