April 30

• 1980

  Beatrix is inaugurated as Queen of the Netherlands following the abdication of Juliana.

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• 1980

  The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.

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• 1993

  CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

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• 1994

  Formula One racing driver Roland Ratzenberger is killed in a crash during the qualifying session of the San Marino Grand Prix run at Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari outside Imola, Italy.

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• 2000

  Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.

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• 2004

  U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.

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• 2008

  Two skeletal remains found near Yekaterinburg are confirmed by Russian scientists to be the remains of Alexei and Anastasia, two of the children of the last Tsar of Russia, whose entire family was executed at Yekaterinburg by the Bolsheviks.

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• 2009

  Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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• 2009

  Seven civilians and the perpetrator are killed and another ten injured at a Queen's Day parade in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in an attempted assassination on Queen Beatrix.

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• 2013

  Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.

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• 2014

  A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.

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• 2021

  Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.

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1. 
   2002

   Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess player

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2. 
   2002

   Teden Mengi, English footballer

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3. 
   2000

   Dean James, Indonesian footballer

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4. 
   1999

   Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster

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5. 
   1999

   Krit Amnuaydechkorn, Thai actor and singer

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6. 
   1998

   Georgina Amorós, Spanish actress

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7. 
   1996

   Luke Friend, English singer

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8. 
   1994

   Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress

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9. 
   1994

   Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player

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10. 
    1993

    Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist

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11. 
    1992

    Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer

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12. 
    1991

    Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player

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