Today is Wednesday, April 30, the 120th day of 2025 with 245 days to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include actor Eve Arden in 1908; Dutch Queen Juliana in 1909; actor Cloris Leachman in 1926; actor Gary Collins in 1938; actor Burt Young in 1940; musician Bobby Vee in 1943; actor Jill Clayburgh in 1944; Sweden's King Carl Gustaf XVI in 1946 (age 79); U.S. Olympic champion swimmer Don Schollander in 1946 (age 79); actor Perry King in 1948 (age 77); musician Merrill Osmond in 1953 (age 72); filmmaker Jane Campion in 1954 (age 71); Basketball Hall of Fame member Isiah Thomas in 1961 (age 64); musician J.R. Richards (Dishwalla) in 1967 (age 58); musician Clark Vogeler (Toadies) in 1969 (age 56); musician Chris Henderson (3 Doors Down) in 1971 (age 54); musician Jeff Timmons (98 Degrees) in 1973 (age 52); actor Johnny Galecki in 1975 (age 50); actor Sam Heughan in 1980 (age 45); musician Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) in 1981 (age 44); actor Kunal Nayyar in 1981 (age 44); actor Kirsten Dunst in 1982 (age 43); actor Gal Gadot in 1985 (age 40); actor Dianna Agron in 1986 (age 39); actor Ana de Armas in 1988 (age 37); musician Travis Scott in 1992 (age 33).
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In 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first president of the United States.
In 1803, the United States more than doubled its land area with the Louisiana Purchase. It obtained all French territory west of the Mississippi River for $15 million.
In 1812, Louisiana entered the union as the 18th U.S. state.
In 1927, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford became the first movie personalities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
In 1939, Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to appear on television when he was shown on opening day at the New York World's Fair.
In 1945, the burned body of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler was found in a bunker in the ruins of Berlin.
In 1948, 21 countries of the Western Hemisphere formed the Organization of American States.
In 1967, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight boxing championship title after he refused to be drafted into the U.S. military.
In 1975, South Vietnam unconditionally surrendered to North Vietnam. The communists occupied Saigon and renamed it Ho Chi Minh City.
In 1993, tennis star Monica Seles was stabbed and injured by a self-described fan of Steffi Graf during a break between games in a match against another player in Hamburg, Germany. Seles, who won nine grand-slam singles titles in her career, was out of competitive tennis for more than two years after the attack.
In 1997, Ellen DeGeneres' character came out as gay on the popular sitcom Ellen, making it the first sitcom to feature a gay leading character. The local ABC affiliate in Birmingham, Ala., refused to air the episode so gay rights advocates arranged for a satellite downlink to beam the show.
In 2006, rebel factions in Sudan rejected a peace agreement in the Darfur conflict. Officials estimated the fighting had killed at least 180,000 people and driven more than 2 million from their homes.
In 2009, Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection in a key move of a restructuring plan backed by the Obama administration.
In 2012, Israel began construction of a wall that would be 23 feet high and less than a mile long on its border with Lebanon. Security officials said the concrete wall would protect residents in the Matulla area from sniper fire from nearby Lebanese villages.
In 2013, Queen Beatrix, the 75-year-old monarch of the Netherlands, signed a formal declaration abdicating in favor of her eldest son, Willem-Alexander, 46, who became the country's first king in 123 years.
In 2019, Japanese Emperor Akihito, 85, formally abdicated his throne, becoming the nation's first monarch to step down in 200 years. His son, Crown Prince Naruhito, ascended to the throne, starting the Reiwa era.
In 2022, country legend Naomi Judd, one half of duo the Judds, died at the age of 76.
A thought for the day: "In politics, If you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman." -- British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
