APRIL 30, 2020
Today is:
Bugs Bunny Day
Day of the Child
National Honesty Day
National Bubble Tea Day
International Jazz Day
National Oatmeal Cookie Day
National Raisin Day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
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ISIAH THOMAS (1961) — American Hall of Fame basketball player and coach |
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JOHNNY GALECKI (1975) — American actor (National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, Roseanne, The Big Bang Theory) |
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KIRSTEN DUNST (1982) — American actress. (Interview with the Vampire, Jumanji, Spider-Man) |
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GAL GADOT (1985) — Israeli actress and model (Wonder Woman, Justice League) |
TODAY IN HISTORY
| 1789 – George Washington takes the oath of office as the first elected President of the United States on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City. |  |
| 1803 – The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the nation. |  |
| 1812 – The Territory of Orleans ratifies the US Constitution, becoming the 18th state — Louisiana. |  |
| 1938 – The animated short Porky’s Hare Hunt, featured a character called Happy Rabbit, an early version of Bugs Bunny in his first appearance. |  |
| 1939 – The New York World’s Fair opens. |  |
| 1939 – NBC begins it’s regularly scheduled broadcast television programming with the showing of FDR’s speech opening the World’s Fair. |  |
| 1975 – The Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of the South Vietnamese capital and the Vietnam War ends with the unconditional surrender of their forces. |  |
