April 30 is the 120st day of the year (121nd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 1006 – The brightest Supernova ever recorded SN 1006, observed in the constellation of the Wolf.
- 1563 - King VI. By order of Charles, all Jews were expelled from France.
- 1789 - George Washington becomes the first President of the United States.
- 1803 - The United States bought the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million. Thus, the territory of the young country has doubled. This exchange is called the "Louisiana purchase" in history.
- 1919 – Mustafa Kemal Pasha was appointed to the Ninth Army Inspectorate.
- 1920 – The Grand National Assembly convened in Ankara regarding the Peace Conference to be convened in Paris, with a letter sent to the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of the party countries, and declared that a separate government was established from Istanbul.
- 1939 – The New York World Exhibition was opened, in which Turkey also participated.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun, whom he had married the day before, committed suicide.
- 1955 - North Vietnam adopts the flag of Vietnam, which is used today, as its official flag for the first time.
- 1959 – Events broke out during İsmet İnönü's trip to Uşak. The police used tear gas to disperse the people.
- 1960 – One day, a curfew was declared in Istanbul.
- 1960 – Because of Ali Ulvi Ersoy's caricature, Cumhuriyet The newspaper was closed for 10 days.
- 1961 – Two trains collided in Istanbul Kartal: 16 people were killed and 78 injured.
- 1964 – The Presidency of Religious Affairs announced the implementation of birth control to the public with a fatwa.
- 1967 – CHP Fourth Extraordinary Congress concluded. 33 Deputies and 15 Senators, led by Kayseri Deputy Turhan Feyzioğlu, who opposed the left-of-center policy adopted at the Congress, resigned from the party.
- 1975 – North Vietnamese troops enter the Independence Palace in Saigon, ending the Vietnam War.
- 1975 – The Workers' Party of Turkey, which was dissolved in 1971 by the Constitutional Court, was re-established.
- 1981 – President General Kenan Evren spoke in Erzincan: “Imagine a person who will take up a gun; He will slaughter and kill eight people, ten people, twenty people like animals. After that, I will not execute him!”
- 1982 – The 12th execution of the 16 September Coup: The right-wing militant Cengiz Baktemur, who killed Hasan Doğan, the head of the Malatya Doğanşehir Republican People's Party Youth Branch on February 20, 1980, was executed.
- 1986 – After the nuclear accident that occurred as a result of the Chernobyl reactor accident, it was learned by the whole world that a large amount of fission products were released into the atmosphere.
- 1993 – The internet, which is used today with the prefix WWW, was made accessible to the public by the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN).
- 1998 – The USA counted the PKK as one of the most dangerous terrorist organizations.
- 1998 – The NATO Council issues the Kosovo Declaration. Rejecting violence, the alliance warned Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic.
- 1998 – PKK opened the Balkans Bureau in Athens, the capital of Greece, with the participation of some Greek parliamentarians.
- 1999 – Ankara State Security Court No. 2 decided that the trial of Abdullah Öcalan would continue uninterrupted on Imrali Island as of Monday, May 31.
- 2003 – Metrocity shopping center opened in Istanbul.
- 2013 – Tahir Canan, Turkey's longest-serving prisoner (32,5 years), was released.
- 2022 – Trabzonspor won its 7th Super League Championship.
