On This Day: 30 April

30 April in Indian history

• 2012An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead.India
• 1982Sixteen monks and a nun of the Hindu organisation Ananda Marga were beaten to death and set on fire in Calcutta, India.India

30 April in world history

• 2021A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel.
• 2008Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.
• 2000Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun whose apparitions of Jesus inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, was canonized by Pope John Paul II.
• 1994Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.
• 1975American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city and ended the Vietnam War.
• 1973Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign.
• 1963The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
• 1961K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.
• 1945World War II: As Allied forces closed in on Berlin, Nazi leader Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the Führerbunker with Eva Braun one day after their marriage.
• 1945World War II: Soviet soldiers raise the first Soviet flag over the Reichstag. The Victory Banner will be raised the next day.
• 1943Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.
• 1900Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.
• 1897J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
• 1885Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.
• 1803The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory for 80 million francs, or less than US$.03 per acre ($.07/ha).
• 1006SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appeared in the constellation Lupus.

Born on 30 April

• 1992Goodnight Chicken, Taiwanese YouTuber
• 1990Paula Ribó, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1987Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketerIndia
• 1981Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actorIndia
• 1981Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player
• 1964Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune GroupIndia

Died on 30 April

• 2014Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (born 1919)India
• 2011Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1955)India
• 1945Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of Nazi Germany (born 1889)
• 1943Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (born 1858)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 30 April in history?

2021: A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel. 2012: An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead. 2008: Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks. 2000: Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun whose apparitions of Jesus inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, was canonized by Pope John Paul II.

What happened on 30 April in Indian history?

2012: An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead. 1982: Sixteen monks and a nun of the Hindu organisation Ananda Marga were beaten to death and set on fire in Calcutta, India.

Which famous people were born on 30 April?

Goodnight Chicken, Taiwanese YouTuber (1992); Paula Ribó, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress (1990); Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer (1987); Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor (1981).

Which day is observed on 30 April?

Armed Forces Day (Georgia); Camarón Day (French Foreign Legion); Children's Day (Mexico); Consumer Protection Day (Thailand); Honesty Day (United States).