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5:48am Wed 30 Apr 08
30th April 1945 - Nazi leader Adolf Hitler dies.

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29th April 1930 - It becomes possible to phone Australia from England.

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28th April 1918 - Assasin, who is credited with causing World War I by killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Gavrilo Princip dies.

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27th April 1791 - American inventor of Morse Code Samuel Morse is born.

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26th April 1921 - The first motorcycle police go on duty in London.

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25th April 1684 - The thimble is patented.

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24th April 1949 - Sweet rationing in Britain comes to an end.

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23rd April 1616 - English playwright William Shakespeare dies on his birthday.

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22nd April 1943 - Britain discontinues printing the £1,000 note.

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