On This Day:
Wednesday April 30, 2014 This is the 120th day of the year, with 245 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: Grauman's Chinese Theater Grauman's Chinese Theater, famous for the many footprints and handprints of movie and television stars in its concrete forecourt, officially opened in Hollywood, California on May 18, 1927. However, the first footprint ceremony took place before that on April 30, 1927, honoring Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.; the second footprint ceremony took place on opening day, honoring Norma Talmadge. Sid Grauman built the theater and was a one-third partner in the venture, while Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. shared a third and Howard Schenck held the other third. After Ted Mann purchased the theater in 1973, the name was changed to "Mann's Chinese Theater" until 2001, when the original name was restored. The theater, rich in movie history, is still sought after by studios for Hollywood premieres.
Holidays Feast day of St. Erkenwald, St. Pius V, pope, St. Forannan, St. Wolfhard, St. Maximus of Ephesus, St. Eutropius of Saintes, and Saints Marianus and James.
Walpurgis Night / Beltane / Beltane / May Eve / Cyntefyn / Roodmass / Cethsamhain / Feast of Valborg.
Netherlands: Queen Juliana's Birthday / Koninginnedag / Dutch National Day (also marking accession of Queen Beatrix in 1980).
Vietnam: Liberation Day.
Finland: May Day Eve.
Mexico: Children's Day
Events 1789 - In New York City, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America.
1798 - The U.S. Department of the Navy was established.
1803 - The United States completed negotiations with France to buy the Louisiana Purchase, agreeing agreed to pay $11,250,000 and assumed claims of its citizens against France in the amount of $3,750,000.
1812 - Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.
1900 - Hawaii was organized as a United States territory.
1931 - The first George Washington Bridge, linking New York City and New Jersey, opened.
1939 - The New York World's Fair officially opened.
1939 - Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first president to appear on television when he opened the New York World's Fair. However, the broadcast was beamed to only 200 television sets.
1947 - President Harry Truman signed a measure officially changing the name of Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam.
1948 - The Organization of American States held its first meeting, in Bogota, Colombia.
1970 - President Richard Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, sparking widespread protest.
1973 - In the midst of the Watergate scandal, President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, along with Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst and White House counsel John Dean. President Nixon accepted responsibility for the bugging of the Watergate building but denied any personal involvement.
1975 - The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces, effectively ending the Vietnam War.
1980 - Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicated and was succeeded by her daughter, Beatrix.
1993 - Professional tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed while resting courtside during a match at Hamburg, Germany. She suffered a puncture wound and was released from the hospital a few days later.
Births 1777 - Karl Gauss, German mathematician and astronomer.
1898 - Cornelius Vanderbilt, American reporter, columnist, author.
Deaths 1945 - Adolf Hitler committed suicide (by shooting himself), along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun (who took poison).
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