April 30

Track	Year	Event	Artist	Song	Album
1	1006	Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.	Circus Lupus	Pop Man	20 Years of Dischord
2	1492	Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.	The Church	Columbus	Heyday
3	1513	Edmund de la Pole, Yorkist pretender to the English throne, is executed on the orders of Henry VIII.	Cinerama	Let's Pretend	Disco Volante
4	1789	On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.	Super Furry Animals	Presidential Suite	Rings Around the World
5	1803	Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling the size of the young nation.	David Bowie	A Small Plot of Land	Outside
6	1812	The Territory of Orleans becomes the 18th U.S. state under the name Louisiana.	The Essex Green	New Orleans	Fabulous Day
7	1894	Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D.C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.	Piebald	Our Very Own Employment Office	When Life Hands You Lemons
8	1900	Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughn, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.	The Carter Family	The Cannonball	The Collection
9	1927	The Federal Industrial Institute for Women opens in Alderson, West Virginia, as the first women's federal prison in the United States.	Destroyer	A Dangerous Woman Up to a Point	Destroyer's Rubies
10	1938	The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).	Animal Collective	Who Could Win a Rabbit	Sung Tongs

(Historical facts about April 30 are from Wikipedia.)