Daily Calendar for Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Born
- David Thompson (explorer) –
- John Crowe Ransom (poet) –
- Simon Kuznets (economist) –
- Edith Margaret Fowke (folklorist) –
- Cloris Leachman (actress) –
- Jill Clayburgh (actress) –
- Annie Dillard (author) –
- Perry King (actor) –
- Isiah Thomas (basketball player) –
- Kirsten Dunst (actress) –
Died
- Sarah Josepha Hale (first woman magazine editor in the United States, poet) –
- Casey Jones (railroad engineer, died at the throttle, slowing down his crashing Cannonball trying to save passengers’ lives) –
- Adolf Hitler (committed suicide) –
- Agnes Moorehead (actress) –
- Muddy Waters (musician) –
- Tom Poston (actor) –
- Ling Ling (Japan’s oldest giant panda) –
Events
- Marguerite Bourgeoys opened the first school in Montreal, Quebec–
- George Washington was inaugurated as the first U.S. president–
- The United States Department of the Navy was established–
- The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the country–
- Louisiana was admitted to the Union as the 18th state–
- U.S. patent #2,000,000 issued–
- Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to appear on television–
- USS Peto first sub to be launched sideways, Manitowoc, Wisconsin–
- Law passed to have name of Boulder Dam restored to Hoover Dam–
- Monica Seles was stabbed by a deranged fan of Steffi Graf–
- Jeff Feagles of the New York Giants announced his retirement. He played a league record of 352 consecutive games.–
Weather
- A tornado in Minnesota killed 16 and injured 100–
- For the first time in its record-keeping history, Oklahoma City passed the month of April without a single thunderstorm–
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