SUNDAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press

Today is Sunday, April 30, the 120th day of 2017. There are 245 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On April 30, 1947, President Harry S. Truman signed a resolution officially confirming the name of Hoover Dam, which had also come to be known as “Boulder Dam.”

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In 1517, Londoners began attacking foreign residents in rioting that carried over into the next day; no deaths were reported from what came to be known as “Evil May Day,” but about a dozen rioters, maybemore, ended up being executed.

In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office in New York as the first president of the United States.

In 1803, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for 60 million francs, the equivalent of about $15 million.

In 1812, Louisiana became the 18th state of the Union.

In 1945, as Soviet troops approached his Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler committed suicide along with his wife of one day, Eva Braun.

In 1968, New York City police forcibly removed student demonstrators occupying five building sat Columbia University.

In 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.

In 1997, ABC-TV aired the “coming out” episode of the situation comedy “Ellen” in which the title character played by Ellen DeGeneres acknowledged her homosexuality.

Ten years ago: President GeorgeW. Bush said he wanted towork withDemocrats on compromise legislation to pay for the Iraq war but told a RoseGarden news conference hewould carry through on his threat to veto any spending bill that set a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda decried aggressive acts fromNorthKorea and vowed to maintain a unified front against such provocations.

One year ago: Antigovernment protesters tore down walls and poured into the Iraqi capital’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where they stormed parliament in amajor escalation of a political crisis that had simmered for months.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Cloris Leachman is 91. Singer WillieNelson is 84. ActorBurt Young is 77. Movie director Lars vonTrier is 61. Basketball Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas is 56. Country musician Robert Reynoldsis55. ActressKirsten Dunst is 35.

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