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April 30, 1997 "London Assurance," opens at Criterion Theater New York City for 72 performances April 30, 1997 42 million watch "Ellen" admit she is gay April 30, 1997 Atlanta Braves win record 19 games in April April 30, 1997 Big Ben stops at 12:11 PM for 54 minutes April 30, 1997 President Clinton's daughter Chelsea chooses to attend Stanford College April 30, 1997 Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt April 30, 1997 Tino Martinez hits record 34 RBIs in April05270801 April 30, 1996 "Buried Child," opens at Atkinson Theater New York City for 77 performances April 30, 1996 Dutch/Itallian Beppo-SAX launches from Cape Canaveral April 30, 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Grand Rapids MI on WKLQ 94.5 FM April 30, 1995 "Blood Brothers" closes at Music Box Theater New York City after 839 performances April 30, 1995 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" closes at Lyceum Theater New York City after 24 performances April 30, 1995 "Rose Tattoo" opens at Circle in the Square Theater New York City for 80 performances April 30, 1995 After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close April 30, 1995 Val Skinner wins LPGA Sprint Golf Championship April 30, 1994 Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36) April 30, 1992 208th and final episode of Cosby Show on NBC-TV April 30, 1991 In Bangladesh a cyclone killed over 131,000 and left 9 million homeless April 30, 1990 As Met pitcher David Cone argues a call at 1st base, 2 Braves score April 30, 1990 Seattle's Brian Holman's perfect game broken up with 2 outs in 9th April 30, 1990 U.S. 66th manned space mission STS 31 (Discovery 10) returns from space April 30, 1990 U.S. hostage Frank Reed freed after 4 years in hands of pro-Iranians April 30, 1989 Critics Siskel and Ebert film their 500th TV movie-review show April 30, 1989 Kathy Postlewait wins LPGA Sara Lee Golf Classic April 30, 1989 Pope John Paul II beatifies Victoire Rasoamanarivo of Madagascar April 30, 1989 U.S. beats Costa Rica 1-0, in 3rd round of 1990 world soccer cup April 30, 1988 Baltimore Orioles win record 14th straight from beginning of season April 30, 1988 New Jersey Devils beat Caps 3-2 taking 7th game of Patrick Division final April 30, 1988 New York Knights 1st arena football game beats Cobras 60-52 (10,157 in Los Angeles) April 30, 1988 New York Yank Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April - Sets AL and ties ML Record April 30, 1988 World Exposition, Expo 88 opens in Brisbane, Australia April 30, 1987 Lou Lamoriello is named New Jersey Devils President April 30, 1987 New York Islander Mike Bossy plays his final game April 30, 1986 Ashrita Furman peformed 8,341 somersaults over 12 miles April 30, 1986 Mariners strike out 16 times, set record of 36 in 2 consecutive games April 30, 1985 Dale Murphy drives in record tying 28th and 29th runs of April April 30, 1985 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island April 30, 1985 Last edition of Brink Daily Mail/Sunday Express in South Africa April 30, 1984 1700 skiers participate in an alpine event at Are Sweden April 30, 1984 Strong winds cause a 30 min delay in Toronto Blue Jays game April 30, 1983 Bruins 3-Isles 7-Wales Conf Championship-Isles hold 2-1 lead April 30, 1982 Alvaro Magana chosen to succeed Jose N Duarte as President of El Salvador April 30, 1982 Atlanta Braves win record 12th straight from beginning of season April 30, 1982 Iranian offensive in Khusistan April 30, 1981 "Can-Can" opens at Minskoff Theater New York City for 5 performances April 30, 1981 16th Academy of Country Music Awards: Barbara Mandrell and George Jones April 30, 1980 "Barnum" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 854 performances April 30, 1980 Ronald Harwood's "Dresser," premieres in London April 30, 1980 Terrorists seize Iranian Embassy in London April 30, 1980 Beatrix, Wilhelmina Armgard, crowned queen of Netherlands April 30, 1980 Juliana, Queen of the Netherlands, abdicates April 30, 1979 Mary Therese Friel, New York, crowned 28th Miss USA April 30, 1978 "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace New York City after 101 performances April 30, 1978 Janet Coles wins LPGA Natural Light Lady Tara Golf Classic April 30, 1977 "Party with Comden and Green" closes at Morosco New York City after 92 performances April 30, 1977 Billy Graham beats Bruno Sammartino in Baltimore, to become WWF champ April 30, 1977 Ron Cey sets