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October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 331 BC - Alexander the Great defeats Darius III of Persia in the Battle of Gaugamela. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Events 105 BC - Battle of Arausio: The Cimbri inflict the heaviest defeat on the Roman army of Gnaeus Mallius Maximus Events 3761 BC - The epoch (origin of the modern Hebrew calendar ( Proleptic Julian calendar) Events 314 - Roman Emperor Licinius is defeated by his colleague Constantine I at the Battle of Cibalae, and loses Events 768 - Carloman I and Charlemagne are crowned Kings of The Franks. Events 680 - Battle of Karbala: Shia Imam Husayn bin Ali, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, is decapitated Events 1138 - A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria. 1531 - Huldrych Zwingli is killed Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Events 54 - Nero ascends to the Roman throne 409 - Vandals and Alans crossed the Pyrenees Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Events 202 BC - Hannibal Barca, leader of the Carthaginians, is defeated by the Roman legions under Scipio Africanus Events 4004 BC - Creation of the world begins according to the calculations of Archbishop James Ussher 42 BC - Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Events 740 - An Earthquake strikes Constantinople, causing much damage and death Events 312 - Constantine the Great is said to have received his famous Vision of the Cross. Events 306 - Maxentius is proclaimed Roman Emperor. 312 - Battle of Milvian Bridge: Constantine Events 437 - Valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II Events 445 BC – Ezra reads the Book of the Law to the Israelites in Jerusalem (see Nehemiah 91 NLTse 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common October 2007 is the tenth month of that year It began on a Monday and 31 days later ended on a Wednesday. October 2006 was a month that began on a Sunday The month was marked by a nuclear test by North Korea that prompted that passing of Resolution 1718 PortalCurrent events News collections and sources See WikipediaNews collections and sources. October 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October 30, 2003 October 2003 - please do not remove or delink the the date header October 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - October 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - October 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 62 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 5 External links

Events

• 637 - Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge. Events By Place Europe Battle of Mag Rath Dál Riata influence in Ulster is greatly reduced or ended Antioch on the Orontes (Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Δάφνῃ Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου or Ἀντιόχεια ἡ Μεγάλη Antiochia ad Orontem also A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion The Battle of Iron Bridge was fought between the Rashidun army and the Byzantine army, near an Iron bridge spanning the River Orontes
• 1137 - Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily. The Battle of Rignano was the second great defeat of the career of Roger II of Sicily and like the first the Battle of Nocera, it too came at the hands of Ranulf Ranulf II (or Rainulf, Italian: Rainolfo d'Alife; died 30 April 1139) was the count of Alife and Caiazzo, and Roger II ( 22 December 1095 &ndash 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his
• 1270 - The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis. The Eighth Crusade was a Crusade launched by Louis IX, King of France, in Tunis ( Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis Charles I ( 21 March 1226 &ndash 7 January 1285) commonly called Charles of Anjou, was the King of Sicily by conquest Sultan (سلطان is an Islamic title with several historical meanings Tunis ( Arabic: تونس Tūnis) is the Capital of the Tunisian Republic and also the Tunis
• 1340 - Battle of Rio Salado. The Battle of Río Salado ( October 30, 1340) was a battle of King Afonso IV of Portugal and King Alfonso XI of Castile against sultan
• 1470 - Henry VI of England returns to the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle. Henry VI (6 December 1421 &ndash 21 May 1471 was King of England 1422–1461 (though with a Regent until 1437 and then 1470–1471 and a claimant to the kingdom England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Richard Neville Jure uxoris 16th Earl of Warwick and Suo jure 6th Earl of Salisbury ( 22 November The House of York was a branch of the English royal House of Plantagenet, three of whom became English kings in the late 15th century
• 1485 - Henry VII of England crowned.
• 1502 - Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut for the second time. Dom Vasco da Gama, 1st Count of Vidigueira ('vaʃku dɐ 'gɐmɐ ( Sines or Vidigueira, Alentejo, Portugal, ca WikipediaWikiProject Indian cities for details --> For the district with the same name see Kozhikode District.
