BIRTHDAYS AND EVENTS
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Notable Birthdays for April 30
Mary Dimmick Harrison (1858-1948) - The 23rd First Lady of the U.S. (President Benjamin Harrison).
Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel (1866-1936) - Pioneer dentist who founded the Women's Dental Association of the U.S.
Mabel Scott (1915-2000) - Gospel and R&B singer fondly remembered for her hit song Boogie Woogie Santa Claus.
Claude Shannon (1916-2001) - Engineer known as the "Father of Information Theory."
Roger L. Easton (1921-2014) - Co-inventor of the GPS.
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (1939-Still Living) - The first woman composer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Burt Young (1940-2023) - Actor fondly remembered for his role as Paulie in the Rocky movies.
Bobby Vee (1943-2016) - Teen idol and pop singer.
Kirsten Dunst (1982-Still Living) - Multi-award winning actress in Bring It On (2000), the Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), and Hidden Figures (2016), to name a few.
Memorable Events for April 30
1562 - Jean Ribault and other colonists arrive in Florida becoming the first French colonists in North America.
1789 - George Washington is sworn in as the first President of the U.S.
1798 - The Department of the Navy is formed.
1812 - Louisiana is admitted as 18th state to join the Union.
1864 - New York becomes the first state to charge for a hunting license.
1889 - George Washington's birthday (February 22) becomes the first national holiday in the U.S.
1904 - The ice cream cone makes its debut at St. Louis World's Fair.
1927 -The first women's federal prison (Federal Industrial Institute for Women) opens in the U.S. .
1939 - The World's Fair opens in NY.
1947 - The Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.
1952 - Mr. Potato Head becomes the first toy to be advertised on t.v
1973 - President Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean in the midsts of Watergate.