Events on Apr 30

1997
Ellen DeGeneres Coming Out Episode
ABC airs the ''coming out'' episode of the sitcom ''Ellen,'' in which the title character, played by Ellen DeGeneres, admits she is a lesbian.

1993
Monica Seles is Stabbed by A Fan of Steffi Graf
Top-ranked women's tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg, Germany, by a man who called himself a fan of second-ranked Steffi Graf.

1975
Saigon Falls to Communist Forces
The South Vietnamese capital of Saigon falls to Communist forces.

1945
Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide
One day after he married her, Hitler and Eva Braun commit suicide.