• 1831 - In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history. Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Southampton County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia, a state of the United States. Nat Turner (Nathaniel Turner October 2 1800 – November 11 1831 was an American slave who started the largest slave rebellion in the Antebellum Nat Turner's Rebellion (also known as the Southampton Insurrection) was a Slave rebellion that took place in Southampton County, Virginia during The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1863 - Danish Prince Wilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's George I King of the Hellenes (Γεώργιος A' Βασιλεύς των Ελλήνων Georgios A' Vasileus ton Ellinon; 24 December 1845 &ndash 18 March 1913 was This is a list of the heads of state of Greece, from the foundation of the modern nation state until the present
• 1864 - Second war of Schleswig ends. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year The First Schleswig War occurred in 1848–1851. The Second Schleswig War (2 Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration. The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Holstein (ˈhɔlʃtain ( Low German: Holsteen, Danish: Holsten, Latin and historical English: Holsatia) Prussia ( Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Prūsija Prūsija Prusy Old Prussian: Prūsa) was most recently a historic state Austria (Österreich ( officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich
• 1864 - Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Helena (ˈhɛlɨnə is the Capital city of the US state of Montana and the County seat of Lewis and Clark County Prospecting is the physical search for Minerals Fossils precious metals or mineral specimens and is also known as Fossicking. Gold (ˈɡoʊld is a Chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and Atomic number 79 "
• 1894 - Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For the subsidiary of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company see Pandoro Pandoro, as well as its counterpart Panettone
• 1905 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Tsar csar and tzar redirect here For other uses see Tsar (disambiguation. Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending A constitution is a system for government often Codified as a written document that establishes the rules and principles of an autonomous political entity
• 1918 - The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish An armistice is a situation where the warring parties agree to stop fighting In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East.
• 1920 - The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar This article is about the historical Communist Party of Australia dissolved in 1991 Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4
• 1922 - Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. In Italy, the Prime Minister of Italy (officially the President of the Council of Ministers, Italian Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri) is the country's Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
• 1925 - John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. John Logie Baird (August 13 1888 – June 14 1946 was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system For biologic transmitters see Transmitter substance. A transmitter is an electronic device which usually with the aid of an antenna
• 1929 - The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Standseilbahn Stuttgart or Stuttgart Cable Car is a funicular railway in the city of Stuttgart, Germany. Stuttgart (ˈʃtʊtgaɐ̯t is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
• 1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a nationwide panic in the United States. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Orson Welles (May 6 1915 – October 10 1985 was an Academy Award -winning director, writer actor and producer for film stage radio and television Radio drama is a form of audio storytelling broadcast on radio. Herbert George Wells (21 September 1866 &ndash 13 August 1946 He was an outspoken socialist and a pacifist, his later works becoming increasingly political The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1941 - World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations. Lend-Lease (Public Law 77-11 was the name of the program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, The Allies of World War II were the countries officially opposed to the Axis powers during the Second World War.
• 1941 - 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************ Pidhaytsi (Підгайці Podhajce is a small City in the Ternopil Oblast ( province) of western Ukraine. Ukraine (Україна Ukrayina, /ukrɑˈjinɑ/ is a country in Eastern Europe. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German Belzec (Bełżec approximate Polish pronunciation bew-zhets) was the first of the Nazi German Extermination camps created for implementing
• 1944 - Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank ( (12 June 1929 – early March 1945 was a Jewish girl born in the city of Frankfurt am Main in Weimar Germany Margot Betti Frank ( February 16, 1926 &ndash late February or early March 1945 was the elder sister of Anne Frank, whose deportation order from the "Auschwitz" redirects here For the town see Oświęcim Auschwitz-Birkenau () was the largest of Nazi Germany Belsen redirects here For other meanings see Belsen (disambiguation. Internment is the imprisonment or confinement of people commonly in large groups without trial
• 1945 - Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31 1919 – October 24 1972 was a Baseball player for the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of Baseball 's Negro Leagues. The Los Angeles Dodgers are a Major League Baseball team based in Los Angeles California, USA The baseball color line, sometimes called the " Gentleman's Agreement " was the policy unwritten for nearly its entire duration which excluded African
• 1947 - The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 'General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade' (typically abbreviated 'GATT' was the outcome of the failure of negotiating governments to create the International Trade Organization (ITO
• 1950 - Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. History See also History of the Papacy Catholics recognize the Pope as a successor to Saint Peter, who Jesus named as the "shepherd" and Pope The Miracle of the Sun is an alleged miraculous event witnessed by as many as 100000 people on 13 October 1917 in the Cova da Iria fields near Vatican City, officially the State of the Vatican City (Stato della Città del Vaticano is a Landlocked sovereign City-state whose territory
• 1953 - Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Communism is a Socioeconomic structure that promotes the establishment of an egalitarian, classless, stateless Society based
• 1960 - Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sir Michael Francis Addison Woodruff FRS FRCS (3 April 1911 &ndash 10 March 2001 was an English Surgeon and Scientist principally Kidney transplantation or renal transplantation is the Organ transplant of a Kidney in a patient with End-stage renal disease. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, often colloquially referred to as Edinburgh Royal Infirmary or ERI, established in 1729 is the oldest Voluntary hospital
• 1961 - Nuclear testing: The Soviet Union detonates the hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya; at 58 megatons of yield, it is still the largest explosive device ever detonated, nuclear or not. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nuclear weapons tests are experiments carried out to determine the effectiveness yield and explosive capability of Nuclear weapons Throughout the twentieth century most nations The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991 The Teller–Ulam design is a Nuclear weapon design which is used in Megaton -range Thermonuclear weapons and is more colloquially referred to as "the Tsar Bomba (ru Царь-бомба literally " King Bomb" is the Western name for the RDS-220 hydrogen bomb (codenamed "Иван" (Ivan by its Novaya Zemlya (Но́вая Земля́ also spelled Novaja Zemlja, lit Nikita Kruschev announces that the scientists had planned to make it 100 megatons, but had reduced the yield to reduce fallout over the Soviet Union. Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (April 17 1894 – September 11 1971 served as First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 following The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR was a constitutionally Socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991
• 1961 - Because of "violations of Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin wall with a plain granite marker instead. Joseph Stalin ( ნამდვილი გვარი ჯუღაშვილი|Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili; March 5 1953 was General Secretary of the Communist Party The Moscow Kremlin ( Russian: Московский Кремль Moskovskiy Kreml) usually referred to as simply The Kremlin, is a historic fortified
• 1965 - Vietnam War: Just miles from Da Nang, United States Marines repel an intense attack by wave after wave of Viet Cong forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia This article is about the city of Đà Nẵng For the Vietnam War era air base see Da Nang Air Base or Đà Nẵng International Airport. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions was found on the body of a 13-year-old Vietnamese boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially
• 1970 - In Vietnam, the worst monsoon to hit the area in six years causes large floods, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the Vietnam War. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially A monsoon is a seasonal prevailing wind which lasts for several months A flood is an overflow of an expanse of water that submerges land a deluge The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia
• 1972 - A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago, Illinois kills 45 and injures 332. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.
