Following are some of the major events to have occurred on April 30:
1945 – Adolf Hitler and his wife Eva Braun committed suicide in his underground bunker in Berlin.
1975 – In South Vietnam, President Duong Van Minh announced an unconditional surrender to the Vietcong, ending the 20th century’s longest armed conflict.
1997 – Britain’s Labour leader Tony Blair completes one of the longest election campaigns in history with deputy leader John Prescott.
1998 – Secessionist rebels signed a permanent ceasefire with the Papua New Guinea government, ending a nine-year uprising on the island of Bougainville.
1999 – The army in the Comoros Islands in the Indian Ocean seized power to preserve the unity of the republic in the face of a secession crisis.
2000 – The Dalai Lama inaugurates Tibetan Museum on 40th anniversary of his arrival in Dharamsala.
2000 – Canonisation of Faustina Kowalska celebrated worldwide.
2009 – Automaker Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2013 – Dutch King Willem-Alexander inaugurated in Amsterdam.
2014 – Mass held at Imola Grand Prix in memory of Formula 1 drivers Ayrton Senna and Roland Ratzenberger to mark 20th anniversary of their deaths.
2016 – Pilot and jet-ski champion Franky Zapata breaks world record for farthest flight by hover board.
(Reuters)
