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A bit of April 30th history…
311- Roman Emperor Galerius issues Edict of Toleration which ends persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire
711 - Islamic conquest of Iberia - Moorish troops land in Gibralter
1789 - George Washington is inaugurated as 1st president of USA
1803 - James Monroe signs Louisiana Purchase Treaty at cost of $15 million, doubles size of USA
1897 - Physicist JJ Thomson discovers electron
1945 - Adolph Hitler commits suicide in Berlin as Red Army captures city
1952 - Mr Potato Head is 1st toy advertised on TV (pictured)
1974 - President Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
1989 - World Wide Web (www) is 1st launched in public domain by CERN
1997 - 42 million watch Ellen DeGeneres publicly declare she is gay
2004 - US media release graphic photos of American soldiers abusing and sexually humiliating Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison
Today In History: April 30