On This Day in History

April 30

Historical Events

311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire.

711 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).

1562 Jean Ribault and colonists arrive in Florida, the first French colonists in North America.

Allyn Cox's famous mural in the U.S. Capital Building of George Washington being sworn in as the nation's first president on the balcony of Federal Hall in NYC

1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in NYC.

1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical "All the Year Round" (weekly installments until Nov 26).

2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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Famous Birthdays

Mary II 1662 - 1694 Carl Friedrich Gauss 1777 - 1855

Claude Shannon 1916 - 2001 Johnny Galecki 49th Birthday

Also Kirsten Dunst (42) and Gal Gadot (39).

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Famous Deaths

Bessie Coleman 1892 - 1926 Muddy Waters 1913 - 1983

Also Sigismund III Vasa and Agnes Moorehead.

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What Happened to the Body of Adolf Hitler?

There is no doubt that Adolf Hitler shot himself on this day and that his body was burned by loyal staff. But what happened to his remains is still a mystery.

Mystery of Hitler’s Body