| General Information for April 30th 2018 |
| There are 12 public holidays today. |
| Day 120 of 2018 |
| 245 days left in 2018 |
| Week 18 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1973 - Nixon makes the first of three speeches on the Watergate scandal - an event mentioned in the lyrics of Billy Joel's 'We Didn't Start The Fire'. |
| 1970 - Nixon announces moves to destroy North Vietnamese and Vietcong sanctuaries during the Vietnam War. |
| 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. |