Events That Happened on April 30

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

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

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

An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead.

Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

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.

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.

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

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

Neo-Nazi David Copeland carries out the last of his three nail bombings in London at the Admiral Duncan gay pub, killing three people and injuring 79 others.

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.

CERN announces World Wide Web protocols will be free.

The Monkseaton shootings occur in Tyne and Wear, England. One killed, 16 injured.

The Bijon Setu massacre occurs in Calcutta, India.

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

The Iranian Embassy siege begins in London.

Eruption of Mount Marapi: Mount Marapi, a complex volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, erupted. Between 80 and 100 people were killed.

Fall of Saigon: Communist forces gain control of Saigon. The Vietnam War formally ends with the unconditional surrender of South Vietnamese president Dương Văn Minh.

Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon fires White House Counsel John Dean; other top aides, most notably H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, resign.

The Bristol Bus Boycott is held in Bristol to protest the Bristol Omnibus Company's refusal to employ Black or Asian bus crews, drawing national attention to racial discrimination in the United Kingdom.

K-19, the first Soviet nuclear submarine equipped with nuclear missiles, is commissioned.

Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery entered into force.

Former Vice President and Democratic Senator Alben Barkley dies during a speech in Virginia.

In Bogotá, Colombia, the Organization of American States is established.

In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam.

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide after being married for less than 40 hours. Soviet soldiers raise the Victory Banner over the Reichstag building.

World War II: Stalag Luft I prisoner-of-war camp near Barth, Germany is liberated by Soviet soldiers, freeing nearly 9,000 American and British airmen.

World War II: The British submarine HMS Seraph surfaces near Huelva to cast adrift a dead man dressed as a courier and carrying false invasion plans.

The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.

NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.

The Commonwealth of the Philippines holds a plebiscite for Filipino women on whether they should be extended the right to suffrage; over 90% would vote in the affirmative.

The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.

Automaker Dodge Brothers, Inc is sold to Dillon, Read & Co. for US$146 million plus $50 million for charity.

Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.

Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor.

J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.

Governor of New York David B. Hill signs legislation creating the Niagara Reservation, New York's first state park, ensuring that Niagara Falls will not be devoted solely to industrial and commercial use.

The Camp Grant massacre takes place in Arizona Territory.

American Civil War: Confederate forces led by General E. Kirby Smith attack federal troops retreating across the Saline at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas.

A 65-man French Foreign Legion infantry patrol fights a force of nearly 2,000 Mexican soldiers to nearly the last man in Hacienda Camarón, Mexico.

Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation.

The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.

Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.

On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first President of the United States.

Eighty Years' War: Dutch Republic forces recapture a strategically important fort from Spain after a nine-month siege.

Juan de Oñate begins the conquest of Santa Fe de Nuevo México.

Henry IV of France issues the Edict of Nantes, allowing freedom of religion to the Huguenots.

Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.

Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration. He is named admiral of the ocean sea, viceroy and governor of any territory he discovers.

Enguerrand de Marigny is hanged at the instigation of Charles, Count of Valois.

The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ends.

