History for April 30

History for April 30 - On-This-Day.com:
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898, Robert Shaw 1916, John (Johnny) Horton 1925


Cloris Leachman 1926 - Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Phyllis"), Willie Nelson 1933 - Musician, this day is cited on his birth certificate, his family says it is April 29, Kirsten Dunst 1982 - Actress ("Spider-Man")


0030 - Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.


1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.


1803 - The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.


1938 - Happy Rabbit appeared in the cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt." This rabbit would later evolve into Bugs Bunny.


1939 - Lou Gehrig played his last game with the New York Yankees.


1943 - The British submarine HMS Seraph dropped 'the man who never was,' a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain.


1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.


1947 - The name of Boulder Dam, in Nevada, was changed back to Hoover Dam.