Today in History - History - April 30th

1789George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of the United States of America

1974US President Richard Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings

1973Paul McCartney releases "Red Rose Speedway" including "My Love"

1996US President Clinton approves the sale of $227 million of crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve; US gas prices are at their highest levels in 5 years

1961Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship

1859Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is first published in literary periodical All the Year Round, continues in weekly installments until Nov 26

1967Mickey Wright wins LPGA Shreveport Kiwanis Club Golf Invitational

1938Bradman scores 258 Aust v Worcs, 293 mins, 33 fours 1 five

1961SF Giant Willie Mays hits 4 HRs in a game

1961Premier Fidel Castro of Cuba receives Lenin-Peace Prize

1961Isiah Thomas, Chicago Illinois, NBA forward (Detroit Piston; 1990 NBA playoff MVP)

1959Paul Gross, Calgary Alberta, Canadian actor, director, and writer

1959Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada

1982Kirsten Dunst, Point Pleasant, New Jersey, American actress (Interview with the Vampire, Spider-Man)

1893Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi foreign minister (d. 1946)

1905John Peters Humphrey, Hampton, New Brunswick, Canadian jurist and human rights advocate (Universal Declaration on Human Rights)

1945MLB catcher Roy Campanella (23) weds Ruthe Willis

1994Soccer great Pele (53) weds psychologist Assiria Seixas Lemos (36)

1998Boyzone singer Ronan Keating (21) weds model Yvonne Connolly at the Caribbean isle of Nevis

1937General Douglas MacArthur (57) marries 2nd wife Jean Faircloth

1988Actor Tom Hanks (31) weds actress Rita Wilson (31)

1990Game show host Alex Trebek (49) weds real-estate mogul Jean Currivan (27) at the Regency Club in Los Angeles

1997Actor Max Von Sydow (68) weds filmmaker Catherine Brelet

1949Ice hockey goaltender Jacques Plante (20) weds Jacqueline Gagne in Quebec, Canada

1932Cricketer Donald Bradman (23) weds Jessie Martha Menzies at St Paul's Anglican Church in Burwood, Sydney

1995Country singer Rosanne Cash (39) weds record producer John Leventhal (42)

1983Muddy Waters, US blues singer/guitarist (Mad Love), dies at 70

1945Adolf Hitler, German Dictator (1936-45), commits suicide at 56

1983George Balanchine, Russian/US ballet composer/choreographer, dies from Creutzfeldt—Jakob disease at 79

1974Agnes Moorehead, American actress (Endora-Bewitched), dies of uterine cancer at 73