30 April 1532<\/h3>\n
Gloucestershire lawyer James Bainham was burned at the stake for heresy at Smithfield after explicitly denying the doctrine of transubstantiation.<\/p>\n
30 April 1651<\/h3>\n
Birth in Reims, France, of priest and educational reformer Jean-Baptiste de la Salle. Canonised by Pope Leo XIII in 1900, de la Salle was proclaimed the patron saint of teachers by Pius XII in 1950.<\/p>\n
30 April 1803<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn Paris, American diplomats agree a deal to buy 828,000 square miles of \u2018Louisiana\u2019, containing 15 current US states, from the French.<\/p>\n
30 April 1859<\/h3>\n
The first instalment of Charles Dickens<\/a>\u2018s A Tale of Two Cities<\/em> is published in All the Year Round<\/em>, the writer\u2019s own weekly magazine.<\/p>\n30 April 1943<\/h3>\n
Economist, socialist and reformer Beatrice Webb died at her home in Hampshire. An early member of the Fabian Society (a British socialist organisation), Webb was also a co-founder of the London School of economics and Political Science.<\/p>\n
30 April 1948<\/h3>\n
The Land Rover is launched at the Amsterdam motor show. Initially designed by the Wilks brothers as a stop-gap measure for the Rover Company \u2013 with aluminium bodywork instead of rationed steel \u2013 it is an immediate success.<\/p>\n
30 April 1975<\/h3>\n
As US embassy officials are helicoptered to safety, communist North Vietnamese troops smash their way into Saigon\u2019s presidential palace, marking the end of the Vietnam War<\/a>.<\/p>\n Browse more\u00a0On this day in history<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n- Previous: 29 April<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n
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30 April 1943<\/h3>\n
Economist, socialist and reformer Beatrice Webb died at her home in Hampshire. An early member of the Fabian Society (a British socialist organisation), Webb was also a co-founder of the London School of economics and Political Science.<\/p>\n
30 April 1948<\/h3>\n
The Land Rover is launched at the Amsterdam motor show. Initially designed by the Wilks brothers as a stop-gap measure for the Rover Company \u2013 with aluminium bodywork instead of rationed steel \u2013 it is an immediate success.<\/p>\n
30 April 1975<\/h3>\n
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