Births
- 1310 – III. Casimir, ruler of Poland from 1333 to 1370 (d. 1370), predecessor of present-day Poland
- 1662 – II. Mary, his wife, from 1689 until his death in 1694. & II. Co-reigning Queen of England, Scotland and Ireland (d. 1694)
- 1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and natural philosopher (d. 1806)
- 1770 – David Thompson, British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and mapmaker (d. 1857)
- 1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and scientist (d. 1855)
- 1803 – Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and statesman (d. 1879)
- 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1939)
- 1870 – Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (d. 1948)
- 1883 – Jaroslav Hašek, Czech novelist (d. 1923)
- 1896 – Giuseppe Vaccaro, Italian architect (d. 1970)
- 1902 – Theodore Schultz, American economist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)
- 1916 – Bob Pirie, Canadian swimmer (d. 1984)
- 1916 – Claude Elwood Shannon, American mathematician and electrical engineer (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Cloris Leachman, American actress, comedian, and Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress (d. 2021)
- 1933 - Willie Nelson, American country-folk artist
- 1938 – Larry Niven, American science fiction writer
- 1938 – Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director (d. 2023)
- 1946 – XVI. Carl Gustaf, King of Sweden
- 1948 – Jocelyne Saab, Lebanese journalist and film director (d. 2019)
- 1949 – António Guterres, Portuguese politician and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations
- 1949 – Selim İleri, Turkish writer, screenwriter and critic
- 1952 – Jacques Audiard, French film director and screenwriter
- 1954 – Jane Campion, New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and Oscar winner
- 1954 – Kim Darroch, British ambassador
- 1955 – Nicolas Hulot, French politician, writer, photographer and journalist
- 1956 – Lars von Trier, Danish film director and screenwriter
- 1958 – Charles Berling, French actor
- 1959 – Stephen Harper, Canadian politician and 22nd Prime Minister of Canada
- 1961 – Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic former international football player
- 1961 – Thomas Schaaf, German football player and manager
- 1961 – Isiah Thomas, American basketball player
- 1965 – Adrian Pasdar, American actor and film director
- 1969 – Paulo Jr., Brazilian musician
- 1970 – Halit Ergenç, Turkish cinema and theater actor
- 1973 – Leigh Francis, comedian, actress, and voice actor
- 1975 – Johnny Galecki, American actor
- 1976 - Victor J. Glover, American astronaut
- 1976 – Namık from Ankara, Turkish musician, songwriter, composer and actor (d. 2015)
- 1976 – Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Ayça İnci, Turkish theater, cinema and TV series actress
- 1978 – Simone Barone, Italian football player
- 1979 – Gerardo Torrado, Mexican former football player
- 1980 – Luis Scola, Argentine professional basketball player
- 1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch football player
- 1981 – Rasim Ozan Kütahyalı, Turkish columnist and television commentator
- 1981 – John O'Shea, Irish former football player
- 1982 – Kirsten Dunst, American actress
- 1982 – Lloyd Banks, American rapper and member of G-Unit
- 1982 – Drew Seeley, Canadian-American actor, singer, songwriter, and dancer
- 1983 – Tatjana Hüfner, German sledge
- 1985 – Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model
- 1986 – Dianna Agron, American actress and singer
- 1989 – Tunay Acar, Turkish-German football player
- 1990 – Michael Schulte, German singer
- 1991 – Christos Milordos, Greek Cypriot singer
- 1991 – Travis Scott (Jacques Webster), American rapper and producer
- 1992 – Finn Lemke, German handball player
- 1992 – Marc-André ter Stegen, German goalkeeper
- 1992 – Paweł Wszołek, Polish football player
- 1993 – Amine Gülşe, Turkish actress and model
- 1994 – Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress
- 1996 – Augusto Batalla, Argentine football player
- 1997 – Ali Rıza Serlek, Norwegian wrestler
- 1998 – Olivia DeJonge, Australian actress
- 2002 – Teden Mengi, English football player
Deaths
- 65 – Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus), Roman poet (b. 39)
- 1030 – Mahmud of Ghazni, founder of the Ghazni State (b. 971)
- 1063 – Renzong, fourth emperor of China's Song Dynasty (b. 1010)
- 1305 – Roger de Flor, who was active in the Mediterranean coasts and Anatolian lands, especially in Sicily and the Byzantine Empire. condotiere (b. 1267)
- 1632 – III. Zygmunt Waza, king of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland (b. 1566)
- 1642 – Dmitri Pojarski, Russian prince known for his military leadership during the Polish-Russian War from 1611 to 1612 (b. 1577)
- 1751 – Petro Lassi, general who commanded the Russian armies in the Ottoman-Russian War of 1735-1739 (b. 1678)
- 1792 – John Montagu, English politician and diplomat (inventor of the sandwich) (b. 1718)
- 1821 – Benderli Ali Pasha, Ottoman grand vizier and statesman (b. ?)
