Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 30

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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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Walpurgis Night in various European countries refimprove section
Persian Gulf National Day in Iran; multiple issues
Children's Day in Mexico; refimprove section
1557Arauco War: Spanish forces under Governor Francisco de Villagra launched a surprise attack at dawn against the Mapuche, headed by their toqui Lautaro, in present-day Chile. Date unreferenced, in conflict with date in other articles (April 29 according to Arauco War and Lautaro)
1598 – King Henry IV of France issued the Edict of Nantes, granting freedom of religion to the Huguenots. Date is not mentioned in target article.
1636Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recaptured a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege. unreferenced section
1671Petar Zrinski, the Ban of Croatia, 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$.03 per acre ($.07/ha). lots of CN tags (6)
1825 - Creek chief William McIntosh was executed by being stabbed in the heart for having signed a treaty ceding much of remaining Creek lands to the United States. refimprove section
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, trivial pop culture references
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. refimprove section
1948 – Twenty-one countries signed a charter in Bogotá, Colombia, establishing the Organization of American States. refimprove section
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)
1993Monica Seles, the number-one ranked women's tennis player at the time, was stabbed in the back during a match by a man obsessed with her rival Steffi Graf. refimprove section
2009 – A gunman went on a shooting spree at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, a public university in Baku, killing 12 people before committing suicide. too many quotes
* 313Civil wars of the Tetrarchy: An outnumbered army led by Roman emperor Licinius defeated his rival Maximinus II's forces at the Battle of Tzirallum. Almost no content on the actual battle (and that which is there is uncited)
: Reunification Day in Vietnam (1975) Too much uncited for a very short article
Charles S. Fairchild |b|1842| Ref needed for date

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Evacuees on the USS Midway
Evacuees on the USS Midway
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