• 1973 - The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. The Bosphorus Bridge, also called the First Bosphorus Bridge ( Turkish: Boğaziçi Köprüsü or 1 Istanbul (historically Byzantium and later Constantinople; see the other Names of Istanbul) is the largest city of Turkey The Bosporus or Bosphorus, also known as the Istanbul Strait, (İstanbul Boğazı (Βόσπορος is a Strait that forms the boundary between the
• 1974 - The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. The Rumble in The Jungle was a Boxing match pitting then world Heavyweight champion George Foreman against former world champion and challenger Biography Early life Cassius Clay Jr was born on January 17 1942 George Edward Foreman (born January 10, 1949) is an American two-time World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Kinshasa (formerly French: Léopoldville, formerly Dutch: Leopoldstad, German: Leopoldstadt) is the Capital The Republic of Zaire (pronunciation; République du Zaïre was the name of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo between October 27, 1971
• 1975 - Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Early life Juan Carlos was born in Rome, where his grandfather Alfonso XIII of Spain lived in exile after the proclamation of the Second Spanish Republic Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Francisco Franco. Francisco Paulino Hermenegildo Teódulo Franco y Bahamonde (born December 4, 1892 in Ferrol, died November 20, 1975 in Madrid
• 1980 - El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) El Salvador ( República de El Salvador,) is a country in Central America. Honduras in Spanish, República de Honduras) is a democratic republic in Central America. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The "Football" War ( La guerra del fútbol, in Spanish) also known as the 100-hours War, was a five-day War fought by El See also International Commission of Jurists The International Court of Justice (known colloquially as the World Court or ICJ; Cour
• 1983 - The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics.
• 1985 - Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Space Shuttle Challenger ( NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099 was NASA's second Space Shuttle orbiter to be put into service STS-61-A was the 22nd Space Shuttle mission It was a scientific Spacelab mission booked by Germany - hence the payload name D-1 (for Deutschland 1
• 1987 - In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the TurboGrafx-16, known as PC Engine. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. is a Japanese multinational IT company headquartered in Minato Tokyo, Japan. A Home Theater PC ( HTPC) or media PC is a convergence device that combines the functions of a Personal computer and a Digital video recorder. The, known as TurboGrafx-16 in the USA is a Video game console developed by the Nippon Electric Company (NEC and released in Japan on October The, known as TurboGrafx-16 in the USA is a Video game console developed by the Nippon Electric Company (NEC and released in Japan on October
• 1988 - Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for U. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Kraft Foods Inc ( is the second-largest Food and Beverage company headquartered in North America (behind PepsiCo) and the third S. $13. 1 billion.
• 1991 - The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. The Madrid Conference was hosted by the government of Spain and co-sponsored by the USA and the USSR The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East.
• 1995 - Quebec sovereignists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada (vote was 50. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The 1995 Quebec referendum was the second Referendum to ask voters in the Canadian province of Quebec whether Quebec should Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 6% to 49. 4%).
