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April 30, Monica Seles attacked during tennis match

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Last updated: April 30, 2025 8:36 am
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Today is Wednesday, April 30, 2025, marking the 120th day of the year with 245 days remaining.

On this day in history, back in 1993, the world of women’s tennis was shocked when top-ranked player Monica Seles was brutally stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany. The perpetrator, a self-proclaimed fan of second-ranked player Steffi Graf, was convicted of causing grievous bodily harm but received only a two-year suspended sentence.

In a significant historical event, on April 30, 1789, George Washington was inaugurated as the first President of the United States at Federal Hall in New York. Additionally, in 1803, the United States completed the purchase of the vast Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, effectively doubling the size of the country.

Tragedy struck on this date in 1900 when engineer John Luther “Casey” Jones lost his life in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi. Jones heroically remained at the controls of his passenger train to slow it down before colliding with a stalled train near an approaching station.

In a dark chapter of history, on April 30, 1945, as Soviet troops closed in on his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler took his own life, along with Eva Braun, whom he had married just the day before. This marked the end of World War II in Europe.

Fast forward to 1973, amidst the Watergate scandal, President Richard Nixon announced the resignations of top aides H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Attorney General Richard G. Kleindienst, and White House counsel John Dean. The scandal ultimately led to Nixon’s resignation.

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Another significant event occurred on this day in 1975 when the Vietnam War officially ended with the fall of the South Vietnamese capital, Saigon, to Communist forces.

On a more positive note, in 1993, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) made a groundbreaking announcement. They declared the World Wide Web, invented by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN four years prior, free for public use and released its source code to the public domain.

In terms of birthdays, today marks the celebration of several notable individuals. These include UN Secretary-General António Guterres turning 76, filmmaker Jane Campion at 71, basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas at 64, actor Johnny Galecki at 50, and actor Gal Gadot at 40, among others.

As we commemorate the events and birthdays of April 30th throughout history, let us reflect on the past and look towards the future with hope and optimism.

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