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Day in History: April 30th - WWW and Church of Satan are Born
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April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining.
| | 1006 - Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus. |
| | 1483 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503. |
| | 1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. |
| | 1789 - On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States. |
| | 1803 - Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling – overnight – the size of the young nation. |
| | 1812 - The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana. |
| | 1900 - Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor. |
| | 1925 - Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Company for USD $146 million plus $50 million for charity. |
| | 1938 - The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit. |
| | 1939 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to appear on television. |
| | 1939 - The 1939 New York World's Fair opens. |
| | 1945 - Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for one day. |
| | 1947 - In Nevada, the Boulder Dam is officially renamed Hoover Dam again. |
| | 1966 - The Church of Satan is founded. |
| | 1991 - A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh killing an estimated 138,000 people. |
| | 1993 - The World Wide Web was born at CERN. |
| | 1993 - During a tennis match between #1 female tennis player Monica Seleš and Magdalena Maleeva, Günter Parche plunged a steak knife between Seleš's shoulderblades. Seleš did not return to competitive tennis for over two years. |
| | 1995 - U.S. President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. President to visit Northern Ireland. |
| | 1997 - Ellen DeGeneres's character comes out of the closet on the sitcom Ellen. |
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