Emily Carey, British actress

Jung Yun-seok, South Korean actor

Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess player

Teden Mengi, English footballer

Yui Hiwatashi, Japanese singer

Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmaster

Krit Amnuaydechkorn, Thai actor and singer

Georgina Amorós, Spanish actress

Adam Ryczkowski, Polish footballer

Luke Friend, English singer

Chae Seo-jin, South Korean actress

Wang Yafan, Chinese tennis player

Dion Dreesens, Dutch swimmer

Martin Fuksa, Czech canoeist

Marcel Bauer, German politician

Marc-André ter Stegen, German footballer

Chris Kreider, American ice hockey player

Travis Scott, American rapper and producer

Jonny Brownlee, English triathlete

Mac DeMarco, Canadian singer-songwriter

Kaarel Kiidron, Estonian footballer

Paula Ribó, Spanish singer-songwriter and actress

Jang Wooyoung, South Korean singer and actor

Andy Allen, Australian chef

Sander Baart, Dutch field hockey player

Ana de Armas, Cuban actress

Liu Xijun, Chinese singer

Oh Hye-ri, South Korean taekwondo athlete

Alipate Carlile, Australian footballer

Chris Morris, South African cricketer

Rohit Sharma, Indian cricketer

Dianna Agron, American actress and singer

Martten Kaldvee, Estonian biathlete

Brandon Bass, American basketball player

Gal Gadot, Israeli actress and model

Ashley Alexandra Dupré, American journalist, singer, and prostitute

Seimone Augustus, American basketball player

Shawn Daivari, American wrestler and manager

Risto Mätas, Estonian javelin thrower

Lee Roache, English footballer

Chris Carr, American football player

Tatjana Hüfner, German luger

Marina Tomić, Slovenian hurdler

Troy Williamson, American football player

Kirsten Dunst, American actress

Drew Seeley, Canadian-American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor

Nicole Kaczmarski, American basketball player

John O'Shea, Irish footballer

Kunal Nayyar, British-Indian actor

Justin Vernon, American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer

Luis Scola, Argentinian basketball player

Jeroen Verhoeven, Dutch footballer

Gerardo Torrado, Mexican footballer

Liljay, Taiwanese singer

Jeannie Haddaway-Riccio, American politician

Meredith L. Patterson, American technologist, journalist, and author

Davian Clarke, Jamaican sprinter

Amanda Palmer, American singer-songwriter and pianist

Daniel Wagon, Australian rugby league player

Victor J. Glover, American astronaut

Johnny Galecki, American actor

Christian Tamminga, Dutch athlete

Leigh Francis, English comedian and actor

Takako Tokiwa, Japanese actress

Warren Defever, American bass player and producer

Justine Greening, English accountant and politician, Secretary of State for International Development

Paulo Jr., Brazilian bass player

Phil Chang, Taiwanese singer-songwriter and actor

Philipp Kirkorov, Bulgarian-born Russian singer, composer and actor

Turbo B, American rapper

Jeff Brown, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Dave Meggett, American football player and coach

Daniela Costian, Romanian-Australian discus thrower

Adrian Pasdar, American actor

Tony Fernandes, Malaysian-Indian businessman, co-founded Tune Group

Ian Healy, Australian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster

Lorenzo Staelens, Belgian footballer and manager

Abhishek Chatterjee, Indian actor (died 2022)

Andrew Carwood, English tenor and conductor

Michael Waltrip, American race car driver and sportscaster

Arnór Guðjohnsen, Icelandic footballer

Isiah Thomas, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster

Geoffrey Cox, English lawyer and politician

Kerry Healey, American academic and politician, 70th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts

Stephen Harper, Canadian economist and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Canada

Charles Berling, French actor, director, and screenwriter

Wonder Mike, American rapper and songwriter

Lars von Trier, Danish director and screenwriter

Nicolas Hulot, French journalist and environmentalist

David Kitchin, English lawyer and judge

Pradeep Sarkar, Indian director and screenwriter (died 2023)

Zlatko Topčić, Bosnian writer and screenwriter

Jane Campion, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter

Kim Darroch, English diplomat, UK Permanent Representative to the European Union

Frank-Michael Marczewski, German footballer

Merrill Osmond, American singer and bass player

Jacques Audiard, French director and screenwriter

Jack Middelburg, Dutch motorcycle racer (died 1984)

Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager

António Guterres, Portuguese academic and politician, 114th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th Secretary-General of the United Nations

Karl Meiler, German tennis player (died 2014)

Wayne Kramer, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (died 2024)

Pierre Pagé, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

Margit Papp, Hungarian athlete

Paul Fiddes, English theologian and academic

Finn Kalvik, Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist

Tom Køhlert, Danish footballer and manager

Mats Odell, Swedish economist and politician, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets

King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden

Bill Plympton, American animator, producer, and screenwriter

Don Schollander, American swimmer

J. Michael Brady, British radiologist

Annie Dillard, American novelist, essayist, and poet

Mimi Fariña, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist (died 2001)

Michael J. Smith, American pilot, and astronaut (died 1986)

Jon Bing, Norwegian author, scholar, and academic (died 2014)

Jill Clayburgh, American actress (died 2010)

Frederick Chiluba, Zambian politician, 2nd President of Zambia (died 2011)

