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This is a list of selected April 30 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Blurb Reason
Walpurgis Night in various European countries refimprove
Reunification Day in Vietnam unreferenced stub
National Persian Gulf Day in Iran; refimprove
313 – By defeating the armies of his rival Maximinus II, Roman emperor Licinius unified the eastern half of the empire under his rule. needs context
1671 – Croatian Ban Petar Zrinski was executed for treason for his role in the attempted Croatian-Hungarian rebellion of 1664–70. refimprove section
1803 – The United States purchased France's claim to the Louisiana Territory for 78 million francs, or less than US$0.03 per acre. needs copy editing
1900 – American railroad engineer Casey Jones became a folk hero when he was the only fatality in a train collision in Vaughan, Mississippi. refimprove section, inappropriate tone
1939 – At the New York World's Fair, NBC, the first major broadcast network in the United States, inaugurated its regularly scheduled television service with a broadcast of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's opening day ceremonial address. outdated
1980Iranian Arab separatists captured the Iranian Embassy in London, beginning a six-day siege. better saved for May 5 (conclusion of the siege, which is much more famous)
1986 – Actor Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. need to verify date
2004The New Yorker magazine posted an article and supporting pictures online, postdated May 10, detailing accounts of torture and abuse by American personnel of prisoners held at the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad. expand section

Eligible

April 30: Children's Day in Mexico; Consumer Protection Day in Thailand

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