Daily Calendar for Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Sarah Josepha Hale (first woman magazine editor in the United States, poet) – 1879
Casey Jones (railroad engineer, died at the throttle, slowing down his crashing Cannonball trying to save passengers’ lives) – 1900
Adolf Hitler (committed suicide) – 1945
Agnes Moorehead (actress) – 1974
Muddy Waters (musician) – 1983
Tom Poston (actor) – 2007
Ling Ling (Japan’s oldest giant panda) – 2008

Marguerite Bourgeoys opened the first school in Montreal, Quebec – 1658
George Washington was inaugurated as the first U.S. president – 1789
The United States Department of the Navy was established – 1798
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the country – 1803
Louisiana was admitted to the Union as the 18th state – 1812
U.S. patent #2,000,000 issued – 1935
Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to appear on television – 1939
USS Peto first sub to be launched sideways, Manitowoc, Wisconsin – 1942
Law passed to have name of Boulder Dam restored to Hoover Dam – 1947
Monica Seles was stabbed by a deranged fan of Steffi Graf – 1993
Jeff Feagles of the New York Giants announced his retirement. He played a league record of 352 consecutive games. – 2010

A tornado in Minnesota killed 16 and injured 100 – 1967
For the first time in its record-keeping history, Oklahoma City passed the month of April without a single thunderstorm – 1989