April 30

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313 - Roman emperor Licinius unifies the entire Eastern Roman Empire under his rule.
711 - Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
1006 - Supernova SN 1006, the brightest supernova in recorded history, appears in the constellation Lupus.
1483 - Orbital calculations suggest that on this day Pluto moved inside Neptune's orbit until July 23, 1503.
1492 - Spain gives Christopher Columbus his commission of exploration.
1671 - Petar Zrinski, the Croatian Ban from the Zrinski family, is executed.
1794 - The Battle of Boulou is fought, in which French forces defeated the Spanish under General Union.
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.
1803 - Louisiana Purchase: The United States purchases the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, more than doubling

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1966 - The Church of Satan is founded.

LOL!

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April 30, 1945: New Generation U-Boat Too Little, Too Late

In the waning days of World War II, U-2511, under Korvettenkapitan Adalbert Schnee, puts to sea from Bergen, Norway. It marks the first and only combat patrol by a Type XXI Elektroboot, the German U-boat that profoundly influenced modern submarine design.

Luckily for the Allies, production problems and limited shipyard capacity delayed the appearance of the Type XXI until Germany was literally in her death throes. Naval experts generally agree that had the boat been accorded a higher priority in the armaments pecking order and become operational a few years earlier, the Battle of the Atlantic might have turned out very differently.

While on patrol, Schnee had the opportunity to demonstrate the new boat

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Naval experts generally agree that had the boat been accorded a higher priority in the armaments pecking order and become operational a few years earlier, the Battle of the Atlantic might have turned out very differently.

Wouldn't that have been the case for everything?

Me-262, Pz V, Pz VI (2.0)...

[Anark]

1982 - Black Buck one (when the first vulcan bombed the Falklands).