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The events happened on 30th April are : 1789 : George Washington inaugurated : George Washington, the first president of the United States, was inaugurated this day in 1789 in Federal Hall in New York City, addressing his constituency on “the proceedings of a new and free government.” 1980 : Queen Beatrix ascended the throne of The Netherlands. 1975 : The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) fell to North Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War. 1945 : German dictator Adolf Hitler and his wife committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin. 1939 : The National Broadcasting Company made the first public television broadcast in the United States, at the New York World's Fair. 1900 : American railroad engineer Casey Jones, later made famous in song, died in a train wreck. Today in History IndexFrom 30th April to HOME PAGE |
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