• 2002 - British Digital terrestrial television (DTT) Service Freeview begins transmitting in parts of the United Kingdom. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Digital Terrestrial Television ( DTTV or DTT) is an implementation of digital technology to provide a greater number of channels and/or better quality of picture and Freeview is an operator of free Digital terrestrial television in the United Kingdom, using the DVB-T standard The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
• 2005 - The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Dresdner Frauenkirche ("Church of Our Lady" is a Lutheran church in Dresden, Germany. The Bombing of Dresden by the British Royal Air Force (RAF and United States Army Air Force (USAAF between 13 February and 15 February 1945 12 weeks World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

Births

• 1218 - Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. ( October 30, 1218 &ndash June 18, 1234) was the 85th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession 1234)
• 1513 - Jacques Amyot, French writer (d. Jacques Amyot ( October 30, 1513 - February 6, 1593) French Renaissance writer and translator was born of poor parents at Melun 1593)
• 1624 - Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. Paul Pellisson ( October 30, 1624 - February 7, 1693) was a French author 1693)
• 1668 - Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. Sophia Charlotte of Hanover ( 30 October 1668, at Schloss Iburg in Bad Iburg near Osnabrück &ndash 1 February 1705 1705)
• 1735 - John Adams, President of the United States (d. Year 1705 ( MDCCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1735 ( MDCCXXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a John Adams (October 30 1735 July 4 1826 was one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by 1826)
• 1751 - Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Year 1751 ( MDCCLI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Richard Brinsley Sheridan (30 October 1751 &ndash 7 July 1816 was an Irish playwright and Whig Statesman. 1816)
• 1762 - André Chénier, French writer (d. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1762 ( MDCCLXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year André Marie Chénier ( October 30, 1762 &ndash July 25, 1794) was a French Poet, associated with the events of the 1794)
• 1786 - Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, French Canadian writer (d. Year 1794 ( MDCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common For other members of the family see Aubert de Gaspé Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé ( 30 October 1786 &ndash 1871)
• 1799 - Ignace Bourget, bishop of Montreal (d. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1799 ( MDCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Ignace Bourget ( 30 October, 1799 &ndash 8 June, 1885) was a French-Canadian Roman Catholic priest and bishop of the The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal (Archdioecesis Marianopolitanis is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec 1885)
• 1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (d. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (Фёдор Миха́йлович Достое́вский, sometimes transliterated Dostoyevsky, Dostoievsky, 1881)
• 1839 - Alfred Sisley, French artist (d. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Alfred Sisley ( October 30, 1839 &ndash January 29, 1899) was an English Impressionist landscape painter who 1899)
• 1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist (d. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Harvey Washington Wiley ( October 30, 1844 - June 30, 1930) was a noted Chemist best known for his leadership in the passage of the 1930)
• 1847 - Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (d. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Galileo Ferraris ( October 30, 1847 – February 7, 1897) was an Italian Physicist and Electrical engineer, noted mostly 1897)
• 1857 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (d. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette ( October 30 1857 in Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers near Poitou, France – 1904)
• 1861 - Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (d. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Year 1861 ( MDCCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Antoine Bourdelle, originally Émile Antoine Bourdelle, ( October 30, 1861 - October 1, 1929) was a French sculptor 1929)
• 1871 - Paul Valery, French poet (d. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry (French pɔl valeˈʁi October 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945) was a French Poet 1945)
• 1871 - Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar For the baseball pitcher see Buck Freeman. ---- John Frank Freeman ( October 30 1871 &ndash June 25 1949 1949)
• 1881 - Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1881 ( MDCCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Elizabeth Madox Roberts ( October 30, 1881 - March 13, 1941) was a Kentucky Novelist and Poet, primarily known 1941)
• 1882 - William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (d. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr, GBE, USN, ( October 30, 1882 &ndash August 16, 1959) (called "Bill 1959)
• 1882 - Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Günther “Hans” von Kluge ( October 30, 1882 – August 19, 1944) was a German military leader 1944)
• 1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (d. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ezra Weston Loomis Pound ( Hailey, Idaho Territory, United States October 30 1885 – Venice, Italy November 1 1972 was an American Expatriate 1972)
• 1886 - Zoe Akins, American playwright (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Zoë Akins ( October 30, 1886 – October 29 1958) was an American Playwright. 1958)
• 1888 - Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek Olympic champion (d. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Konstantinos Tsiklitiras (Κωνσταντίνος Τσικλητήρας October 30, 1888 &ndash February 10, 1913) was a Greek 1913)
• 1893 - Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Charles Atlas, born Angelo Siciliano ( October 30, 1892 Acri, Italy &ndash December 23, 1972, Long Beach 1972)
