Today is Monday, April 30, the 120th day of 2007. There are 245 days left in the year.

ON THIS DATE

In 1789, George Washington took office in New York as the first president of the United States.

In 1904, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened in St. Louis.

In 1939, the New York World’s Fair officially opened.

In 1947, President Truman signed a measure officially changing the name of Boulder Dam to Hoover Dam.

In 1970, President Nixon announced the U.S. was sending troops into Cambodia, an action that sparked widespread protest.

In 1975, the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to Communist forces.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

“Love demands infinitely less than friendship.” — George Jean Nathan, American author and critic (1882-1958).