Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 30
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This is a list of selected April 30 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.April 30: Queen's Day in the Netherlands; Walpurgis Night in various European countries; Reunification Day in Vietnam
- 313 – Roman Emperor Licinius unified the eastern half of the empire under his rule.
- 1789 – George Washington (pictured) took the oath as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in New York City.
- 1945 – World War II: As Allied forces were closing in on Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führerbunker after being married for one day.
- 1975 – North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, ending the Vietnam War with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam.
- 1993 – CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to everyone.
