1975 - Fall of Saigon to Communist forces, with surrender of South Vietnamese president Duong Van Minh
1943 - Operation Mincemeat: Allies supply Germans at Normandy with fake battle plans
1939 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first US President to appear on television.
1931 - George Washington Bridge linking NYC & NJ opens
1789 - George Washington takes oath of office to become first elected US President.
This Day In Business
2009 - American automaker, Chrysler, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
1952 - The children's toy Mr. Potato Head is the first toy to be advertised on television.
1812 - Louisiana is admitted and becomes the 18th state of the U.S.
1993 - Monica Seles attacked and stabbed while playing a Tennis match in Germany.
April 30th Holiday
Reunification Day (Vietnam) - Celebrates the capturing of Saigon, the end of the Vietnam War and the eventual creation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Today's Birthday Trivia
He ran a ballroom dancing school in Kent, England. Who is he?
Today's Birthday Horoscope
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