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April 30 is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 245 days remain until the end of the year.
Events Pre-1600 1601–1900 1636 – Eighty Years' War : Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege .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 the size of the young nation.1812 – The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana .1838 – Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation .1863 – A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón , Mexico.1871 – The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory .1885 – Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation , New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.1897 – J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle , over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.[3] 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor .1901–present 1905 – Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich .1925 – Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.1927 – The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia , as the first women's federal prison in the United States.1937 – The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.1939 – The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.1939 – NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt 's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address. 1943 – World War II : The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans .1945 – World War II: Führerbunker Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building .1945 – World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9000 American and British airmen. 1947 – In Nevada , Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam .1948 – In Bogotá , Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.1956 – Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia .1957 – Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.1961 – K-19 Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles , is commissioned .1963 – The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company 's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.1973 – Watergate scandal : U.S. President Richard Nixon announces that White House Counsel John Dean has been fired and that other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman , have resigned.1975 – Fall of Saigon : Communist forces gain control of Saigon . The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh .1980 – Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana .1980 – The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London. 1982 – The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta , India .1993 – CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.1994 – Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola , Italy.1999 – Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub , killing three people and injuring 79 others.[4] 2000 – Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.2004 – U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.2008 – Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg , Russia are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia , two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.2009 – Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.2009 – Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn , Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix . 2012 – An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 103 people.2013 – Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix .2014 – A bomb blast in Ürümqi , China kills three people and injures 79 others.2021 – 45 men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.[5] [6] Births Pre-1600 1601–1900 1623 – François de Laval , French-Canadian bishop and saint (d. 1708)1651 – Jean-Baptiste de La Salle , French priest and saint (d. 1719)1662 – Mary II of England (d. 1694)[8] 1664 – François Louis, Prince of Conti (d. 1709)1710 – Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée , Bavarian general (d. 1795)1723 – Mathurin Jacques Brisson , French zoologist and philosopher (d. 1806)1758 – Emmanuel Vitale , Maltese commander and politician (d. 1802)1770 – David Thompson , English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (d. 1857)1777 – Carl Friedrich Gauss , German mathematician and physicist (d. 1855)1803 – Albrecht von Roon , Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (d. 1879)1829 – Ferdinand von Hochstetter , Austrian geologist and academic (d. 1884)1857 – Eugen Bleuler , Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (d. 1940)1857 – Walter Simon , German banker and philanthropist (d. 1920) 1865 – Max Nettlau , German historian and academic (d. 1944)1866 – Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel , American pioneer dentist (d. 1936)1869 – Hans Poelzig , German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (d. 1936)1870 – Franz Lehár , Hungarian composer (d. 1948)1870 – Dadasaheb Phalke , Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1944) 1874 – Cyriel Verschaeve , Flemish priest and author (d. 1949)1876 – Orso Mario Corbino , Italian physicist and politician (d. 1937)1877 – Léon Flameng , French cyclist (d. 1917)1877 – Alice B. Toklas , American memoirist (d. 1967) 1878 – Władysław Witwicki , Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (d. 1948)[9] 1879 – Richárd Weisz , Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (d. 1945)[10] 1880 – Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie , Scottish cartoonist (d. 1967)1883 – Jaroslav Hašek , Czech soldier and author (d. 1923)1883 – Luigi Russolo , Italian painter and composer (d. 1947) 1884 – Olof Sandborg , Swedish actor (d. 1965)1888 – John Crowe Ransom , American poet, critic, and academic (d. 1974)1893 – Harold Breen , Australian public servant (d. 1966)1893 – Joachim von Ribbentrop , German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1946) 1895 – Philippe Panneton , Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (d. 1960)1896 – Reverend Gary Davis , American singer and guitarist (d. 1972)1896 – Hans List , Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (d. 1996) 1897 – Humberto Mauro , Brazilian director and screenwriter (d. 1983)1900 – Erni Krusten , Estonian author and poet (d. 1984)1901–present 1901 – Simon Kuznets , Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)1902 – Theodore Schultz , American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998)1905 – Sergey Nikolsky , Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)1908 – Eve Arden , American actress (d. 1990)1908 – Bjarni Benediktsson , Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1970) 1908 – Frank Robert Miller , Canadian air marshal and politician (d. 1997) 1909 – F. E. McWilliam , Irish sculptor and educator (d. 1992)1909 – Juliana of the Netherlands (d. 2004) 1910 – Levi Celerio , Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (d. 2002)1914 – Charles Beetham , American middle-distance runner (d. 1997)1914 – Dorival Caymmi , Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (d. 2008) 1916 – Paul Kuusberg , Estonian journalist and author (d. 2003)1916 – Claude Shannon , American mathematician and engineer (d. 2001) 1916 – Robert Shaw , American conductor (d. 1999) 1917 – Bea Wain , American singer (d. 2017)1920 – Duncan Hamilton , Irish-English race car driver and pilot (d. 1994)1920 – Tom Moore , British army officer and fundraiser (d. 2021)[11] 1921 – Roger L. Easton , American scientist, co-invented the GPS (d. 2014)1922 – Anton Murray , South African cricketer (d. 1995)1923 – Percy Heath , American bassist (d. 2005)1923 – Kagamisato Kiyoji , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (d. 2004) 1924 – Uno Laht , Estonian KGB officer and author (d. 2008)1925 – Corinne Calvet , French actress (d. 2001)1925 – Johnny Horton , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960) 1926 – Shrinivas Khale , Indian composer (d. 2011)1926 – Cloris Leachman , American actress and comedian (d. 2021)[12] 1928 – Hugh Hood , Canadian author and academic (d. 2000)1928 – Orlando Sirola , Italian tennis player (d. 1995) 1930 – Félix Guattari , French psychotherapist and philosopher (d. 1992)1933 – Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden , English politician1934 – Jerry Lordan , English singer-songwriter (d. 1995)1934 – Don McKenney , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1937 – Tony Harrison , English poet and playwright1938 – Gary Collins , American actor and talk show host (d. 2012)1938 – Juraj Jakubisko , Slovak director and screenwriter 1938 – Larry Niven , American author and screenwriter 1940 – Jeroen Brouwers , Dutch journalist and writer1940 – Michael Cleary , Australian rugby player and politician 1940 – Ülo Õun , Estonian sculptor (d. 1988)[13] 1941 – Stavros Dimas , Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs 1941 – Max Merritt , New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (d. 2020) 1942 – Sallehuddin of Kedah , Sultan of Kedah1943 – Frederick Chiluba , Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (d. 2011)1943 – Bobby Vee , American pop singer-songwriter (d. 2016) 1944 – Jon Bing , Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (d. 2014)1944 – Jill Clayburgh , American actress (d. 2010) 1945 – J. Michael Brady , British radiologist1945 – Annie Dillard , American novelist, essayist, and poet 1945 – Mimi Fariña , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (d. 2001) 1945 – Michael J. Smith , American pilot, and astronaut (d. 1986)[14] 1946 – King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden 1946 – Bill Plympton , American animator, producer, and screenwriter 1946 – Don Schollander , American swimmer 1947 – Paul Fiddes , English theologian and academic1947 – Finn Kalvik , Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist 1947 – Tom Køhlert , Danish footballer and manager 1947 – Mats Odell , Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets 1948 – Wayne Kramer , American guitarist and singer-songwriter1948 – Pierre Pagé , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1948 – Margit Papp , Hungarian athlete 1949 – Phil Garner , American baseball player and manager1949 – António Guterres , Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations 1949 – Karl Meiler , German tennis player (d. 2014) 1952 – Jacques Audiard , French director and screenwriter1952 – Jack Middelburg , Dutch motorcycle racer (d. 1984) 1953 – Merrill Osmond , American singer and bass player1954 – Jane Campion , New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter1954 – Kim Darroch , English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union 1954 – Frank-Michael Marczewski , German footballer 1955 – Nicolas Hulot , French journalist and environmentalist1955 – David Kitchin , English lawyer and judge 1955 – Zlatko Topčić , Bosnian writer and screenwriter 1956 – Lars von Trier , Danish director and screenwriter1957 – Wonder Mike , American rapper and songwriter1958 – Charles Berling , French actor, director, and screenwriter1959 – Stephen Harper , Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada 1960 – Geoffrey Cox , English lawyer and politician1960 – Kerry Healey , American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts 1961 – Arnór Guðjohnsen , Icelandic footballer1961 – Isiah Thomas , American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster 1963 – Andrew Carwood , English tenor and conductor1963 – Michael Waltrip , American race car driver and sportscaster 1964 – Tony Fernandes , Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group 1964 – Ian Healy , Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster 1964 – Lorenzo Staelens , Belgian footballer and manager 1964 – Abhishek Chatterjee , Indian actor 1965 – Daniela Costian , Romanian-Australian discus thrower1965 – Adrian Pasdar , American actor 1966 – Jeff Brown , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1966 – Dave Meggett , American football player and coach 1967 – Phil Chang , Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor[15] 1969 – Warren Defever , American bass player and producer1969 – Justine Greening , English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development 1969 – Paulo Jr. , Brazilian bass player 1972 – Takako Tokiwa , Japanese actress[16] 1973 – Leigh Francis , English comedian and actor1974 – Christian Tamminga , Dutch athlete1975 – Johnny Galecki , American actor1976 – Davian Clarke , Jamaican sprinter1976 – Amanda Palmer , American singer-songwriter and pianist 1976 – Daniel Wagon , Australian rugby league player 1976 – Victor J. Glover , American astronaut 1977 – Jeannie Haddaway , American politician1977 – Meredith L. Patterson , American technologist, journalist, and author 1978 – Liljay , Taiwanese singer[17] 1979 – Gerardo Torrado , Mexican footballer1980 – Luis Scola , Argentinian basketball player1980 – Jeroen Verhoeven , Dutch footballer 1981 – Nicole Kaczmarski , American basketball player1981 – John O'Shea , Irish footballer 1981 – Kunal Nayyar , British-Indian actor 1981 – Justin Vernon , American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer 1982 – Kirsten Dunst , American actress1982 – Drew Seeley , Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor 1983 – Chris Carr , American football player1983 – Tatjana Hüfner , German luger 1983 – Marina Tomić , Slovenian hurdler 1983 – Troy Williamson , American football player 1984 – Seimone Augustus , American basketball player[18] 1984 – Shawn Daivari , American wrestler and manager 1984 – Risto Mätas , Estonian javelin thrower 1984 – Lee Roache , English footballer 1985 – Brandon Bass , American basketball player1985 – Gal Gadot , Israeli actress and model 1985 – Ashley Alexandra Dupré , American journalist, singer, and prostitute 1986 – Dianna Agron , American actress and singer1986 – Martten Kaldvee , Estonian biathlete 1987 – Alipate Carlile , Australian footballer1987 – Chris Morris , South African cricketer 1987 – Rohit Sharma , Indian cricketer 1988 – Andy Allen , Australian chef1988 – Sander Baart , Dutch field hockey player 1988 – Liu Xijun , Chinese singer[19] 1988 – Oh Hye-ri , South Korean taekwondo athlete 1989 – Jang Wooyoung , South Korean singer and actor1990 – Jonny Brownlee , English triathlete1990 – Mac DeMarco , Canadian singer-songwriter 1990 – Kaarel Kiidron , Estonian footballer 1991 – Chris Kreider , American ice hockey player1991 – Travis Scott , American rapper and producer1992 – Marc-André ter Stegen , German footballer 1993 – Dion Dreesens , Dutch swimmer1993 – Martin Fuksa , Czech canoeist[20] 1994 – Chae Seo-jin , South Korean actress[21] 1994 – Wang Yafan , Chinese tennis player 1996 – Luke Friend , English singer1997 – Adam Ryczkowski , Polish footballer1999 – Jorden van Foreest , Dutch chess grandmaster1999 – Krit Amnuaydechkorn , Thai actor and singer[22] 2000 – Yui Hiwatashi , Japanese singer2002 – Teden Mengi , English footballer[23] 2003 – Jung Yun-seok , South Korean actor[24] Deaths Pre-1600 AD 65 – Lucan , Roman poet (b. 39)125 – An , Chinese emperor (b. 94)535 – Amalasuntha , Ostrogothic queen and regent783 – Hildegard of the Vinzgau , Frankish queen1002 – Eckard I , German nobleman1030 – Mahmud of Ghazni , Ghaznavid emir (b. 971)1063 – Ren Zong , Chinese emperor (b. 1010)1131 – Adjutor , French knight and saint1305 – Roger de Flor , Italian military adventurer (b. 1267)1341 – John III , duke of Brittany (b. 1286)1439 – Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick , English commander (b. 1382)1524 – Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard , French soldier (b. 1473)1544 – Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden , English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (b. 1488)1550 – Tabinshwehti , Burmese king (b. 1516)1601–1900 1632 – Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly , Bavarian general (b. 1559)1632 – Sigismund III Vasa , Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (b. 1566) 1637 – Niwa Nagashige , Japanese daimyō (b. 1571)1655 – Eustache Le Sueur , French painter (b. 1617)1660 – Petrus Scriverius , Dutch historian and scholar (b. 1576)1672 – Marie of the Incarnation , French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (b. 1599)1696 – Robert Plot , English chemist and academic (b. 1640)1712 – Philipp van Limborch , Dutch theologian and author (b. 1633)1733 – Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes , Portuguese diplomat (b. 1676)[25] 