• 1893 - Roland Freisler, German Nazi politician (d. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Early life In contrast to most of the Nazi leadership not much beyond basic details is known about Freisler 1945)
• 1894 - Jean Rostand, French biologist (d. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean Rostand ( October 30, 1894 - September 4, 1977) was a French Biologist and Philosopher. 1977)
• 1895 - Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (declined) (d. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk ( October 30, 1895 &ndash April 24, 1964) was a German Pathologist and Bacteriologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1964)
• 1895 - Dickinson W. Richards, American physician, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Dr Dickinson Woodruff Richards Jr ( October 30, 1895 &ndash February 23, 1973) was an American Physician and Physiologist The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1973)
• 1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Ruth Gordon Jones ( October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985) better known as Ruth Gordon, was an Academy Award - 1985)
• 1896 - Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (d. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Kostas Karyotakis (Κώστας Καρυωτάκης( November 11, 1896 – July 20, 1928) is considered one of the most representative Greek 1928)
• 1897 - Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Rex Cherryman ( October 30, 1897 - August 10, 1928) was an American actor of the stage and screen whose career was most prolific during 1928)
• 1898 - Bill Terry, baseball player (d. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Harold Terry ( October 30, 1898 - January 9, 1989) was a Major League Baseball First baseman and manager 1989)
• 1900 - Ragnar Granit Finnish neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Ragnar Arthur Granit ( October 30, 1900, Vantaa, Finland &ndash March 12, 1991, Stockholm, Sweden The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1991)
• 1906 - Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Alexander Gottfried Friedrich Gode-von-Aesch or simply Alexander Gode ( October 30, 1906 in Bremen - August 10, 1970 1970)
• 1906 - Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (d. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina ( October 30 1906 - June 30, 1966) was an Italian Racing driver. The Formula One World Drivers' Championship (WDC is awarded by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile ( FIA) to the most successful Formula One 1966)
• 1907 - Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sol Tax ( 30 October, 1907 &ndash 4 January, 1995) was an American Anthropologist. 1995)
• 1908 - Patsy Montana, American country music singer and songwriter (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ruby(e Blevins (she added the "e" herself later in life aka Patsy Montana ( October 30, 1908 &ndash May 3, 1996) was 1996)
• 1909 - Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting This page is about the physicist Homi J Bhabha For the postcolonialist theorist see Homi K 1966)
• 1911 - Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Ruth Carol Hussey ( October 30 1911 &ndash April 19 2005) was an American actress best known for her Oscar -nominated role as 2005)
• 1914 - Richard E Holz, American composer
• 1914 - Anna Wing, English actress
• 1915 - Fred Friendly, American journalist (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Richard E Holz (born 30 October 1914; died August 1986 was an American Brass band composer served as Chaplain to the Anna Wing (born 30 October 1914) is an English Actress. She has had a long career in Television and Theatre. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Fred Friendly should not be confused with Ed Friendly. Fred W 1998)
• 1916 - Leon Day, American baseball player (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Leon Day ( October 30 1916 - March 13 1995) was an American right-handed Pitcher in the Negro Leagues. 1995)
• 1917 - Bobby Bragan, American baseball player
• 1917 - Nikolai Vasilievich Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Robert Randall Bragan (born October 30, 1917, at Birmingham Alabama) is a former Shortstop, Catcher, manager, and Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov (Николай Васильевич Огарков October 30, 1917 in the village of Molokovo near Tver - January 23 1994)
• 1917 - Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Maurice Bienvenu Jean Paul Trintignant ( 30 October 1917, Sainte-Cécile-les-Vignes, Vaucluse &ndash 13 February 2005, 2005)
• 1922 - Jane White, American actress and singer
• 1926 - Jacques Swaters, Belgian racing driver
• 1927 - Joe Adcock, American baseball player (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Actress Jane White was born in New York City on October 30, 1922. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jacques Swaters (born October 30, 1926) is a former Racing driver from Belgium and former team owner of Ecurie Francorchamps and Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joseph Wilbur "Billy Joe" Adcock ( October 30 1927 - May 3 1999) was an American First baseman and right-handed 1999)
• 1928 - Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel laureate (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Nathans ( October 30, 1928 &ndash November 16, 1999) was an American Microbiologist. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. 1999)
• 1930 - Nestor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Néstor Almendros, ASC ( October 30, 1930 &ndash March 4, 1992) was a Spanish Cinematographer. 1992)
• 1930 - Clifford Brown, American musician (d. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Clifford Brown ( October 30, 1930 &ndash June 26, 1956) aka " Brownie," was an influential and highly rated 1956)
• 1931 - Vince Callahan, American politician
• 1932 - Louis Malle, French film director (d. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Vincent F "Vince" Callahan Jr (born 30 October 1931 in Washington DC) is an American politician who served for 40 years as a member of the Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Malle (30 October 1932 &ndash 23 November 1995 was a French Film director, working in both French and English. 1995)
• 1932 - Barun De, Indian historian
• 1934 - Frans Brüggen, Dutch musician
• 1935 - Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer
