Daily Calendar for Thursday, April 30, 2026
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Thursday, April 30, 2026
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 –
- The discovery of Element 101, mendelevium, was announced by scientists at University of California, Berkeley. –
- 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 –
- Significant flash flooding occurred in coastal Alabama and the Florida panhandle. – , –