April 30: National Persian Gulf Day in Iran; Consumer Protection Day in Thailand
American Falls
- 1557 – Arauco War: Spanish forces of the Governor Francisco de Villagra launched a surprise dawn attack against the Mapuche headed by their toqui Lautaro in what is now Chile.
- 1636 – Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recaptured a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.
- 1883 – Governor of New York Grover Cleveland signed legislation that led to the creation of Niagara Falls State Park (American Falls pictured), the United States' first state park.
- 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.
- 2009 – A Dutch man drove his car at high speed into a parade in an attempt to kill the Dutch royal family.
Dorival Caymmi (b. 1914) · A. E. Housman (d. 1936) · Alben W. Barkley (d. 1956)
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