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- Supernova SN 1006
- Seal of the Organization of American States
Map of South Vietnam- George Washington (requires undeletion)
George Washington
Adolf Hitler
Map of the United States showing the boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| Walpurgis Night in various European countries | refimprove |
| Reunification Day in Vietnam | unreferenced stub |
| National Persian Gulf Day in Iran; | refimprove |
| 1671 – Croatian Ban Petar Zrinski was executed for treason for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664–1670. | refimprove section |
| 1939 – At the New York World's Fair, NBC, the first major broadcast network in the United States, inaugurated its regularly scheduled television service with a broadcast of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's opening day ceremonial address. | outdated |
| 1980 – Iranian Arab separatists captured the Iranian Embassy in London, beginning a six-day siege. | better saved for May 5 (conclusion of the siege, which is much more famous) |
Eligible
- 1006 – SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, first appeared in the constellation Lupus.
- 1557 – Arauco War: Spanish forces of the Governor Francisco de Villagra launched a dawn surprise attack against the Mapuche headed by their toqui Lautaro in what is now Chile.
- 1789 – George Washington took the oath of office as the first President of the United States at Federal Hall in New York City.
- 1894 – A crowd of workers unemployed due to the Panic of 1893 conducted the first significant popular protest march on Washington, D.C.
- 1900 – American railroad engineer Casey Jones became a folk hero when he was the only fatality in a train collision in Vaughan, Mississippi.
- 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.
- 1975 – American forces completed a helicopter evacuation of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city, ending the Vietnam War.
- 1986 – Actor Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
- 2009 – A Dutch man drove his car at high speed into a parade in an attempt to kill the Dutch royal family.
April 30: Children's Day in Mexico; Queen's Day in the Netherlands; Consumer Protection Day in Thailand
- 313 – Roman emperor Licinius unified the eastern half of the empire under his rule.
- 1803 – The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory (flag raising ceremony pictured) for 78 million francs, or less than US$0.03 per acre.
- 1943 – Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.
- 1948 – Twenty-one countries signed a charter in Bogotá, Colombia, establishing the Organization of American States.
- 1963 – The Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews led to a bus boycott in Bristol, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.
- 2004 – The New Yorker magazine posted an article and supporting pictures online, postdated May 10, detailing accounts of torture and abuse by American personnel of prisoners held at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.