Today in History
Listings for Thursday, April 30, 2020.
Birthdays:
- 1777 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician.
- 1777 C.F. Gauss --1855
- 1870 Franz Lehar, composer, (Merry Widow, Rose de Noel)
- 1912 Eve Arden, Our Miss Brooks
- 1926 Cloris Leachman
- 1933 Willie Nelson
- 1940 Burt Young
- 1944 Jill Clayburgh
- 1961 Isiah Thomas
Events:
- Walpurgis Night - Witches' Sabbath
- 1789 George Washington is inaugurated as first president of the US
- 1798 Department of the Navy established.
- 1803 US more than doubles its size thru the Louisiana Purchase.
- 1900 Hawaii becomes a US Territory
- 1939 NBC/RCA make first US demo of TV at opening of NY World's Fair.
- 1942 First submarine built on the Great Lakes launched, the "Peto", from Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
- 1948 Organization of American States (OAS) charter signed in Bogot .
- 1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
- 1975 US forces evacuate Vietnam; Saigon surrenders
- 1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London
That's all for today.
