Saturday, April 30, 2022

History for April 30

History for April 30 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898
  • 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.
  • 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
  • 1975 - Communists North Vietnamese troops entered the Independence Palace of South Vietnam in Saigon. 11 Marines lifted off of the U.S. Embassy were the last soldiers to evacuate.
  • 1993 - CERN put the World Wide Web software in the public domain.
  • 1998 - NATO was expanded to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The three nations were formally admitted the following April at NATO's 50th anniversary summit.

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