Christopher Columbus, Adolf Hitler & Mary Pickford Have What In Common?
10 Strange, Surprising Events That Happened in History on April 30
By Michelle Carr Crowe, Silicon Valley real estate guide selling homes in San Jose
What do explorer Christopher Columbus, dictator Adolf Hitler and actor Mary Pickford have in common? All 3 share an important anniversary on April 30.
Do you enjoy learning new things daily? If you’ve read my blog, you know one of the pastimes I enjoy is discovering new facts and interesting pieces of history.
I like to share intriguing stories from our local newspaper the San Jose Mercury News, as well as from some of my favorite print and online magazinesMental Floss, the National Geographic Society or Smithsonian Magazine. Sometimes great finds are located at History Orb and Wikipedia. Other times articles or facts are found online at The History Place, Brainy History,orDates In History.These events for today’s blog post are primarily from The People History.
While these interesting items are intriguing, they have nothing to do with my real estate business, helping people like you buy and sell homes in San Jose, Palo Alto and Saratoga in Silicon Valley, Calif. They just add fun and fascination to life.
Here are today’s 10 Strange, Surprising Events That Happened in History on April 30. I hope you find them interesting, too.
Anniversaries of Historical Events on April 30
- 311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.
- 1492 – Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
- 1803 – Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation; in 1812 – The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana. In 1904, the state holds the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.
- 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor; 7 years later Honolulu, Hawaii becomes an independent city.
- 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
- 1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).
- 1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
- 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.
- 1956 – Former Vice President and Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia. He collapses after proclaiming "I would rather be a servant in the house of the lord than sit in the seats of the mighty."
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