April 30: Anniversary For Significant Events

Today marks the anniversary of several big events in history, ours and the world's. Starting with the oldest first:

• George Washington was inaugurated in New York City in 1789 as the first President of the United States;
• The Louisiana Purchase was completed in 1803 nearly doubling the size of the U.S.;
• Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his Berlin bunker in 1945;
• The Vietnam War ended in 1975 as Saigon fell to North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces. 

In our long human history, there are 364 other days with significant anniversaries, but this one caught our eye as particularly interesting.