Sunday, April 30, 2017

History for April 30

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History for April 30 - On-This-Day.com
Cornelius Vanderbilt 1898, Robert Shaw 1916, John (Johnny) Horton 1925
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 Cloris Leachman 1926 - Actress ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Phyllis"), Jill Clayburgh 1944 - Actress, Kirsten Dunst 1982 - Actress ("Spider-Man")


 1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
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 1803 - The U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million.
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 1900 - Casey Jones was killed while trying to save the runaway train "Cannonball Express."
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 1938 - Happy Rabbit appeared in the cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt." This rabbit would later evolve into Bugs Bunny.
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 1939 - Lou Gehrig played his last game with the New York Yankees.
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 1943 - The British submarine HMS Seraph dropped 'the man who never was,' a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain.
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 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
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 1952 - Mr. Potato Head became the first toy to be advertised on network television.
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