In addition to National Spank-Out Day, my birthday is also free cone day at Baskin-Robbins. That's hardly surprising, as many wonderous and exciting things not involving ice cream or beating your child have happened on April 30^th. To wit:

1789 - The First Presidential Inauguration
1803 - The Louisiana Purchase
1864 - Civil War battle of Jenkin's Ferry in Arkansas
1927 - First federal prison for women opens
1945 - Hitler Commits Suicide
1948 - Land Rover introduced at the Amsterdam Auto Show
1964 - DEC unveils PDP-7
1967 - Wee
1975 - Saigon Falls
1992 - CERN declares WWW open to all without fees
1997 - Ellen comes out

See all the good stuff? We got presidents, a bunch of land meant to go to the French, the death of Hitler (far too late, IMHO), Ellen, the commies finally taking Viet Nam back, the coolest 4WD vehicles ever made, and the dub dub dub. What more could anyone possibly want?

Some people who were also born on 4/30 include:

1898 - Cornelius Vanderbilt (tycoon)
1912 - Eve Arden (actress)
1914 - Vermont Royster (writer)
1916 - Robert Shaw (conductor)
1923 - Percy Heath (jazz musician)
1930 - Cloris Leachman (actress)
1933 - Willie Nelson (singer and tax-dodging dope addict)
1938 - Gary Collins (actor)
1941 - Johnny Farina (musician)
1943 - Bobby Vee (singer)
1944 - Jill Clayburgh (actress)
1944 - Richard Schoff (singer)
1946 - Don Schollander (Olympic Hall of Famer)
1948 - Perry King (actor)

Now that's company to be proud of! Time for a cone...