CAD - April 30 Traditional Cache
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Cache A Day – April 30th
CAUTION: This can be a muggle infested area depending upon weather and time of day.
April 30th is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of the year.
The entire month of April is Stress Awareness Month.
This fourth week of the month of April is National Pro-Life T-Shirt Week.
Today is National Arbor Day, National Hairball Day, National Hairstylists Day, National Honesty Day, National Spank Out Day, and Walpurgis Night. Talk about ending the month with a bang!
Historical events occurring on April 30th include:
0030 - Jesus of Nazareth was crucified.
0313 - Licinius unified the whole of the eastern empire under his own rule.
1250 - King Louis IX of France was ransomed for one million dollars.
1527 - Henry VIII and King Francis of France signed the treaty of Westminster.
1563 - All Jews were expelled from France by order of Charles VI.
1725 - Spain withdrew from Quadruple Alliance.
1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
1803 - The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
1812 - Louisiana admitted as the 18th U.S. state.
1849 - The republican patriot and guerrilla leader Giuseppe Garabaldi repulsed a French attack on Rome.
1864 - Work began on the Dams along the Red River. The work would allow Union General Nathaniel Banks' troops to sail over the rapids above Alexandria, Louisiana.
1889 - George Washington's inauguration became the first U.S. national holiday.
1900 - Hawaii was organized as an official U.S. territory.
1900 - Casey Jones was killed while trying to save the runaway train "Cannonball Express."
1930 - The Soviet Union proposed a military alliance with France and Great Britain.
1939 - The first railroad car equipped with fluorescent lights was put into service. The train car was known as the "General Pershing Zephyr."
1939 - Lou Gehrig played his last game with the New York Yankees.
1940 - Belle Martell was licensed in California by state boxing officials. She was the first American woman, prizefight referee.
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.
1945 - Arthur Godfrey began his CBS radio morning show "Arthur Godfrey Time." It ran until this day in 1972.
1947 - The name of Boulder Dam, in Nevada, was changed back to Hoover Dam.
1948 - The Organization of American States held its first meeting in Bogota, Colombia.
1953 - The British West Indian colonies agreed on the formation of the British Caribbean Federation that would eventually become a self-governing unit in the British Commonwealth.
1964 - The FCC ruled that all TV receivers should be equipped to receive both VHF and UHF channels.
1968 - U.S. Marines attacked a division of North Vietnamese in the village of Dai Do.
1970 - U.S. troops invaded Cambodia to disrupt North Vietnamese Army base areas. The announcement by U.S. President Nixon led to widespread protests.
1972 - The North Vietnamese launched an invasion of the South.
1973 - U.S. President Nixon announced resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, and other top aides.
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.
1980 - Terrorists seized the Iranian Embassy in London.
1984 - U.S. President Reagan signed cultural and scientific agreements with China. He also signed a tax accord that would make it easier for American companies to operate in China.
1991 - An estimated 125,000 people were killed in a cyclone that hit Bangladesh.
1993 - Monica Seles was stabbed in the back during a tennis match in Hamburg, Germany. The man called himself a fan of second- ranked Steffi Graf. He was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm and received a suspended sentence.
1997 - ABC aired the "coming out" episode of the sitcom "Ellen." The title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admitted she was a lesbian.
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.
1998 - United and Delta airlines announced their alliance that would give them control of 1/3 of all U.S. passenger seats.
1998 - In the U.S., Federal regulators fined a contractor $2.25 million for improper handling of oxygen canisters on ValuJet that crashed in the Florida Everglades in 1996.
2001 - Chandra Levy was last seen in Washington, DC. Her remains were found in Rock Creek Park on May 22, 2002. California Congressman Gary Condit was questioned in the case due to his relationship with Levy.
2002 - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf was overwhelmingly approved for another five years as president.
Born on April 30th
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898
Ellis Wilson 1899
George R. Stibitz 1904
Queen Juliana (Netherlands) 1909
Al Lewis 1910
Eve Arden 1912
Robert Shaw 1916
Percy Heath 1923
John (Johnny) Horton 1925
Cloris Leachman 1926 - Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Phyllis")
Willie Nelson 1933 - Musican - Willie Nelson apparel and gear
Gary Collins 1938 - Talk show host
Burt Young 1940 - Actor
Johnny Farina 1941 - Musician (Santo & Johnny)
Bobby Vee (Velline) 1943 - Singer
Jill Clayburgh 1944 - Actress
Richard Schoff (The Sandpipers) 1944
Don Schollander 1946
Perry King 1948
Wayne Kramer 1948 - Musician (MC5)
Merril Osmond 1953 - Singer (The Osmonds)
Jane Campion 1954 - Director
Paul Gross 1959
Isiah Thomas 1961 - Basketball player
Robert Reynolds (The Mavericks) 1962
Ian Ziering 1964
Barrington Levy 1964 - Dancer
Adrian Pasdar 1965 - Actor ("Heroes")
Turbo B 1967 - Rapper (Snap)
Clark Vogeler 1969 - Musician (Toadies)
Chris "Choc" Dalyrimple 1971 - Musician (Soul for Real)
J.R. Richards 1972 - Musician (Dishwalla)
Jeff Timmons 1973 - Musician (98 Degrees)
Akron 1973 - Singer
Johnny Galecki 1975 - Actor ("The Big Bang Theory")
Kirsten Dunst 1982 - Actress ("Spider-Man")
Dianna Agron 1986 - Actress ("Glee")
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