I'm at a loss for new information today so I'll just post some interesting tidbits about this date...
April 30 is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
711 - Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
1006 - Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
1483 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503.
1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1671 - Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
1789 - On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
1794 - The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union.
1803 - Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling – overnight – the size of the young nation.
1812 - The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
1838 - Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation
1856 - Battle of Rivas, Nicaragua, against North American mercenaries.
1863 - Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1871 - Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
1894 - Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
1900 - Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1900 - Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
1904 - The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
1920 - Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1925 - Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for USD $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
1927 - The Federal Industrial Institute for Women, opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
1938 - The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit.
1938 - The first televised FA Cup Final took place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End
1939 - The 1939 New York World's Fair opens.
1939 - RCA owned NBC begins regularly scheduled television service from its New York station with the opening ceremonies of the 1939 New York World's Fair broadcast.
1939 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to appear on television during the World Fair's opening ceremonies broadcast.
1943 - World War II: Operation Mincemeat – The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.
1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the red flag over the Reichstag building.
1947 - In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is officially renamed Hoover Dam again.
1948 - In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1973 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and others have resigned.
1975 - Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
1980 - Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
1991 - A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh killing an estimated 138,000 people.
1993 - The World Wide Web was born at CERN.
1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland.
1999 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
2001 - The Mitchell Report on the Arab-Israeli conflict is published.
2002 - A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years.
[edit] Births
1245 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
1553 - Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
1623 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (d. 1719)
1662 - Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
1710 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
1721 - Roger Sherman, American statesman (d. 1793)
1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
1770 - David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
1803 - Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
1812 - Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
1829 - Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
1857 - Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
1864 - Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
1865 - Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
1869 - Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
1870 - Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
1874 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
1876 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
1877 - Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
1883 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
1893 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
1895 - Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
1896 - Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
1897 - Humberto Mauro, Brazillina director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1901 - Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1902 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1908 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
1909 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1909 - F. E. McWilliam,Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
1916 - Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
1916 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
1920 - Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
1923 - Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
1923 - Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
1925 - Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
1925 - Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
1926 - Cloris Leachman, American actress
1928 - Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
1933 - Dickie Davies, British television presenter
1933 - Willie Nelson, American musician
1934 - Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d.1995)
1938 - Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
1938 - Larry Niven, American author
1940 - Burt Young, American actor
1941 - Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
1943 - Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
1943 - Bobby Vee, American singer
1944 - Jill Clayburgh, American actress
1945 - Annie Dillard, American writer
1945 - Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1946 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1946 - Don Schollander, American swimmer
1946 - Bill Plympton, American animator
1947 - Leslie Grantham, English actor
1947 - Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
1947 - Mats Odell, Swedish politician
1947 - Tom Køhlert, Brondby IF coach
1948 - Perry King, American actor
1949 - Phil Garner, baseball manager
1949 - António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
1952 - Jacques Audiard, French film director
1954 - Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
1955 - Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
1956 - Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
1956 - Lars von Trier, Danish film director
1958 - Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
1959 - Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
1959 - Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
1959 - W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
1960 - Kerry Healey, American politician
1961 - Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
1963 - Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
1964 - Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
1964 - Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
1965 - Adrian Pasdar, American actor
1966 - Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
1969 - Warren Defever, American musician, composer
1971 - John Boyne, Irish novelist
1971 - Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
1973 - Akon, American R&B Singer
1974 - Mikey Chan, Australian musician
1975 - Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
1975 - Mike Chat, American actor
1976 - Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
1977 - Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
1979 - Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
1981 - John O'Shea, Irish footballer
1981 - Emma Pierson, British actress
1982 - Lloyd Banks, American rapper
1982 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress
1982 - Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
1982 - Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
1983 - Troy Williamson, American football player
1984 - Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
1985 - Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
1987 - Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
1987 - Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricketer
1996 - Jaidyn Leskie, Missing/murdered Australian toddler
[edit] Deaths
65 - Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
1131 - Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
1341 - John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
1439 - Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
1524 - Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
1544 - Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
1555 - Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
1632 - King Sigismund I of Sweden (b. 1561)
1632 - Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
1642 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
1660 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
1655 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1696 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
1712 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633)
1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
1758 - François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1792 - John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
1795 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
1841 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
1847 - Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
1865 - Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
1875 - Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
1883 - Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
1900 - Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
1903 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831)
1936 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
1943 - Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
1943 - Beatrice Webb, British economist (b. 1858)
1945 - Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's new wife (suicide) (b. 1912)
1945 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (suicide) (b. 1889)
1956 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
1970 - Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
1973 - Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
1974 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
1982 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
1983 - George Balanchine, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
1983 - Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1915)
1985 - George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor (b. 1918)
1989 - Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
1989 - Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
1993 - Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
1994 - Richard Scarry, American author (b. 1919)
1995 - Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
1996 - David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
1998 - Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
2002 - Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
2003 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2003 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2003 - Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)
2006 - Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject (b. n/a)
2007 - Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
2007 - Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2007 - Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
2007 - Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
[edit] Holidays and observances
Walpurgis Night - Celebrated in Germany, central, and western Europe
Scandinavia - The arrival of spring.
