#ThisDayInHistory April 30
On this day in 2006, Zambia's 🇿🇲 new main Roman Catholic Cathedral, the Child Jesus Cathedral in Lusaka, is dedicated on the site that was a vacant field when Pope John Paul II conducted a mass there in May 1989 to tens of thousands of Zambians.
#OTD April 30, 1940
The Łódź ghetto was sealed and approximately 200,000 Jews were imprisoned inside of its’ walls
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📷: Postcard from the Lodz ghetto showing the entrance and a sign forbidding entrance to non-Jews to the ghetto
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1992, the #LARiots broke out in response to the acquittal of the cops who savagely beat #RodneyKing . 32 years later, people are still pretending this isn't a #PoliceState . I suspect more like this will come along since folks refuse to learn from the past.
Can you name the man in this image?
If you guessed Ferruccio Lamborghini, you would be correct. Born on #ThisDayInHistory in 1916 in Italy, he turned his tractor making business to luxury sports cars.
The New York World’s Fair opened on #ThisDayInHistory in 1939. The fairgrounds exhibited new technology such as FM radio, robotics, fluorescent lighting, and a crude fax machine. To learn more, visit the link in our bio. history.com/news/worlds-fa…
🎥 man gives commands to robot
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On 30th April 1908, Indian revolutionaries, Khudiram Bose and Prafulla Chaki threw a bomb to kill the Kingsford Magistrate in Muzaffarpur as a part of the National Movement against British rule in India. (1/3)
امروز در تاریخ - در ۳۰ اپریل ۱۹۰۵، البرت اینشتین رساله دکتورای خود را در پوهنتون زوریخ سویس به پایان رساند.
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On #ThisDayInHistory in 1803, The United States and Napoleonic France conclude negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase.
It was a massive land sale that doubled the size of America and comprised most of modern-day United States between the Mississippi and the Rocky Mountains.
This day in bad drawings, the last great persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends in 311. #ThisDayInHistory #history #rome #Christianity
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#ThisDayInHistory Post 1372:
29 April 1946 (78 years ago): The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convened and indicted former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.
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An Auspicious Day!
April 30, 1492: Spain announces it will expel all Jews.
April 30, 1563: France announces it will expel all Jews.
They seem to be heading toward Germany, but I think that may be a mistake.
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Wednesday, April 30, 1997
The Chicago Bulls defeated the Washington Bullets 96-95 in the NBA Eastern Conference First Round for a 3-0 series win.
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#ThisDayInHistory Post 1373:
30 April 1897 (127 years ago): J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announced his discovery of the electron at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.
CC: Cavendish Laboratory
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We salute Captain Jay Vargas!
Medal of Honor
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