• 1935 - Michael Winner, British film director
• 1935 - Jim Perry, American baseball player
• 1935 - Robert Caro, American biographer
• 1936 - Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Barun De (born October 30, 1932) is an Indian Historian whose main area of research is Modern India. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Frans Brüggen (born October 30, 1934, Amsterdam Holland) is a Dutch conductor and Recorder player Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Agota Kristof is an Hungarian writer who lives in Switzerland and writes in French. Michael Winner (born 30 October 1935) is an English Film director and producer, active in both Europe and the United James Evan Perry Jr (born October 30, 1935) was an American Pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1959 to 1975 Robert Allan Caro (born October 30, 1935) is a Biographer most noted for his studies of United States political figures Robert Moses Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Polina Grigoryevna Astakhova ( Russian:Полина Григорьевна Астахова ( October 30, 1936, in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrainian 2005)
• 1937 - Claude Lelouch, French film director
• 1939 - Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, Nobel laureate
• 1939 - Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane)
• 1939 - Edward Holland, Jr., American singer
• 1940 - Ed Lauter, American actor
• 1941 - Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1941 - Otis Williams, American singer
• 1943 - Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress
• 1945 - Henry Winkler, American actor
• 1947 - Timothy B. Schmit, American musician (Eagles)
• 1948 - Rusty Goffe, British actor
• 1951 - Harry Hamlin, American actor
• 1953 - Charles Martin Smith, American actor
• 1954 - Mario Testino, Peruvian-born English fashion photographer
• 1956 - Juliet Stevenson, English actress
• 1957 - Kevin Pollak, American actor
• 1957 - Andy Archer, Scottish dramatist
• 1958 - Joe Delaney, American football player (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Claude Lelouch (born 30 October 1937 is a French Film director, writer, Cinematographer, Actor and producer. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Leland Harrison (Lee Hartwell (born October 30 1939, in Los Angeles, California) is president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (Nobelpriset i fysiologi eller medicin is awarded once a year by the Swedish Karolinska Institute. Grace Slick (born Grace Barnett Wing on October 30, 1939) is an American Singer and Songwriter, who was one of Jefferson Airplane was an American rock band from San Francisco, a pioneer of the Psychedelic rock movement See Edward Holland for other people with that name Edward "Eddie" Holland Jr Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Edward Lauter (born October 30, 1940) is an American actor He has appeared in numerous movies and was a stand up comic before getting into acting Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theodor Wolfgang Hänsch (b 30 October 1941 in Heidelberg, Germany) is a German physicist. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Otis Williams (born October 30, 1941) is an American second Tenor / Baritone. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joanna Shimkus (born 10 October 1943 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Canadian former actress of Lithuanian Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American Golden Globe Award winning Actor, director, producer Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947, in Oakland, California) is an American Bass guitar player and Singer Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rusty Goffe (born October 30, 1948) is a British vertically challenged actor and entertainer Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American film and television Actor, known for his role as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Charles Martin Smith (born October 30, 1953) is an American Film Actor, Writer and director. Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Mario Testino (born 30 October 1954 in Lima, Peru) is a Peruvian fashion photographer Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Juliet Anne Virginia Stevenson CBE (born October 30, 1956) is an English Actress. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Kevin E Pollak (born October 30, 1957) is an American Actor, impressionist and Comedian. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joe Alton Delaney (del-AY-nee (October 30 1958 - June 29 1983 was an American football player whose career ended after two seasons in the National Football League 1983)
• 1958 - Stefan Dennis, Australian actor
• 1958 - Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist
• 1960 - Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer
• 1961 - Scott Garrelts, American baseball player
• 1962 - Courtney Walsh, West Indian cricketer
• 1963 - Michael Beach, American actor
• 1963 - Kristina Wagner, American actress
• 1964 - Howard Lederer, American poker player
• 1966 - Scott Innes, American voice actor
• 1967 - Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1967 - Gavin Rossdale, English musician
• 1968 - Jack Plotnick, American actor
• 1969 - Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer
• 1970 - Maja Tatic, Bosnia singer
• 1970 - Tory Belleci, American TV Mythbuster
• 1970 - Nia Long, American actress
• 1970 - Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
• 1971 - Ahn Jae Wook, South Korean actor and singer
• 1973 - Adam "Edge" Copeland, Canadian wrestler
• 1973 - Silvia Corzo, Colombian newscaster
• 1973 - Michael Oakes, English footballer
• 1976 - Stern John, Trinidadian footballer
• 1976 - Maurice Taylor, American Basketball Player
• 1977 - Jason Adelman, American actor
• 1977 - Charmian Faulkner, Australian crime victim
• 1978 - Martin Dossett, American football player
• 1978 - Amanda Swafford, American model
• 1979 - Jason Bartlett, American baseball player
• 1979 - Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress
• 1980 - Sarah Carter, Canadian actress
• 1980 - Choi Hong-man, South Korean kickboxer
• 1981 - Ivanka Trump, American model
• 1981 - Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress
• 1981 - Ian Snell, American baseball player
• 1982 - Andy Greene, American ice hockey player
• 1982 - Manny Parra, American baseball player
• 1983 - Iain Hume, Canadian footballer
