April 30, British troops officially end combat operation in Iraq

1854- First railway in Brazil opened.

1978- Naomi Uemura reaches the North Pole solo for the first time.

1984 – First economic cooperation agreement between the US and China signed.

2009 – British troops officially end combat operation in Iraq.

2010- Expo 2010 Shanghai, the largest World’s Fair site ever, opens in China.

Passed away:

1883 – French painter Edouard Manet.

Occasions:

Liberation Day (Reunification Day) in Vietnam.

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