Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 30

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April 30: Queen's Day in the Netherlands; Walpurgis Night in various European countries; Reunification Day in Vietnam

313 – Roman Emperor Licinius unified the eastern half of the empire under his rule.

711 – Umayyad troops led by Tariq ibn Ziyad landed at Gibraltar, beginning their conquest of Hispania.

1006 – SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appeared in the constellation Lupus.

1789 – George Washington (pictured) took the oath as the first President of the United States of America at Federal Hall in New York City.

1945 – World War II: As Allied forces were closing in on Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide in the Führerbunker after being married for one day.

1948 – 21 countries signed a charter in Bogotá, Colombia establishing the Organization of American States.

1975 – North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon, ending the Vietnam War with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnam.

1993 – CERN announced that the World Wide Web would be free to everyone.

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