Bobby Vee, American pop singer-songwriter (died 2016)

Sallehuddin of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah

Stavros Dimas, Greek lawyer and politician, Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs

Max Merritt, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter (died 2020)

Jeroen Brouwers, Dutch journalist and writer (died 2022)

Michael Cleary, Australian rugby player and politician

Ülo Õun, Estonian sculptor (died 1988)

Burt Young, American actor and painter (died 2023)

Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (died 2012)

Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter (died 2023)

Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter

Tony Harrison, English poet and playwright

Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter (died 1995)

Don McKenney, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2022)

Charles Sanderson, Baron Sanderson of Bowden, English politician

Félix Guattari, French psychotherapist and philosopher (died 1992)

Hugh Hood, Canadian author and academic (died 2000)

Orlando Sirola, Italian tennis player (died 1995)

Shrinivas Khale, Indian composer (died 2011)

Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (died 2021)

Corinne Calvet, French actress (died 2001)

Johnny Horton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1960)

Sheldon Harnick, American lyricist (died 2023)

Uno Laht, Estonian KGB officer and author (died 2008)

Percy Heath, American bassist (died 2005)

Kagamisato Kiyoji, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 42nd Yokozuna (died 2004)

Anton Murray, South African cricketer (died 1995)

Roger L. Easton, American scientist, co-invented the GPS (died 2014)

Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (died 1994)

Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian and woman's history author (died 2013)

Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser (died 2021)

Bea Wain, American singer (died 2017)

Paul Kuusberg, Estonian journalist and author (died 2003)

Claude Shannon, American mathematician and engineer (died 2001)

Robert Shaw, American conductor (died 1999)

Charles Beetham, American middle-distance runner (died 1997)

Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer-songwriter, actor, and painter (died 2008)

Levi Celerio, Filipino pianist, violinist, and composer (died 2002)

F. E. McWilliam, Irish sculptor and educator (died 1992)

Juliana of the Netherlands (died 2004)

Eve Arden, American actress (died 1990)

Bjarni Benediktsson, Icelandic professor of law and politician, 13th Prime Minister of Iceland (died 1970)

Frank Robert Miller, Canadian air marshal and politician (died 1997)

Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (died 2012)

Theodore Schultz, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)

Simon Kuznets, Belarusian-American economist, statistician, and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1985)

Erni Krusten, Estonian author and poet (died 1984)

Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (died 1983)

Reverend Gary Davis, American singer and guitarist (died 1972)

Hans List, Austrian scientist and businessman, founded the AVL Engineering Company (died 1996)

Philippe Panneton, Canadian physician, academic, and diplomat (died 1960)

Harold Breen, Australian public servant (died 1966)

Joachim von Ribbentrop, German soldier and politician, 14th German Reich Minister for Foreign Affairs (died 1946)

John Crowe Ransom, American poet, critic, and academic (died 1974)

Olof Sandborg, Swedish actor (died 1965)

Jaroslav Hašek, Czech soldier and author (died 1923)

Luigi Russolo, Italian painter and composer (died 1947)

Charles Exeter Devereux Crombie, Scottish cartoonist (died 1967)

Richárd Weisz, Hungarian Olympic champion wrestler (died 1945)

Władysław Witwicki, Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist (died 1948)

Léon Flameng, French cyclist (died 1917)

Alice B. Toklas, American memoirist (died 1967)

Orso Mario Corbino, Italian physicist and politician (died 1937)

Cyriel Verschaeve, Flemish priest and author (died 1949)

Franz Lehár, Hungarian composer (died 1948)

Dadasaheb Phalke, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1944)

Hans Poelzig, German architect, designed the IG Farben Building and Großes Schauspielhaus (died 1936)

Mary Haviland Stilwell Kuesel, American pioneer dentist (died 1936)

Max Nettlau, German historian and academic (died 1944)

Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist and eugenicist (died 1940)

Walter Simon, German banker and philanthropist (died 1920)

Eugène Simon, French naturalist (died 1924)

Ferdinand von Hochstetter, Austrian geologist and academic (died 1884)

Albrecht von Roon, Prussian soldier and politician, 10th Minister President of Prussia (died 1879)

