On this day: April 30

April 30: Holy Saturday (Eastern Christianity, 2016); National Persian Gulf Day in Iran; Consumer Protection Day in Thailand

William McIntosh

• 1598 – King Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, granting freedom of religion to the Huguenots.
• 1825 - Creek chief William McIntosh (pictured) was executed by being stabbed in the heart for having signed a treating ceding much of remaining Creek lands to the United States.
• 1943 – Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.
• 1982 – Sixteen monks and a nun belonging to Ananda Marga in Calcutta, India, were dragged out of taxis by persons unknown in three different locations, beaten to death and then set on fire.
• 2009 – A gunman went on a shooting spree at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, a public university in Baku, killing 12 people before committing suicide.

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