This Day In History

April 30th

St. Pius V, Pope

1939  General Pershing Zephyr railroad car was the first equipped with fluorescent lights.
1939  Public Television began and President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first chief executive to appear on TV where he spoke at the opening ceremonies of the New York World's Fair in Flushing, New York on WNBT, now WNBC-TV.
1947  Boulder Dam changed back to its original name of the Hoover Dam.
1964  FCC ruled that all television sets should be equipped to receive both VHF (channels 2-13) and the new UHF (channels 14-83).

1898  Reporter and great granson of the railroad tycoon, Cornelius Vanderbilt
1923  Jazz musician Percy Heath
1933  Country singer Willie Nelson
1944  Actress Jill Clayburgh

1959

• Come Softly to Me - The Fleetwoods

• A Fool Such as I - Elvis Presley

• Sorry (I Ran all the Way Home) - The Impalas

• Tijuana Jail - The Kingston Trio

1968

• Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

• Cry like a Baby - The Box Tops

• Tighten Up - Archie Bell and The Drells

• The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde - Merle Haggard & The Strangers

1977

• Southern Nights - Glen Campbell

• Don't Give Up on Us - David Soul

• Don't Leave Me this Way - Thelma Houston

• She's Pulling Me Back Again - Mickey Gilley

1986

• Kiss - Prince & The Revolution

• Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer

• Manic Monday - Bangles

• Now and Forever - Anne Murray

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