THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 30
April 30 in history
What happened on April 30: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1945 and 1975, each linked to the map that shows it.
As Soviet troops storm the Reichstag two streets away, Hitler shoots himself in the bunker. The Thousand-Year Reich outlives him by eight days.
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— Fall of Saigon
30 Apr 1975 — A T-54 crushes the palace gate; helicopters lift the last Americans off a rooftop. The domino falls — and stops. Vietnam is one country, at staggering cost.
READ THIS MOMENT → · SEE IT ON THE COLD WAR MAP → · THE FULL STORY →
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