Sweden - Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustav, an official flag day.
The Netherlands - Queen's Day, the largest one-day holiday in the Netherlands.
Roman Empire - third day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
Bealtaine Eve (From either Irish Bealtaine or Scottish Gaelic). Originally a Celtic Druid holiday.
Vietnam - Liberation Day.
Mexico - Children's Day.
Czech Republic and Slovakia - Carodejnice - witches' night
in the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Adjutor
Saint Eutropius
Saint Maximus, 3rd century martyr
Saint Quirinus of Neuss
Saint Suitbert the Younger (d. 807)
Saint Pope Pius V
313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
711 - Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
1006 - Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
1483 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503.
1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1671 - Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
1789 - On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.
1794 - The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union.
1803 - Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling – overnight – the size of the young nation.
1812 - The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
1838 - Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation
1856 - Battle of Rivas, Nicaragua, against North American mercenaries.
1863 - Mexican forces attacked the French Foreign Legion in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.
1871 - Camp Grant Massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.
1894 - Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.
1900 - Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
1900 - Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
1904 - The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri.
1920 - Peru becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.
1925 - Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for USD $146 million plus $50 million for charity.
1927 - The Federal Industrial Institute for Women, opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.
1938 - The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit.
1938 - The first televised FA Cup Final took place between Huddersfield Town and Preston North End
1939 - The 1939 New York World's Fair opens.
1939 - RCA owned NBC begins regularly scheduled television service from its New York station with the opening ceremonies of the 1939 New York World's Fair broadcast.
1939 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to appear on television during the World Fair's opening ceremonies broadcast.
1943 - World War II: Operation Mincemeat – The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.
1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the red flag over the Reichstag building.
1947 - In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is officially renamed Hoover Dam again.
1948 - In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.
1973 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces that top White House aids H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, and others have resigned.
1975 - Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh.
1980 - Accession of Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.
1991 - A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh killing an estimated 138,000 people.
1993 - The World Wide Web was born at CERN.
1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland.
1999 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10.
2001 - The Mitchell Report on the Arab-Israeli conflict is published.
2002 - A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the Presidency of Pervez Musharraf for another five years.