• 1983 - Trent Edwards, American Football Player
• 1984 - Eva Pigford, American model
• 1986 - Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper
• 1987 - Junaid Siddique, Bangladeshi cricketer
• 1988 - Janel Parrish, American actress
• 1989 - Nastia Liukin, American gymnast
• 1989 - Seth Adkins, American actor

Deaths

• 1459 - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian humanist (b. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Stefan Dennis (born 30 October, 1958 in Tawonga Victoria, Australia) is an Australian Actor most famous for playing the Ramona d'Viola (born October 30, 1958 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American cyclist Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scott William Garrelts (born October 30, 1961 in Urbana Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher who played for the Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international Cricketer ( fast bowler Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michael Anthony Beach (born October 30, 1963) is an American actor Kristina Wagner (born Kristina Crump on October 30, 1963 in Indianapolis) is an American Soap opera actress Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Howard H Lederer (born October 30, 1964 in Concord New Hampshire) is a professional Poker player and brother of poker professional Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Scott Innes (born on October 30, 1966 in Poplar Bluff Missouri) is an American Voice actor. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Brad Aitken (born October 30, 1967 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a former professional Ice hockey left wing. Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born 30 October 1967) is an English Musician most famous for being the lead Singer and Guitarist Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jack Plotnick (born October 30 1968) is an American film and television actor Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Masanori Hikichi (born October 30, 1969) is a Japanese Video game music Composer, famous for writing the soundtrack to Terranigma Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maja Tatić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Татић (born October 30, 1970 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Salvatore "Tory" Belleci (born October 30, 1970 in Monterey California) is a film maker and model maker MythBusters is a Popular science Television program produced by Australian firm Beyond Television Productions originally for the Nitara Carlynn "Nia" Long (born October 30, 1970) is an American Actress and occasional Music video director. Ekaterini Voggoli (Αικατερίνη Βόγγολη ekateˈrini ˈvoŋɡoli born October 30, 1970 in Larissa) is a retired Greek Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Ahn Jae-wook (born September 12 1971) is a South Korean Actor, composer and singer Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Adam Joseph Copeland (born October 30 1973 in Orangeville Ontario, Canada better known by his Ring name Edge, is a Canadian professional wrestler Silvia Milena Corzo Pinto (born October 30, 1973 in Bucaramanga, Santander) is a Colombian Lawyer, Journalist Michael Christian Oakes (born October 30, 1973, Northwich) is an English football goalkeeper. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stern John (born October 30, 1976 in Trincity, Trinidad and Tobago) is a Trinidadian football player who currently plays for Maurice De Shawn Taylor (born October 30 1976 in Detroit Michigan) is an American professional Basketball player at the power Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Jason Adelman was born in Southern California on October 30 1977. Louise Yvonne Faulkner (aged 43 and Charmian Christabel Alexis Faulkner (aged 2 and a half were a mother and daughter who disappeared without a trace from outside Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Martin Dossett (born October 30, 1978 in Portland near Corpus Christi, Texas) is a former NFL Wide receiver Amanda Lynn Swafford (born October 30, 1978 in Hendersonville North Carolina) is an American fashion model and television personality Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Jason Alan Bartlett (born October 30, 1979, in Mountain View, California) is a Major League Baseball Shortstop who Yukie Nakama (仲間 由紀恵 Nakama Yukie, born October 30, 1979) is a Japanese Actress, singer and former idol. Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Sarah Carter ( October 30, 1980) is a Canadian actress Biography Early life Born in Toronto and raised in Winnipeg Manitoba Choi Hong-man ( Korean: 최홍만 Hanja: 崔洪萬 South Korean born on October 30, 1980 in Jeju-do) is a Korean Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Ivanka Marie Trump (born October 30, 1981 in New York City, New York) is an American Businesswoman and one-time Jeon Ji-hyun ( Korean: 전지현 born 30 October 1981) is a South Korean Actress and model famous for her role in Ian Dante Snell (born October 30, 1981 in Dover Delaware) is a Pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Andy Greene (born October 30, 1982) is an American hockey player who plays for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League. Manuel Alex "Manny" Parra (born October 30, 1982) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Iain Edward Hume (born October 30, 1983 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a Canadian football player Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Trent Edwards (born October 30, 1983, in Los Gatos California) is a professional American football Quarterback for the Buffalo Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Eva Marcille (born Eva Marcille Pigford on October 30, 1984) is an Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Thomas "Morgi" Morgenstern (born October 30, 1986 in Spittal an der Drau) is an Austrian Ski jumper. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Mohammad Junaid Siddique (born 30 October 1987 in Rajshahi) is a Bangladeshi Cricketer He is sometimes referred to by his nickname Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Janel Parrish Janel Meilani Parrish (born October 30, 1988) is an American Actress, Singer, Broadway performer Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Anastasia "Nastia" Valeryevna Liukin (Анастасия "Настя" Валерьевна Люкина (Anastasya "Nastya" Valeryevna Lyukina born October Seth Elijah Adkins (born October 30, 1989) is an American actor (Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini ( February 11, 1380 – October 30, 1459) was one of the most important Italian humanists. 1380)
