Merriam-Webster dictionary defines history as a branch of knowledge that records and explains past events. It’s a chronological record of significant events often including an explanation of their causes. The earliest known use of the word history was in the 14th century.
This website utilizes entries from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are currently 105,060 records in our database. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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About April 30
April 30, 2025 is the 120th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 245 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 293 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 30
- 313 –Battle of Tzirallum: Emperor Licinius defeats Maximinus II and unifies the Eastern Roman Empire.
- 1315 –Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged on the public gallows at Montfaucon.
- 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.
- 1812 –The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.
- 1900 –Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.
- 1900 –Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
- 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.
- 1993 –CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.
- 1993 –Monica Seles is stabbed by Günter Parche, an obsessed fan, during a quarterfinal match of the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany
- 1999 –Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the number of members to 10.
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