On This Day for April 30 - George Washington inaugurated, Édouard Manet is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. April 30 [A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, oil on canvas by Édouard Manet, 1882; in the Courtauld Institute Galleries, London.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1832 Édouard Manet [READ MORE]( [Washington, George]( FEATURED EVENT 1789 George Washington inaugurated [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Willem-Alexander] 2013: [Willem-Alexander]( became king of [the Netherlands]( after his mother, Queen [Beatrix]( abdicated; she had ascended the throne 33 years earlier. [A Fistful of Dollars] 1989: Italian director [Sergio Leone]( popularized the “spaghetti [western]( with his hugely successful Dollar trilogy, which included the masterpiece [The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]( (1966)—died in Rome. [Willie Nelson performing at a USO concert at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, 2005.] 1933: American country singer and songwriter [Willie Nelson]( was born. 1975: The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon ([Ho Chi Minh City]( fell to North Vietnamese troops during the [Vietnam War](. [Adolf Hitler reviewing troops on the Eastern Front, 1939.] 1945: German dictator [Adolf Hitler]( and his wife, [Eva Braun]( committed suicide in a bunker in Berlin. 1939: The [National Broadcasting Company]( made the first public television [broadcast]( in the United States, at the New York World's Fair. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1933 [Willie Nelson]( American musician 1959 [Stephen Harper]( prime minister of Canada 1961 [Isiah Thomas]( American basketball player 1777 [Carl Friedrich Gauss]( German mathematician 1956 [Lars von Trier]( Danish filmmaker 1946 [Carl XVI Gustaf]( king of Sweden [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](