- 1847 – Karl (Duke of Teschen), archduke of Austria, military reformer and theorist (b. 1771)
- 1865 – Robert FitzRoy, English meteorologist and sailor (b. 1805)
- 1883 – Édouard Manet, French painter, co-founder of impressionism (b. 1832)
- 1885 – Jens Peter Jacobsen, Danish poet, author, and scientist (b. 1847)
- 1889 – Carl Rosa, German-born English opera composer and manager (b. 1842)
- 1921 – Kamures Hanım, first wife of Mehmed V (b. 1855)
- 1945 – Adolf Hitler, Austrian-born German politician and writer (dictator of Nazi Germany) (b. 1889)
- 1945 – Eva Braun, long-term partner and briefly wedded wife of Adolf Hitler (b. 1912)
- 1956 – Alben W. Barkley, American politician and 35th vice president of the United States (b. 1877)
- 1970 – Inger Stevens, Swedish-born American actress (b. 1934)
- 1974 – Agnes Moorehead, American actress (b. 1900)
- 1982 – Lester Bangs, American music critic, author, and musician (b. 1948)
- 1983 – George Balanchine, Georgian-American choreographer (b. 1904)
- 1983 – Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1913)
- 1989 – Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker and director (b. 1929)
- 1994 – Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian F1 racer (b. 1960)
- 1998 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, writer and diplomat (b. 1923)
- 2000 – Poul Hartling, Danish diplomat and politician (b. 1914)
- 2007 – Gordon Scott, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2010 – Gerry Ryan, Irish author, television presenter and newscaster (b. 1956)
- 2011 – Ernesto Sabato, Argentine writer (b. 1911)
- 2012 – Benzion Netanyahu, Polish-born Israeli historian and Zionist activist (b. 1910)
- 2015 – Ben E. King, American soul singer (b. 1938)
- 2015 – Henriette Ragon, better known as Patachou, French singer and actress (b. 1918)
- 2015 – Nigel Terry, English actor and dubbing artist (b. 1945)
- 2016 – Daniel Aaron, American author and academic (b. 1912)
- 2016 – Uwe Friedrichsen, German film and TV actor (b. 1934)
- 2016 – Harry Kroto, British chemist who shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley (b. 1939)
- 2017 – Belchior, Brazilian singer and composer (b. 1946)
- 2017 – Lorna Gray, American actress (b. 1917)
- 2017 – Ueli Steck, Swiss mountaineer and climbing athlete (b. 1976)
- 2018 – Joel Kovel, American author and psychiatrist (b. 1936)
- 2019 – Anémone, French actress (b. 1950)
- 2019 – Beth Carvalho, Brazilian female singer, composer, dance musician, and politician (b. 1946)
- 2019 – Luciano Comaschi, Italian manager and former football player (b. 1931)
- 2019 – Peter Mayhew, English actor (b. 1944)
- 2020 – Suleiman Adamu, Nigerian politician (b. 1963)
- 2020 – Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer, composer and lyricist (b. 1940)
- 2020 – Óscar Chávez, Mexican singer, songwriter, composer and actor (b. 1935)
- 2020 – Jordan Cox, English rugby union player (b. 1992)
- 2020 – Kundanika Kapadia, Indian novelist, short story writer and essayist (b. 1927)
- 2020 – Rishi Kapoor, Indian Actor (b. 1952)
- 2020 – Sam Lloyd, American actor, a capella singer, and musician (b. 1963)
- 2020 – Jean-Marc Manducher, French businessman and sports executive (b. 1948)
- 2020 – Sylvie Vincent, Canadian anthropologist and ethnologist (b. 1941)
- 2020 – Yu Lihua, Taiwanese-American writer and teacher (b. 1931)
- 2021 – Claudia Barrett, American actress (b. 1929)
- 2021 – Aleksey Bespalikov, Soviet-Russian politician (b. 1948)
- 2021 – Eli Broad, American billionaire businessman and philanthropist (b. 1933)
- 2021 – Kęstutis Glaveckas, Lithuanian politician (b. 1949)
- 2022 – Neil Campbell, English professional football player (b. 1977)
- 2022 – Naomi Judd, American country singer, musician, actress, songwriter, and activist (b. 1946)
- 2022 – Mino Raiola, Football manager (b. 1967)
Holidays and special occasions
- International Jazz Day
- World Veterinarians Day (2016)
- Withdrawal of Russian and Armenian troops from Muş (1918)
- Orthotic Prosthesis Day