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Historically Speaking of April 29th & 30th...

April 30, 2006

The following notable events took place on April 30th:

  • 1975 - Last U.S. helicopter leaves U.S. embassy grounds, Saigon surrenders
  • 1974 - President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
  • 1973 - Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
  • 1967 - New York Met pitcher Tom Seaver wins his 1st game
  • 1900 - U.S. annexes Hawaii
  • 1789 - George Washington inaugurated as 1st president of US


The following notable events took place on April 29th:

  • 1992 - Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin
  • 1967 - Aretha Franklin releases “Respect”
  • 1961 - ABC’s “Wide World of Sports, debuts
  • 1953 - Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds’ center field bleachers
  • 1945 - U.S. liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany
  • 1857 - U.S. Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio
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