Updated April 29, 2012, 2:28 pm
On April 30, 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.
Go to article »On April 30, 1902, Theodore Schultz, the American economist who won a Nobel Prize for his important studies of the human factor in the workplace, was born. Following his death on February 26, 1998, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1789 George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States. 1803 The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France. 1812 Louisiana became the 18th state. 1859 “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens was first published in serial form in a literary magazine. 1900 Hawaii was organized as a U.S. territory. 1939 The New York World’s Fair opened. 1958 The American Association of Retired Persons was founded in Washington, D.C. 1970 President Richard Nixon announced the United States was sending troops into Cambodia. 1975 The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces. 1993 Top-ranked women’s tennis player Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by a man who ran onto the court during a match in Hamburg, Germany. 1997 ABC aired the “coming out” episode of the sitcom “Ellen,” in which the title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admitted she is a lesbian. 2001 Chandra Levy, a federal government intern, went missing in Washington, D.C. (Her remains were found more than a year later in a city park.) 2003 Mahmoud Abbas took office as the first Palestinian prime minister. 2005 Missing Georgia woman Jennifer Wilbanks, the so-called “runaway bride,” turned up in Albuquerque, N.M. 2009 Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection. 2009 British forces exited Iraq. Current Birthdays
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Actor Johnny Galecki (“The Big Bang Theory”) turns 37 years old today.
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Actress Dianna Agron (“Glee”) turns 26 years old today.
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1926 Cloris Leachman, Actress (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” “Phyllis”), turns 86 1933 Willie Nelson, Country singer, turns 79 1938 Gary Collins, Talk show host, turns 74 1940 Burt Young, Actor, turns 72 1943 Bobby Vee, Singer, turns 69 1953 Merrill Osmond, Singer (The Osmonds), turns 59 1954 Jane Campion, Director (“The Piano”), turns 58 1959 Stephen Harper, Prime minister of Canada, turns 53 1961 Isiah Thomas, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 51 1965 Adrian Pasdar, Actor (“Heroes”), turns 47 1973 Akon, R&B singer, turns 39 1981 Kunal Nayyar, Actor (“Big Bang Theory”), turns 31 1982 Kirsten Dunst, Actress, turns 30
Historic Birthdays
Theodore Schultz 4/30/1902 – 2/26/1998 American economist, Nobel Prize 1979.Go to obituary »
68 St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle 4/30/1651 – 4/7/1719
French philanthropist and founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools87 David Thompson 4/30/1770 – 2/10/1857
English explorer and fur trader in western Canada and the United States82 Eugen Bleuler 4/30/1857 – 7/15/1939
Swiss psychiatrist; pioneered study of schizophrenics86 John Crowe Ransom 4/30/1888 – 7/4/1974
American poet and critic53 Joachim von Ribbentrop 4/30/1893 – 10/16/1946
German foreign minister under the Nazi regime (1933-45)84 Simon Kuznets 4/30/1901 – 7/8/1985
Russian-born American Nobel Prize-winning economist and statistician82 Eve Arden 4/30/1908 – 11/12/1990
American radio and television actress82 Vermont Royster 4/30/1914 – 7/22/1996
American journalist and editor of The Wall Street Journal83 Robert Shaw 4/30/1916 – 1/25/1999
American choral and orchestra conductor78 Franz Lehar 4/30/1870 – 10/24/1948
Hungarian composer; wrote “The Merry Widow”