Joseph Dart, American businessman and entrepreneur (died 1879)

Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician and physicist (died 1855)

David Thompson, English-Canadian cartographer and explorer (died 1857)

Emmanuel Vitale, Maltese commander and politician (died 1802)

Mathurin Jacques Brisson, French zoologist and philosopher (died 1806)

Johann Kaspar Basselet von La Rosée, Bavarian general (died 1795)

François Louis, Prince of Conti (died 1709)

Mary II of England (died 1694)

Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, French priest and saint (died 1719)

François de Laval, French-Canadian bishop and saint (died 1708)

Louise of Lorraine (died 1601)

Francesco Primaticcio, Italian painter (died 1570)

William III, Landgrave of Thuringia (died 1482)

Anne of Gloucester, English countess, granddaughter of King Edward III of England (died 1438)

Gaston III, Count of Foix (died 1391)

King Casimir III of Poland (died 1368)

Paul Auster, American writer and film director (born 1947)

Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish television presenter and chef (born 1976)

Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)

Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (born 1967)

Anthony Payne, English composer (born 1936)

Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer (born 1940)

Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor, film director and producer (born 1952)

Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (born 1944)

Belchior, Brazilian singer and composer (born 1946)

Daniel Berrigan, American priest and activist (born 1921)

Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1939)

Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1938)

Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (born 1919)

Julian Lewis, English biologist and academic (born 1946)

Carl E. Moses, American businessman and politician (born 1929)

Ian Ross, Australian journalist (born 1940)

Roberto Chabet, Filipino painter and sculptor (born 1937)

Shirley Firth, Canadian skier (born 1953)

Viviane Forrester, French author and critic (born 1925)

Tomás Borge, Nicaraguan poet and politician, co-founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front (born 1930)

Alexander Dale Oen, Norwegian swimmer (born 1985)

Giannis Gravanis, Greek footballer (born 1958)

Benzion Netanyahu, Russian-Israeli historian and academic (born 1910)

Dorjee Khandu, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh (born 1955)

Evald Okas, Estonian painter (born 1915)

Ernesto Sabato, Argentinian physicist, author, and painter (born 1911)

Henk Nijdam, Dutch cyclist (born 1935)

Juancho Evertsz, Dutch Antillean politician (born 1923)

Kevin Mitchell, American football player (born 1971)

Tom Poston, American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (born 1921)

Gordon Scott, American film and television actor (born 1926)

Jean-François Revel, French philosopher (born 1924)

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, Indonesian author and academic (born 1925)

Phil Rasmussen, American lieutenant and pilot (born 1918)

Mark Berger, American economist and academic (born 1955)

Possum Bourne, New Zealand race car driver (born 1956)

Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, German philanthropist, founded the Gründerzeit Museum (born 1928)

Poul Hartling, Danish politician, 36th Prime Minister of Denmark (born 1914)

Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (born 1926)

Maung Maung Kha, Burmese colonel and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Burma (born 1920)

Roland Ratzenberger, Austrian race car driver (born 1960)

Richard Scarry, American author and illustrator (born 1919)

Tommy Caton, English footballer (born 1962)

Sergio Leone, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1929)

Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)

George Balanchine, Russian dancer and choreographer (born 1904)

Muddy Waters, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and bandleader (born 1913)

Edouard Wyss-Dunant, Swiss physician and mountaineer (born 1897)

Lester Bangs, American journalist and author (born 1949)

Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rican journalist and politician, 1st Governor of Puerto Rico (born 1898)

Agnes Moorehead, American actress (born 1900)

Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (born 1911)

Gia Scala, English-American model and actress (born 1934)

Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (born 1899)

Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (born 1934)

Alben W. Barkley, American lawyer and politician, 35th Vice President of the United States (born 1877)

Jacob Linzbach, Estonian linguist and author (born 1874)

Eva Braun, German photographer and office and lab assistant, wife of Adolf Hitler (born 1912)

Adolf Hitler, Austrian-German politician and author, dictator of Nazi Germany (born 1889)

Eddy Hamel, American footballer (born 1902)

Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1860)

Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (born 1858)

Frank Haller, American boxer (born 1883)

