^B{^#!16!30 April^N! National Day of the Netherlands. Feast day of St Erkenwald, St Pius V, pope, St Forannan, St Wolfhard, St Maximus of Ephesus, St Eutropius of Saintes, and Saints Marianus, James, and Others.
^B{1789^B} George Washington became the first president of the US. ^B{1803^B} France sold Louisiana to the US. ^B{1902^B} Debussy's opera ^I{PellΘas et MΘlisande^I} had its first performance, in Paris. ^B{1975^B} The Vietnam War ended, with the South surrendering unconditionally to the North. ^B{1979^B} In Britain, the Jubilee Line on the London Underground was officially opened. ^B{1980^B} Queen Juliana of the Netherlands abdicated and was succeeded by her daughter, Beatrix.
^B{^I{^#!14!Born ^N}David Thompson, English explorer, ^B{1770^B}; Karl Gauss, German mathematician and astronomer, ^B{1777^B}; Franz Lehßr, Hungarian composer, ^B{1870^B}; Jaroslav Hasek, Czech novelist, ^B{1883^B}; Queen Juliana of the Netherlands, ^B{1909^B}; Cloris Leachman, US film actress, ^B{1926^B}; King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, ^B{1946^B}.
^B{^I{^#!14!Died ^N}^>}Robert Fitzroy, English admiral and meteorologist, ^B{1865^B}; Edouard Manet, French painter, ^B{1883^B}; Otto Jespersen, Danish philologist, ^B{1943^B}; Adolf Hitler, German fascist dictator, ^B{1945^B}; Eva Braun, German mistress and later wife of Adolf Hitler, ^B{1945^B}; Muddy Waters, US blues singer, ^B{1983^B}; George Balanchine, Russian choreographer, ^B{1983^B}.