[edit] Births
1245 - King Philip III of France (d. 1285)
1553 - Louise de Lorraine-Vaudémont, queen of France (d. 1601)
1623 - François de Laval, first bishop of New France (d. 1708)
1651 - Jean-Baptiste de la Salle, French educational reformer, Catholic saint (d. 1719)
1662 - Queen Mary II of England (d. 1694)
1664 - François Louis, Prince of Conti, French general (d. 1709)
1710 - Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (d. 1795)
1721 - Roger Sherman, American statesman (d. 1793)
1723 - Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French naturalist (d. 1806)
1770 - David Thompson, Canadian explorer (d. 1857)
1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician (d. 1855)
1803 - Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (d. 1879)
1812 - Kaspar Hauser, German mystery boy (d. 1833)
1829 - Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist (d. 1884)
1857 - Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1940)
1864 - Juhan Liiv, Estonian poet (d. 1913)
1865 - Max Nettlau, German anarchist (d. 1944)
1869 - Hans Poelzig, German architect (d. 1936)
1870 - Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (d. 1948)
1874 - Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish clergyman (d. 1949)
1876 - Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist (d. 1937)
1877 - Alice B. Toklas, American companion of Gertrude Stein (d. 1967)
1883 - Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
1893 - Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)
1895 - Philippe Panneton, French Canadian physician, diplomat and writer (d. 1960)
1896 - Hans List, Austrian inventor (d. 1996)
1897 - Humberto Mauro, Brazillina director and screenwriter (d. 1983)
1901 - Simon Kuznets, Ukrainian-born economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1985)
1902 - Theodore Schultz, American economist, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
1908 - Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic foreign and later prime minister (d. 1970)
1909 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1909 - F. E. McWilliam,Irish sculptor (d. 1992)
1916 - Claude Shannon, American engineer and mathematician (d. 2001)
1916 - Robert Shaw, American conductor (d. 1999)
1920 - Duncan Hamilton, British racing driver (d. 1994)
1923 - Percy Heath, American jazz musician (Modern Jazz Quartet) (d. 2005)
1923 - Al Lewis, American actor (d. 2006)
1925 - Corinne Calvet, French actress (d. 2001)
1925 - Johnny Horton, American musician (d. 1960)
1926 - Cloris Leachman, American actress
1928 - Hugh Hood, Canadian author (d. 2000)
1933 - Dickie Davies, British television presenter
1933 - Willie Nelson, American musician
1934 - Jerry Lordan, English composer and singer (d.1995)
1938 - Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak film director
1938 - Larry Niven, American author
1940 - Burt Young, American actor
1941 - Johnny Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny)
1943 - Frederick Chiluba, former Zambian president (1991-2001)
1943 - Bobby Vee, American singer
1944 - Jill Clayburgh, American actress
1945 - Annie Dillard, American writer
1945 - Michael Smith, American astronaut (d. 1986)
1946 - King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden
1946 - Don Schollander, American swimmer
1946 - Bill Plympton, American animator
1947 - Leslie Grantham, English actor
1947 - Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer
1947 - Mats Odell, Swedish politician
1947 - Tom Køhlert, Brondby IF coach
1948 - Perry King, American actor
1949 - Phil Garner, baseball manager
1949 - António Guterres, Prime Minister of Portugal
1952 - Jacques Audiard, French film director
1954 - Jane Campion, New Zealand film director
1955 - Nicolas Hulot, French journalist
1956 - Jorge Chaminé, Portuguese baritone
1956 - Lars von Trier, Danish film director
1958 - Charles Berling, French actor, director and screenwriter
1959 - Paul Gross, Canadian actor, director, and writer
1959 - Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada
1959 - W. Thomas Smith, Jr, American author and columnist
1960 - Kerry Healey, American politician
1961 - Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
1963 - Michael Waltrip, American race car driver
1964 - Ian Healy, Australian cricketer
1964 - Barrington Levy, Jamaican musician
1965 - Adrian Pasdar, American actor
1966 - Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player
1969 - Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician (Sepultura)
1969 - Warren Defever, American musician, composer
1971 - John Boyne, Irish novelist
1971 - Darren Emerson, English DJ (Underworld)
1973 - Akon, American R&B Singer
1974 - Mikey Chan, Australian musician
1975 - Elliott Sadler, American race car driver
1975 - Mike Chat, American actor
1976 - Amanda Palmer, American musician (The Dresden Dolls)
1977 - Jeannie Haddaway, American politician
1979 - Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer
1981 - John O'Shea, Irish footballer
1981 - Emma Pierson, British actress
1982 - Lloyd Banks, American rapper