1736 – Johann Albert Fabricius , German scholar and author (b. 1668)1758 – François d'Agincourt , French organist and composer (b. 1684)1792 – John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich , English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (b. 1718)1795 – Jean-Jacques Barthélemy , French archaeologist and author (b. 1716)1806 – Onogawa Kisaburō , Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (b. 1758)1841 – Peter Andreas Heiberg , Danish philologist and author (b. 1758)1847 – Charles , Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (b. 1771)1863 – Jean Danjou , French captain (b. 1828)1865 – Robert FitzRoy , English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (b. 1805)1870 – Thomas Cooke , Canadian bishop and missionary (b. 1792)1875 – Jean-Frédéric Waldeck , French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (b. 1766)1879 – Emma Smith , American religious leader (b. 1804)1883 – Édouard Manet , French painter (b. 1832)1891 – Joseph Leidy , American paleontologist and author (b. 1823)1900 – Casey Jones , American railroad engineer (b. 1863)1901–present 1903 – Emily Stowe , Canadian physician and activist (b. 1831)[26] 1910 – Jean Moréas , Greek poet and critic (b. 1856)1926 – Bessie Coleman , American pilot (b. 1892)[27] 1936 – A. E. Housman , English poet and scholar (b. 1859)1939 – Frank Haller , American boxer (b. 1883)1943 – Eddy Hamel , American footballer (b. 1902)[28] 1943 – Otto Jespersen , Danish linguist and academic (b. 1860) 1943 – Beatrice Webb , English sociologist and economist (b. 1858)[29] 1953 – Jacob Linzbach , Estonian linguist and author (b. 1874)1956 – Alben W. Barkley , American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (b. 1877)1970 – Jacques Presser , Dutch historian, writer and poet (b. 1899)1970 – Inger Stevens , Swedish-American actress (b. 1934) 1972 – Gia Scala , English-American model and actress (b. 1934)1973 – Václav Renč , Czech poet and playwright (b. 1911)1974 – Agnes Moorehead , American actress (b. 1900)1980 – Luis Muñoz Marín , Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (b. 1898)1982 – Lester Bangs , American journalist and author (b. 1949)1983 – George Balanchine , Russian dancer and choreographer (b. 1904)1983 – Muddy Waters , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (b. 1913) 1983 – Edouard Wyss-Dunant , Swiss physician and mountaineer (b. 1897) 1986 – Robert Stevenson , English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1905)1989 – Sergio Leone , Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)1993 – Tommy Caton , English footballer (b. 1962)1994 – Roland Ratzenberger , Austrian race car driver (b. 1960)1994 – Richard Scarry , American author and illustrator (b. 1919) 1995 – Maung Maung Kha , Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1920)1998 – Nizar Qabbani , Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (b. 1926)2000 – Poul Hartling , Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914)2002 – Charlotte von Mahlsdorf , German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (b. 1928)2003 – Mark Berger , American economist and academic (b. 1955)2003 – Possum Bourne , New Zealand race car driver (b. 1956) 2005 – Phil Rasmussen , American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918)2006 – Jean-François Revel , French philosopher (b. 1924)2006 – Pramoedya Ananta Toer , Indonesian author and academic (b. 1925) 2007 – Kevin Mitchell , American football player (b. 1971)2007 – Tom Poston , American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (b. 1921) 2007 – Gordon Scott , American film and television actor (b. 1926) 2008 – Juancho Evertsz , Dutch Antillean politician (b. 1923)2009 – Henk Nijdam , Dutch cyclist (b. 1935)2011 – Dorjee Khandu , Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (b. 1955)2011 – Evald Okas , Estonian painter (b. 1915) 2011 – Ernesto Sabato , Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (b. 1911) 2012 – Tomás Borge , Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (b. 1930)2012 – Alexander Dale Oen , Norwegian swimmer (b. 1985)[30] 2012 – Giannis Gravanis , Greek footballer (b. 1958) 2012 – Benzion Netanyahu , Russian-Israeli historian and academic (b. 1910) 2013 – Roberto Chabet , Filipino painter and sculptor (b. 1937)2013 – Shirley Firth , Canadian skier (b. 1953) 2013 – Viviane Forrester , French author and critic (b. 1925) 2014 – Khaled Choudhury , Indian painter and set designer (b. 1919)2014 – Julian Lewis , English biologist and academic (b. 1946) 2014 – Carl E. Moses , American businessman and politician (b. 1929)[31] 2014 – Ian Ross , Australian journalist (b. 1940) 2015 – Ben E. King , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1938)[32] 2016 – Daniel Berrigan , American priest and activist (b. 1921)[33] 2016 – Harry Kroto , English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1939)[34] 2019 – Peter Mayhew , English-American actor (b. 1944)[35] 2020 – Tony Allen , Nigerian drummer and composer (b. 1940)[36] 2021 – Anthony Payne , English composer (b. 1936)[37] Holidays and observances References ^ Daniel, Clifton (1989). Chronicle of America . Chronicle publication. p. 16. ISBN 0-13-133745-9 . ^ Daniel, Clifton (1989). Chronicle of America . Chronicle publication. p. 39. ISBN 0-13-133745-9 . ^ Sutton, Christine (8 January 1997). "Ninety years around the atom". New Scientist : 49. ^ "Nail bomb explosion at London pub kills two" . The Guardian . 30 April 1999. 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