Browse by date
30 April 2027
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
Anniversary
2021 - A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel.Multi-casualty crush incident in Israel at public religious event
Anniversary
2014 - A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China, killed three people and injured 79 others.Bomb-and-knife attack in Xinjiang, China
Anniversary
2009 - A Dutch man drove his car at high speed into a parade in an attempt to kill the Dutch royal family.Vehicle ramming in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Anniversary
2004 - The New Yorker published an online article and photographs detailing accounts of torture and abuse by American military personnel of Iraqi prisoners held at Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad.American weekly magazine
Anniversary
2000 - Faustina Kowalska, a Polish nun whose apparitions of Jesus inspired the Catholic devotion to the Divine Mercy, was canonized by Pope John Paul II.Nun and saint from Poland
Historical events
History
2021 - Forty-five men and boys are killed in the Meron stampede in Israel.Multi-casualty crush incident in Israel at public religious event
History
2014 - A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others.Bomb-and-knife attack in Xinjiang, China
History
2013 - Willem-Alexander is inaugurated as King of the Netherlands following the abdication of Beatrix.King of the Netherlands since 2013
History
2012 - An overloaded ferry capsizes on the Brahmaputra River in India killing at least 108 people. At least 150 more are missing and presumed dead.2012 public transport disaster in Dubri, Assam, India
History
2009 - Chrysler files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.American subsidiary of automaker Stellantis
History
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.Vehicle ramming in Apeldoorn, Netherlands
History
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.City in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia
History
2004 - U.S. media release graphic photos of American soldiers committing war crimes against Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison.2004 American military scandal
History
2000 - Canonization of Faustina Kowalska in the presence of 200,000 people and the first Divine Mercy Sunday celebrated worldwide.Declaration that a deceased person is an officially recognized saint
History
1999 - 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.Series of terror attacks in the British capital
Notable births
Born
2002 - Anna Cramling, Spanish-Swedish chess playerSwedish chess player (born 2002)
Born
1999 - Jorden van Foreest, Dutch chess grandmasterDutch chess grandmaster (born 1999)
Born
1999 - Krit Amnuaydechkorn, Thai actor and singerThai actor and singer (born 1999)
Notable deaths
Died
2024 - Paul Auster, American writer and film director (born 1947)American writer and film director (1947–2024)
Died
2023 - Jock Zonfrillo, Scottish television presenter and chef (born 1976)Scottish TV presenter and chef (1976–2023)
Died
2022 - Naomi Judd, American singer-songwriter and actress (born 1946)American country singer, songwriter, and actress (1946–2022)
Died
2022 - Mino Raiola, Italian football agent (born 1967)Italian-Dutch football agent (1967–2022)
Died
2021 - Anthony Payne, English composer (born 1936)English composer, critic and musicologist (1936–2021)
Died
2020 - Tony Allen, Nigerian drummer and composer (born 1940)Nigerian musician (1940–2020)
Died
2020 - Rishi Kapoor, Indian actor, film director and producer (born 1952)Indian actor (1952–2020)
Died
2019 - Peter Mayhew, English-American actor (born 1944)British-American actor (1944–2019)
Sky
Moon phase
Last Quarter
31.5% illuminated
Lunar age: 23.9 days
Sun zodiac
Taurus
9.93 degrees
Constellation: Aries
Moon zodiac
Aquarius
28.05 degrees
Constellation: Capricornus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.