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30 Apr 1925
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birth
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Corinne Calvet: Paris, France -- Actress (Phantom of Hollywood)
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30 Apr 1925
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Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity. |
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30 Apr 1925
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birth
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Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1960) |
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30 Apr 1925
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birth
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Corinne Calvet, French-American actress (d. 2001) |
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30 Apr 1925
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history
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WW2
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Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party and Ernst Röhm's SA organization (also known as Frontbann at this time) formally split.
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30 Apr 1925
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birth
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Corinne Calvet Paris France, actress (Phantom of Hollywood)
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| 75 years anniversary |
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30 Apr 1950
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event
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
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30 Apr 1950
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event
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Babe Didrikson-Zaharias wins LPGA 144-hole Golf Weathervane
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| 50 years anniversary |
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30 Apr 1975
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event
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Last US helicopter leaves US embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders
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30 Apr 1975
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event
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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. |
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30 Apr 1975
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birth
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Elliott Sadler, American race car driver |
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30 Apr 1975
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birth
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Tomi Joutsen, Finnish singer-songwriter (Amorphis) |
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30 Apr 1975
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birth
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Johnny Galecki, Belgian-American actor and producer |
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30 Apr 1975
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birth
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Michael Chaturantabut, Thai-American actor and stuntman |
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30 Apr 1975
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birth
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Beverley Peele model [or Apr 7]
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30 Apr 1975
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birth
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Johnny Galecki Bree Belgium, actor (American Dreamer, David-Roseanne)
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30 Apr 1975
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event
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Last US helicopter leaves US embassy groundsin Vietnam, Saigon surrenders
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| 25 years anniversary |
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30 Apr 2000
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death
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Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (b. 1914) |
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| 20 years anniversary |
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30 Apr 2005
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death
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Ron Todd, English union leader (b. 1927) |
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30 Apr 2005
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death
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Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1918) |
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30 Apr 2005
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music
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The Dave Matthews Band agreed to pay $200,000 (£105,000) after their tour bus dumped human waste on a boatload of tourists in Chicago in August 2004. Bus driver Stefan Wohl who was alone on board the bus at the time the sewage was dumped was fined $10,000 (£5,200), the band had already donated $100,000 (£54,252) to two group's that protect the Chicago River and its surrounding area.
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30 Apr 2005
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music
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American guitarist Norma-Jean Wofford died. Known as 'The Duchess', she worked with Bo Diddley as a Bo-ette from 1962 to 1966. (Diddley was one of the first artists to have female musicians in his group).
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| 15 years anniversary |
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30 Apr 2010
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death
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Gerry Ryan, Irish radio and television host (b. 1956) |
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| 10 years anniversary |
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30 Apr 2015
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death
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Nigel Terry, English actor (b. 1945) |
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30 Apr 2015
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death
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Gregory Mertens, Belgian footballer (b. 1991) |
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30 Apr 2015
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death
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Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Drifters) (b. 1938) |
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30 Apr 2015
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death
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Steven Goldmann, Canadian director and producer (b. 1961) |
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30 Apr 2015
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death
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Patachou, French singer and actress (b. 1918) |
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30 Apr 2015
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music
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Ben E King, (Benjmin Earl Nelson), soul and R&B singer with The Drifters, died at the Hackensack University Medical Center at the age of 76. The Driffters had the 1960 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Save The Last Dance For Me', and King scored the the 1987 UK No.1 solo single 'Stand By Me', (first released in 1961).
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