| General Information for April 30th 2016 |
| There are 3 public holidays today. |
| Day 121 of 2016 |
| 245 days left in 2016 |
| Week 17 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1970 - Nixon announces moves to destroy North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries during the Vietnam War. |
| 1943 - One of the greatest anti-Nazi deceptions of the Second World War, 'Operation Mincemeat', takes place. |
| 1926 - The first black female US pilot Bessie Coleman dies in an air crash when she is practising for an air show in Jacksonville, Florida. |
| 1918 - The SS Isleworth is sunk off the Isle of Wight. |