Historical Events for 30th April 2026

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1803 - Chancellor Robert Livingston and James Monroe sign Louisiana Purchase Treaty in Paris at a cost of 15 million dollars, doubles the size of the USA
1871 - The Camp Grant Massacre of Apache Indians in Arizona Territory is committed by white and Mexican adventurers, 144 die
1939 - Lou Gehrig sets a MLB record playing his 2,130th consecutive and final game for the New York Yankees.
1972 - "Arthur Godfrey Time" ends a 27 year run on radio
1973 - Women's tennis groups end disputes over sanctioning tournaments
1995 - After 120 years the last 15 A and S department stores close
1997 - Tajik Prest Imomali Rakhmonov wounded in assassination attempt
2019 - New type of dementia identified and named limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy (Late) after misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease

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