30 Apr 07 - Monday
1933 Willie Nelson Abbott TX, country singer (On the Road Again)
1952 Tom Pesek PC programmer (creator of HAL 9000 program)
1961 Isiah Thomas
1963 Michal Waltrip
1968 Paulo Jr Brazilian pop bassist (Sepultura, Morbid Visions)
1982 Kirsten Dunst actress (Interview with the Vampire)
0311 Emperor Galerius recognizes Christians legally in the Roman Empire
1006 Brightest supernova in recorded history is observed
1763 London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower
1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st President of US
1798 Department of the Navy is established
1803 US doubles in size through the Louisiana Purchase ($15 million)
1804 Hague's Theater opens
1812 (Eastern) Louisiana admitted as 18th US state
1828 Shaka the great Zulu king, killed
1864 New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee
1885 Boston Pops Orchestra forms
1898 Championship wrestling match at the Metropolitan turns into a brawl
1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut
1945 Adolf Hitler German dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56
1945 Eva Braun mistress/wife of Hitler, commits suicide at 33
1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television
1961 Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize
1970 US troops invade Cambodia
1974 Agnes Moorehead actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies from cancer at 67
1983 Muddy Waters US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 68
1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles
1988 Largest banana split ever, at 4.55 miles long, is made in Selinsgrove PA
1990 US hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians
1991 George Sperti Sperti inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91
1992 208th & final episode of "The Cosby Show" on NBC-TV
1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay
1997 Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
- Groucho Marx
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