April 30 - UncleWoody.org - What happened on the day I was born?

Send This Page To A Friend \| Home What happened today in history? Uncle Woody's Almanac for April 30
1991	A vicious tornado rips through Bangladesh, killing 125,000 people.
1970	President Richard Nixon announces that US troops are being sent to Cambodia. (photo credit: NARA)
1945	Adolph Hitler commits suicide alongside his wife, Eva Braun, in his Berlin bunker.
1939	The New York World's Fair officially opens.
1922	Charles Robertson pitches a perfect game as the Chicago White Sox beat the Detroit Tigers, 2-0.
1900	Hawaii becomes a US territory.
1900	Engineer Casey Jones, of the Illinois Central Railroad, dies in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi, after staying at the controls in an effort to protect the passengers.
1883	French painter Edouard Manet dies in Paris at age 51.
1812	Louisiana becomes the 18th state of the US.
1803	The US purchases the Louisiana Territory from France.
1789	George Washington takes office in New York, as the first US president. (photo credit: NARA)