1982 - Kirsten Dunst, American actress
1982 - Cleo Higgins, British singer and actress
1982 - Andrew Seeley, Canadian actor and singer
1983 - Troy Williamson, American football player
1984 - Shawn Daivari, Persian-American professional wrestler and manager
1985 - Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American singer and call girl
1987 - Nikki Webster, Australian entertainer
1987 - Rohit Sharma, Indian Cricketer
1996 - Jaidyn Leskie, Missing/murdered Australian toddler
[edit] Deaths
65 - Lucan, Roman poet (b. 39)
1063 - Emperor Renzong of China (b. 1010)
1131 - Adjutor, Roman Catholic Saint
1341 - John III, Duke of Brittany (b. 1285)
1439 - Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English military leader (b. 1382)
1524 - Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (b. 1473)
1544 - Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, Lord Chancellor of England
1555 - Pope Marcellus II (b. 1501)
1632 - King Sigismund I of Sweden (b. 1561)
1632 - Johan Tzerclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (b. 1559)
1642 - Dmitry Pozharsky, Russian prince (b. 1578)
1660 - Petrus Scriverius, Dutch writer (b. 1576)
1655 - Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (b. 1617)
1696 - Robert Plot, British naturalist (b. 1640)
1712 - Philipp van Limborch, Dutch Protestant theologian (b. 1633)
1736 - Johann Albert Fabricius, German classical scholar and bibliographer (b. 1668)
1758 - François d'Agincourt, French composer (b. 1684)
1792 - John Montagu, supposed inventor of the sandwich (b. 1718)
1795 - Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French writer and numismatist (b. 1716)
1841 - Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish author and philologist (b. 1758)
1847 - Archduke Charles of Austria, Austrian general (b. 1771)
1865 - Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist (b. 1805)
1875 - Jean Frederic Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)
1883 - Édouard Manet, French painter (b. 1832)
1900 - Casey Jones, American train engineer (b. 1863)
1903 - Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and suffragist (b.1831)
1936 - Alfred Edward Housman, English poet (b. 1859)
1943 - Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist (b. 1860)
1943 - Beatrice Webb, British economist (b. 1858)
1945 - Eva Braun, Adolf Hitler's new wife (suicide) (b. 1912)
1945 - Adolf Hitler, Austrian dictator of Nazi Germany (suicide) (b. 1889)
1956 - Alben W. Barkley, Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)
1970 - Inger Stevens, Swedish actress (b. 1934)
1973 - Václav Renč, Czech poet, dramatist and translator (b. 1911)
1974 - Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
1980 - Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican poet, journalist, and politician (b. 1898)
1982 - Lester Bangs, American music journalist, author, and musician (b. 1949)
1983 - George Balanchine, Russian-born dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)
1983 - Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1915)
1985 - George Pravda, Czechoslovakian actor (b. 1918)
1989 - Yi, Bang-ja, Crown Princess of Korea (b. 1901)
1989 - Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929)
1993 - Tommy Caton, English footballer (b. 1962)
1994 - Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)
1994 - Richard Scarry, American author (b. 1919)
1995 - Maung Maung Kha, Prime minister of Burma (b. 1920)
1996 - David Opatoshu, American actor (b. 1918)
1998 - Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet (b. 1926)
2002 - Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, founder of the Gründerzeit Museum in Berlin-Mahlsdorf. (b. 1928)
2003 - Peter 'Possum' Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956)
2003 - Wim van Est, Dutch cyclist (b. 1923)
2003 - Mark Berger, University of Kentucky professor (b. 1955)
2005 - Ron Todd, TGWU General Secretary (1985 - 1992) (b. 1927)
2006 - Lawrence Patrick, Biomechanics Professor, crash test subject (b. n/a)
2007 - Grégory Lemarchal, French singer (b. 1983)
2007 - Kevin Mitchell, American football player (b. 1971)
2007 - Tom Poston, American actor (b. 1921)
2007 - Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
2007 - Zola Taylor, American singer (b. 1938)
[edit] Holidays and observances
Walpurgis Night - Celebrated in Germany, central, and western Europe
Scandinavia - The arrival of spring.
Sweden - Birthday of King Carl XVI Gustav, an official flag day.
The Netherlands - Queen's Day, the largest one-day holiday in the Netherlands.
Roman Empire - third day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
Bealtaine Eve (From either Irish Bealtaine or Scottish Gaelic). Originally a Celtic Druid holiday.
Vietnam - Liberation Day.
Mexico - Children's Day.
Czech Republic and Slovakia - Carodejnice - witches' night
in the Roman Catholic Church:
Saint Adjutor
Saint Eutropius
Saint Maximus, 3rd century martyr
Saint Quirinus of Neuss
Saint Suitbert the Younger (d. 807)
Saint Pope Pius V
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