History Blog

April 30

Happy Birthday RIP “Eve Arden”(Eunice Quedens 1908–1990) “Al Lewis”(Alexander Meister 1923–2006) Gary Collins(1938–2012) ; Cloris Leachman–94 Richard Morea(“Burt Young)–80 Adrian Pasdar–55 Jeffrey Timmons–47 Johnny Galecki–45 Kunal Nayyar–39 Kirsten Dunst–38 Dianna Agron–34 ; 1900 – Hawaii becomes a territory of the United States, with Sanford B. Dole as governor ; 1904 – The Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s Fair opens in St. Louis, Missouri. It is credited with the waffle-style ice cream cone invention/creation and first mass sales of it in USA.