Date
Wed 30 Apr 2025
1527 - Henry VIII and King Francis of France signed the treaty of Westminster.
1725 - Spain withdrew from Quadruple Alliance.
1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
1849 - The republican patriot and guerrilla leader Giuseppe Garabaldi repulsed a French attack on Rome.
1889 - George Washington's inauguration became the first U.S. national holiday.
1943 - The British submarine HMS Seraph dropped 'the man who never was,' a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain.
1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
1980 - Terrorists seized the Iranian Embassy in London.
1998 - NATO was expanded to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The three nations were formally admitted the following April at NATO's 50th anniversary summit.
1725 - Spain withdrew from Quadruple Alliance.
1789 - George Washington took office as first elected U.S. president.
1849 - The republican patriot and guerrilla leader Giuseppe Garabaldi repulsed a French attack on Rome.
1889 - George Washington's inauguration became the first U.S. national holiday.
1943 - The British submarine HMS Seraph dropped 'the man who never was,' a dead man the British planted with false invasion plans, into the Mediterranean off the coast of Spain.
1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide. They had been married for one day. One week later Germany surrendered unconditionally.
1980 - Terrorists seized the Iranian Embassy in London.
1998 - NATO was expanded to include Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic. The three nations were formally admitted the following April at NATO's 50th anniversary summit.