A. E. Housman, English poet and scholar (born 1859)

Bessie Coleman, American pilot (born 1892)

Jean Moréas, Greek poet and critic (born 1856)

Emily Stowe, Canadian physician and activist (born 1831)

Casey Jones, American railroad engineer (born 1864)

Joseph Leidy, American paleontologist and author (born 1823)

Édouard Manet, French painter (born 1832)

Emma Smith, American religious leader (born 1804)

Jean-Frédéric Waldeck, French explorer, lithographer, and cartographer (born 1766)

Thomas Cooke, Canadian bishop and missionary (born 1792)

Robert FitzRoy, English admiral, meteorologist, and politician, 2nd Governor of New Zealand (born 1805)

John B. Cocke, Confederate States Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry (born c. 1833)

Jean Danjou, French Army officer, killed in action at the Battle of Camarón (born 1828)

Charles, Austrian commander and duke of Teschen (born 1771)

Peter Andreas Heiberg, Danish philologist and author (born 1758)

Onogawa Kisaburō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 5th Yokozuna (born 1758)

Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, French archaeologist and author (born 1716)

John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, English politician, Secretary of State for the Northern Department (born 1718)

François d'Agincourt, French organist and composer (born 1684)

Johann Albert Fabricius, German scholar and author (born 1668)

Rodrigo Anes de Sá Almeida e Meneses, 1st Marquis of Abrantes, Portuguese diplomat (born 1676)

Philipp van Limborch, Dutch theologian and author (born 1633)

Robert Plot, English chemist and academic (born 1640)

Marie of the Incarnation, French-Canadian nun and saint, founded the Ursulines of Quebec (born 1599)

Petrus Scriverius, Dutch historian and scholar (born 1576)

Eustache Le Sueur, French painter (born 1617)

Niwa Nagashige, Japanese daimyō (born 1571)

Johann Tserclaes, Count of Tilly, Bavarian general (born 1559)

Sigismund III Vasa, Swedish-Polish son of John III of Sweden (born 1566)

Tabinshwehti, Burmese king (born 1516)

Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden, English lawyer and judge, Lord Chancellor of England (born 1488)

Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard, French soldier (born 1473)

Richard de Beauchamp, 13th Earl of Warwick, English commander (born 1382)

John III, duke of Brittany (born 1286)

Roger de Flor, Italian military adventurer (born 1267)

Adjutor, French knight and saint

Ren Zong, Chinese emperor (born 1010)

Mahmud of Ghazni, Ghaznavid emir (born 971)

Eckard I, German nobleman

Hildegard of the Vinzgau, Frankish queen

Amalasuntha, Ostrogothic queen and regent

An, Chinese emperor (born 94)

Lucan, Roman poet (born 39)

Armed Forces Day (Georgia)

Camarón Day (French Foreign Legion)

Children's Day (Mexico)

Christian feast day: Adjutor

Christian feast day: Aimo

Christian feast day: Amator, Peter and Louis

Christian feast day: Donatus of Evorea

Christian feast day: Eutropius of Saintes

Christian feast day: Marie Guyart (Anglican Church of Canada)

Christian feast day: Marie of the Incarnation (Ursuline)

Christian feast day: Maximus of Rome

Christian feast day: Blessed Miles Gerard

Christian feast day: Pomponius of Naples

Christian feast day: Pope Pius V

Christian feast day: Quirinus of Neuss

Christian feast day: Sarah Josepha Hale (Episcopal Church)

Christian feast day: Suitbert the Younger

Christian feast day: April 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Consumer Protection Day (Thailand)

Honesty Day (United States)

International Jazz Day (UNESCO)

Martyrs' Day (Pakistan)

May Eve, the eve of the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere (see May 1): Beltane begins at sunset in the Northern hemisphere, Samhain begins at sunset in the Southern hemisphere. (Neo-Druidic Wheel of the Year)

May Eve, the eve of the first day of summer in the Northern hemisphere (see May 1): Walpurgis Night (Central and Northern Europe)

National Persian Gulf Day (Iran)

Reunification Day (Vietnam)

Rincon Day (Bonaire)

Russian State Fire Service Day (Russia)

Teachers' Day (Paraguay)