record of 29 RBIs in April April 30, 1976 Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young in 15 for heavyweight boxing title April 30, 1976 Royal Canadian Mint opens a branch in Winnipeg Manitoba April 30, 1976 Wings release "Silly Love Songs" April 30, 1975 Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders April 30, 1974 President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings April 30, 1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al April 30, 1973 Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love" April 30, 1973 Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments April 30, 1972 "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio April 30, 1972 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Alamo Ladies Golf Open April 30, 1971 25th NBA Championship: Milwaukee beat Balt Bullets in 4 games April 30, 1970 Cubs Billy Williams is 1st NLer to play in 1,000 consecutive games April 30, 1969 Cincinnati Red Jim Maloney 3rd no-hitter beats Houston Astros, 10-0 April 30, 1969 WEDB TV channel 40 in Berlin, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting April 30, 1968 3 Oriole pitchers walk 14 New York Yankees in a 9 inning game April 30, 1967 Highest tower to the world finished, 537m (U.S.S.R.) April 30, 1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational April 30, 1967 New York Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins hist 1st game April 30, 1967 Orioles' Stu Miller and Steve Barber lose 2-1 despite no-hitting Tigers April 30, 1962 NASA civilian pilot Joseph A Walker takes X-15 to 75,190 m April 30, 1962 Willie Mays hits 4 HRs April 30, 1961 1st shuttle flights between Washington D.C., Boston and New York City begin (Eastern) April 30, 1961 Lee Harvey Oswald marries Marina Prusakova in Minsk U.S.S.R. April 30, 1961 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship April 30, 1961 Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize April 30, 1961 San Francisco Giant Willie Mays hits 4 home runs in a game April 30, 1958 Ted Williams is 10th major league player to get 1,000 extra-base hits April 30, 1955 Element 101, Mendelevium, announced April 30, 1955 Imperial Bank of India nationalized April 30, 1955 Perez Prado's "Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White" goes #1 for 10 weeks April 30, 1955 West German unions protest for 40-hour work week and more wages April 30, 1954 Darius Milhauds 4th Concert for piano/orch premieres in Haifa April 30, 1953 Little-Bigger League changes its name to Babe Ruth League April 30, 1952 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Stockton Golf Open April 30, 1952 Mr. Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television April 30, 1950 Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane April 30, 1948 "Inside USA" opens at Century Theater New York City for 339 performances April 30, 1948 Org of American States charter signed at Bogota, Colombia April 30, 1948 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Enwetak April 30, 1947 Boulder Dam renamed in honor of Herbert Hoover April 30, 1946 Cleveland Indian Bob Feller's 2nd no-hitter beats New York Yankees, 1-0 April 30, 1945 "Arthur Godfrey Time" begins a 27 year run on CBS radio April 30, 1945 Concentration camp Munchen-Allag freed April 30, 1945 Lord Haw-Haw calls for crusade against the bolsheviks April 30, 1945 Red Army occupies Demmin April 30, 1945 Red Army opens attack on German Reichstag building in Berlin April 30, 1945 Russian Army frees Ravensbruck concentration camp April 30, 1945 U.S. troops attack the Elbe April 30, 1944 New York Giant Phil Weintraub gets 11 RBIs April 30, 1944 New York Giant, Mel Ott scores 6 runs in 1 game drawing 5 walks for 4th time April 30, 1943 Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp for Jews forms April 30, 1943 Dutch strike against forced labor in Nazi Germany's war industry April 30, 1943 Noel Coward's "This Happy Breed," premieres in London April 30, 1942 1st submarine built on Great Lakes launched, (Peto), Manitowoc, Wi April 30, 1941 Spread of Judaism begins in Croatia April 30, 1940 Brooklyn Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0 April 30, 1939 NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of New York World's Fair April 30, 1939 Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms April 30, 1938 Bradman scores 258 Aust vs. Worcs, 293 mins, 33 fours 1 five April 30, 1937 General Douglas MacArthur marries Jean Faircloth April 30, 1935 World