Today is Friday, April 30, the 120th day of 2010. There are 245 days left in the year.
1772 _ John Clais patents first scale
1789 _ George Washington inaugurated as first President of U.S.
1808 _ First practical typewriter finished by Italian Pellegrini Turri
1871 _ Apaches in Arizona surrender to white and Mexican adventurers; 144 die
1885 _ Boston Pops Orchestra forms
1904 _ Ice cream cone makes its debut
1974 _ President Richard Nixon hands over partial transcripts of Watergate tape recordings
1978 _ ``Elvis The Legend Lives!" closes at Palace NYC after 101 performances
1988 _ Largest banana split ever, at 4.55 miles long, is made in Selinsgrove, Pa.
1988 _ New York Yankee Dave Winfield gets his 29th RBI of April-Sets American League and ties major league record