Once Upon A Time – April 30 – 1789 – George Washington Is Inaugurated As 1st President Of The U.S.

311 Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration, ending persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire

711 Islamic conquest of Iberia: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus)

1562 Jean Ribault and colonists arrive in Florida, the first French colonists in North America

1789 George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in NYC

1859 Charles Dickens’ “A Tale Of Two Cities” is first published in literary periodical “All the Year Round” (weekly installments until Nov 26)

2009 Chrysler automobile company files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Historical Events Today Events in 2023
Today in Film & TV
1952 Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on television

Today in Music
1902 Claude Debussy’s only completed opera “Pelléas et Mélisande” premieres in Paris
Today in Sport

2012 Manchester City defeat Manchester United 1-0 in what is claimed to be the biggest match in the English Premier League’s history

MORE FACTS…
1978 World Wide Web (WWW) is first launched in the public domain by CERN scientist Tim Berners-Lee

1888 Moradabad hailstorm: hail stones allegedly as big as oranges kill 246 people and some 1600 sheep and cattle in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh

Famous Weddings
1290 Joan of Acre (18), daughter of Edward I marries (1) Gilbert de Clare, Duke of Hertford at Westminster Abbey.

1923 Golfer champion Walter Hagen (30) weds Edna Straus at the Hotel Biltmore in New York

1932 Australian Test cricket batsman Don Bradman (23) weds Jessie Martha Menzies at St Paul’s Anglican Church in Burwood, Sydney

Another Fact…
There is no doubt that Adolf Hitler shot himself on this day and that his body was burned by loyal staff. But what happened to his remains is still a mystery – April 30, 1945