30 April
Notable Births
Emily Carey
b. 2003
English actor (born 2003)
Anna Cramling
b. 2002
Swedish chess player (born 2002)
Teden Mengi
b. 2002
English footballer (born 2002)
Dean James (footballer)
b. 2000
Footballer (born 2000)
Jorden van Foreest
b. 1999
Dutch chess grandmaster (born 1999)
Krit Amnuaydechkorn
b. 1999
Thai actor and singer (born 1999)
Georgina Amorós
b. 1998
Spanish actress (born 1998)
Luke Friend
b. 1996
English singer (born 1996)
Chae Seo-jin
b. 1994
South Korean actress
Wang Yafan
b. 1994
Chinese tennis player (born 1994)
Martin Fuksa
b. 1993
Czech canoeist
Marc-André ter Stegen
b. 1992
German footballer (born 1992)
Chris Kreider
b. 1991
American ice hockey player (born 1991)
Travis Scott
b. 1991
American rapper (born 1991)
Jonny Brownlee
b. 1990
English triathlete (born 1990)
Mac DeMarco
b. 1990
Canadian musician (born 1990)
Kaarel Kiidron
b. 1990
Estonian footballer
Paula Ribó
b. 1990
Spanish singer and voice actress; frontwoman of Rigoberta Bandini
Jang Wooyoung
b. 1989
South Korean singer (born 1989)
Sander Baart
b. 1988
Dutch field hockey player (born 1988)
Notable Deaths
Paul Auster
d. 2024
American writer and film director (1947–2024)
Jock Zonfrillo
d. 2023
Scottish TV presenter and chef (1976–2023)
Naomi Judd
d. 2022
American country singer, songwriter, and actress (1946–2022)
Mino Raiola
d. 2022
Italian-Dutch football agent (1967–2022)
Anthony Payne
d. 2021
English composer, critic and musicologist (1936–2021)
Tony Allen (musician)
d. 2020
Nigerian musician (1940–2020)
Rishi Kapoor
d. 2020
Indian actor (1952–2020)
Peter Mayhew
d. 2019
British-American actor (1944–2019)
Belchior (singer)
d. 2017
Musical artist
Daniel Berrigan
d. 2016
American Catholic priest and activist (1921–2016)
Harry Kroto
d. 2016
English chemist (1939–2016)
Ben E. King
d. 2015
American singer (1938–2015)
Julian Lewis (biologist)
d. 2014
English developmental biologist
Ian Ross (newsreader)
d. 2014
Australian newsreader (1940–2014)
Tomás Borge
d. 2012
Nicaraguan revolutionary and politician
Alexander Dale Oen
d. 2012
Norwegian swimmer (1985–2012)
Giannis Gravanis
d. 2012
Greek footballer
Benzion Netanyahu
d. 2012
Israeli encyclopedist and historian (1910–2012)
Dorjee Khandu
d. 2011
5th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
Muddy Waters
d. 1983
American blues musician (1913–1983)
On This Day in History
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2021
Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.
2021 Meron crowd crush
2014
A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.
April 2014 Ürümqi attack
2013
Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.
Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands
2012
An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead.
Assam ferry sinking
2009
Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Chrysler
2009
Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.
2009 attack on the Dutch royal family
2008
Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
Yekaterinburg
2004
U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.
Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
2000
Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.
Canonization
1999
Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub, killing three people and injuring 79 others.
1999 London nail bombings
1994
Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.
Formula One
1993
CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
CERN
1989
The Monkseaton shootings occur in Tyne and Wear, England. One is killed and 16 are injured.
Monkseaton shootings
1982
The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.
Bijon Setu massacre
1980
Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.
Beatrix of the Netherlands
1980
The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.
Iranian Embassy siege
1979
Eruption of Mount Marapi: Mount Marapi, a complex volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, erupts. Between 80 and 100 people are killed.
1979 eruption of Mount Marapi
1975
Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.
Fall of Saigon
1973
Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign.
Watergate scandal
1963
The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
Bristol Bus Boycott