Talk:April 30

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April 30

Evacuees on the USS Midway

311 – The Diocletianic Persecution of Christians officially ended in the eastern Roman Empire.
1943 – Second World War: The Royal Navy submarine HMS Seraph began Operation Mincemeat to deceive Germany about the upcoming invasion of Sicily.
1963 – A refusal by the Bristol Omnibus Company and the Transport and General Workers' Union to permit the employment of black bus crews led to a bus boycott in Bristol, England.
1975 – American forces completed a helicopter evacuation (aircraft and evacuees pictured) of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city, ending the Vietnam War.
2021 – A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai in Israel.

Marie of the Incarnation (d. 1672)
Emily Stowe (d. 1903)
Kirsten Dunst (b. 1982)

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Anti-child abuse[edit]

Why is there a link to the National Council on Child Abuse & Family Violence near the bottom of this page? Is this on the strength of it being Children's Day in Mexico?

The link itself goes to this specific date (April 30) as its "No Hitting" day. It makes references to 2003 and the link (not the idea) may no longer be relevant. -- Borameer ™ 18:01, 30 April 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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Kirsten Dunst[edit]

How did Kirsten Duntz get born twice?

Virgin Radio[edit]

I've re-added the launch of Virgin Radio. I think the first national commercial rock radio station on MW in the United Kingdom, the station that threatened Radio One's broadcasting hold and was backed a multimillionaire and owner of an international company and one that later employed names such as Chris Evans, Nick Abbot, Tommy Vance etc is a little more than "not notable" Eugenespeed (talk) 00:18, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

It might be marginally notable in the UK but how notable is it for the rest of the world? I see it being about as notable as the day Howard Stern first appeared on Sirius satellite radio. -- Mufka ^(u) ^(t) ^(c) 01:36, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mary Phelps Jacob[edit]

Could someone with more skills than I have add Mary Phelps Jacob, b. April 30, 1891, to the birthday roll and link to her entry? Thanks!

She was born March 30. Jim Michael (talk) 23:44, 30 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Scientology[edit]

LOL, can't believe the Scientology faithful haven't freaked out and changed this yet:

1960 – David Miscavige, American cult leader

Honesty day?[edit]

Looking at the article, this doesn't look like a real thing.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 01:57, 30 April 2018 (UTC) so if there is no discussion, I'll remove it.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:01, 2 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

"Martyr's Day"[edit]

Martyr's Day is called Martyrs' Day in the Wiki article it is linked to. I thought it was a misspelling so I changed it to Martyrs' but someone is upset now. It has something to do with "verifiability", but it seems to me that changing it from the actual Wiki article it is linked to is what requires verifiability, especially when it changes the sense. So why is the entry here changed from the entry in the Wiki article it is linked to? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 17:56, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Well, no. Your spelling change may have been correct, but it was reverted with the two unsourced entries you also added. Days of the Year pages are no longer exempt from WP:V and direct sources are required for additions. For details see the WikiProject Days of the Year style guide. Toddst1 (talk) 17:59, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Done. As stated above, the reverts were not due to the Martyrs' Day change, but for your other additions. I made the spelling change like you wanted, but your other changes will still need to be verified with reliable sources. SkyWarrior 18:02, 3 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]