Just for Fun - For all you History Buffs out there!

On this Day, April 30^th, in History:

1776  -  Samuel Adams, during the American Revolution, writes of hope for more battles

1789  -  The first presidential inauguration for George Washington.  The inaugural ceremony was
              performed on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street, New York City

1803  -  Louisiana Purchase concluded

1864  -  During the Civil War  Confederates attack Union troops at Jenkins' Ferry

1867  -  Burton C. Mossman, a rancher turned lawman, is born in Aurora, Illinois.

1888  -  Orange-sized hail reported in India, Killing 230 People!!

1927  -  The first federal prison for women opens in Alderson, West Virginia

1933 -  Willie Nelson is born in Abbot, Texas

1939 -  New York World's Fair opens

1945  -  Adolf Hitler commits suicide in his underground bunker

1945  -  Poet, essayist, and novelist Annie Dillard is born on this day in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

1948  -  Original Land Rover debuts at auto show

1948  -  Organization of American States established

1975  -  South Vietnam surrenders

1993  -  Tennis star Monica Seles stabbed

• Courtesy of the History Channel