Congress for Women's Rights concludes in Istanbul April 30, 1934 Austrian gets "Austrian facist" constitution April 30, 1929 Earnest Streeruwitz becomes chancellor of Austria April 30, 1928 Cherkess Autonomous Region forms in RSFSR (until 1957) April 30, 1927 Princess Juliana gets seat in Dutch Council of State April 30, 1922 Chicago White Sox Charles Robertson perfect games Detroit Tigers, 2-0 April 30, 1921 American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron April 30, 1921 Pope Benedict XV encyclical "On Dante" April 30, 1919 Phillies beat Brooklyn Dodgers 9-0 in 20 innings April 30, 1918 Orange Nassau soccer team forms in Groningen April 30, 1916 Chicago Cubs play 1st game at Weeghman Park (Wrigley Field) beat Reds April 30, 1911 Portugal approves woman suffrage April 30, 1910 Cleveland Indian Addie Joss wins 2nd no-hitter beating White Sox April 30, 1905 1st official soccer game between Belgium-Netherlands (1-4) April 30, 1904 Ice cream cone makes its debut April 30, 1903 New York Highlanders (Yankees) 1st home game, (Hilltop Park-168th St. and Broadway, Manhattan), they beat Washington Senators, 6-2 April 30, 1902 Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melissande," premieres in Paris April 30, 1900 165 lb Robert Fitzsimmons KOs 305 lb Ed Dunkhost in a boxing match April 30, 1900 U.S. annexes Hawaii April 30, 1898 Championship wrestling match at Met turns into a brawl April 30, 1889 1st U.S. national holiday, on centennial of Washington's inauguration April 30, 1889 George Washington Bridge linking New York City and New Jersey opens April 30, 1888 Hail stones kills about 250 in Moradabad district of Delhi April 30, 1887 1st game played at Broad and Huntingdon St. Park (Baker Bowl) in Philadelphia; Phillies beat Giants 19-10 April 30, 1885 Boston Pops Orchestra forms April 30, 1871 Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die April 30, 1869 Hawaiian YMCA organized April 30, 1865 Gen Shermans "Haines's Bluff" at Snyder's Mill, Virginia April 30, 1864 Battle of Jenkin's Ferry, Arkansas; Gen W R Scurry is killed April 30, 1864 New York becomes 1st state to charge a hunting license fee April 30, 1862 Swift Run Gap, West Virginia skirmishes April 30, 1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory April 30, 1860 Navaho indians attack Fort Defiance (Canby) April 30, 1859 Paul Morphy returns from 10-month chess tour of Europe, retires April 30, 1857 San Jose State University forms April 30, 1852 Anton Rubinsteins opera "Dmitri Donskoi," premieres in St. Petersburg April 30, 1838 Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation April 30, 1812 Eastern Louisiana admitted as 18th U.S. state April 30, 1808 1st practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri April 30, 1804 Hague's Theater opens April 30, 1803 U.S. doubles in size through Louisiana Purchase April 30, 1798 Department of Navy forms April 30, 1790 Colonial troops occupy Bonni's marroon village April 30, 1789 George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of US April 30, 1774 Pope Clement XIV proclaims a universal jubilee April 30, 1772 John Clais patents 1st scale April 30, 1763 London Journalist John Wilkes confined in the Tower April 30, 1748 Ceasefire at Aken ends April 30, 1748 French troops occupy Maastricht April 30, 1725 Emperor Charles VI and King Philip IV of Spain sign Treaty of Vienna April 30, 1722 Game of Billiards is mentioned in New England Courant April 30, 1695 William Congreve's "Love for Love," premieres in London April 30, 1661 Tsjeng Tsj'eng-Kung begins siege of Dutch fort Zeelandia, Formosa April 30, 1650 French rebel Henri de la Tour Turenne signs treaty with Spain April 30, 1616 English King Jacob I leaves Brielle/Vlissingen April 30, 1598 1st theater performance in America (Spanish comedy-Rio Grande) April 30, 1563 Jews are expelled from France by order of Charles VI April 30, 1562 1st French colonists in US: Jean Ribaut and Hugenots at Parris Is NC April 30, 1527 England and France sign treaty of Westminster April 30, 1506 Philip of Bourgondy and England sign trade agreement April 30, 1492 Columbus is given royal commission to equip his fleet April 30, 1492 Spain announces it will expels all Jews April 30, 1396 Crusaders and earl of Nevers depart from Dijon April 30, 1349 Jewish community at Radolszell Germany, exterminated April 30, 1064 German King Henry IV gives away Utrecht county of West Friesland April 30, 311 Emperor Galerius legal recognizes Christians in the Roman Empire |