*📰 TODAY IN HISTORY*

_📆 - April 30_

*📜 Events:*

* 1492 — Christopher Columbus receives authorization from Spain for exploration.

* 1803 — Louisiana Purchase: the United States buys the territory from France for $15 million.

* 1897 — J. J. Thomson announces the discovery of the electron at Cavendish Laboratory.

* 1945 — World War II: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide in Berlin.

* 1948 — Creation of the Organization of American States with the signing of the Charter in Bogotá.

* 1975 — Fall of Saigon: communist forces take control of the city, ending the war.

* 2004 — United Nations Security Council establishes the peacekeeping mission MINUSTAH.

*⭐ Births:*

* 1777 — Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1855).

* 1839 — Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian military officer and politician, 2nd president of Brazil (d. 1895).

* 1916 — Claude Shannon, American mathematician (d. 2001).

* 1949 — António Guterres, Portuguese politician and diplomat.

* 1958 — Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress.

* 1970 — Andre Agassi, former American tennis player.

* 1982 — Kirsten Dunst, American actress.

*🕊️ Deaths:*

* 1945 — Adolf Hitler, Austro-German military officer, writer, and politician (b. 1889).

* 1945 — Eva Braun, German photographer (b. 1912).

* 1983 — Muddy Waters, American musician (b. 1915).

* 1989 — Sergio Leone, Italian filmmaker (b. 1929).

* 2001 — Maria Clara Machado, Brazilian playwright (b. 1921).

* 2017 — Belchior, Brazilian singer and songwriter (b. 1946).

* 2019 — Beth Carvalho, Brazilian singer and songwriter (b. 1946).

*Holidays and Recurring Events:*

* International Jazz Day

* Event Professional Day

* Railway Worker Day

*International:*

* Queen’s Day — Netherlands

* Liberation Day — Vietnam

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