• 1522 - Jean Mouton, French composer
• 1553 - Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. Jean Mouton (c 1459 &ndash October 30, 1522) was a French composer of the Renaissance. Jacob (or Jakob, or Jacques) Sturm von Sturmeck ( August 10, 1489 - October 30, 1553) German 1489)
• 1602 - Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. Jean-Jacques Boissard ( 1528 - October 30, 1602) was a French antiquary and Latin Poet. 1528)
• 1611 - King Charles IX of Sweden (b. Charles IX (Karl IX ( 4 October 1550 – 30 October 1611) was King of Sweden from 1604 until his death 1550)
• 1626 - Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. “Snellius” redirects here For the lunar crater named Snellius see Snellius (crater. 1580)
• 1632 - Henri II de Montmorency, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc (b. Henri II de Montmorency (1595 - October 30 1632) son of duke Henry I, succeeded to the title in 1614 having previously been made Grand admiral 1595)
• 1654 - Emperor Go-Komyo of Japan (b. Emperor Go-Kōmyō (後光明天皇 Go-Kōmyō-tennō) ( April 20, 1633 - October 30, 1654) was the 110th emperor 1633)
• 1680 - Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (b. Antoinette Bourignon de la Porte ( January 13, 1616 - October 30, 1680) was a Flemish mystic. 1616)
• 1685 - Michel le Tellier, French statesman (b. Michel le Tellier ( April 19, 1603 - October 30, 1685) was a French Statesman. 1603)
• 1809 - William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1809 ( MDCCCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck 3rd Duke of Portland PC (14 April 1738 &ndash 30 October 1809 was a British Whig and Tory The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1738)
• 1816 - Frederick I of Württemberg (b. Year 1738 ( MDCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Frederick I (Friedrich I Wilhelm Karl November 6, 1754 &ndash October 30, 1816) was the first King of Württemberg. 1754)
• 1842 - Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author (b. Year 1754 ( MDCCLIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common There was also a botanist named Allan Cunningham see Allan Cunningham (botanist For the soldier Alan Cunningham see Alan Gordon Cunningham 1784)
• 1853 - Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. Year 1784 ( MDCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Pietro Raimondi ( December 20, 1786, Rome &ndash October 30, 1853) was an Italian composer transitional between the 1786)
• 1883 - Robert Volkmann, German composer (b. Year 1786 ( MDCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Friedrich Robert Volkmann ( April 6, 1815 &ndash October 30, 1883) was a German composer 1815)
• 1893 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third Prime Minister of Canada (b. Year 1815 ( MDCCCXV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sir John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, PC, KCMG, QC ( March 12, 1821 – October 30, 1893) was the third Prime Minister The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1821)
• 1894 - Honoré Mercier, politician, Premier of Quebec (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Early Background Mercier was born in St-Athanase, Lower Canada, studied at the Jesuit College Sainte-Marie in Montreal and was called to the The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated as Prime Minister of Quebec) is the First minister for the 1840)
• 1899 - William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. Year 1840 ( MDCCCXL) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William Henry Webb ( June 19, 1816 &ndash October 30, 1899) was an industrialist and philanthropist in the United States 1816)
• 1910 - Henry Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Jean Henri Dunant ( May 8, 1828 &ndash October 30, 1910) aka Henry Dunant or Henri Dunant, was a Swiss The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1828)
• 1912 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (b. The year 1828 ( MDCCCXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24 1855 &ndash October 30 1912 was a United States Representative from New York and the twenty-seventh Vice President The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death 1855)
• 1915 - Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (b. Year 1855 ( MDCCCLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Not to be confused with Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper who was Charles Tupper's son The Prime Minister of Canada ( French: Premier ministre du Canada) is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus 1821)
• 1923 - Andrew Bonar Law, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. Year 1821 ( MDCCCXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Andrew Bonar Law (16 September 1858 &ndash 30 October 1923 was a Canadian -born British Conservative Party statesman and Prime Minister. The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the political leader of the United Kingdom 1858)
• 1957 - Fred Beebe, baseball player (b. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Frederick Leonard Beebe ( December 31, 1879 - October 30, 1957) was a professional Baseball player 1880)
• 1966 - Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (b. Year 1880 ( MDCCCLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Yórgos Theotokás, also spelt Geórgios Theotokás, ( 27 April 1906 - 30 October 1966) was a Greek novelist born in 1906)
• 1968 - Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Rose Wilder Lane (b December 5 1886, De Smet, Dakota Territory – d 1886)
• 1968 - Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (b. Year 1886 ( MDCCCLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ramón Novarro ( February 2, 1899 - October 30, 1968) was a Mexican Actor who achieved fame as a " Latin lover 1899)
• 1968 - Conrad Richter, American writer (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Conrad Michael Richter ( October 13 1890 - October 30 1968) was a Pulitzer Prize -winning American novelist whose lyrical work 1890)
• 1969 - Pops Foster, American musician (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. George Murphy "Pops" Foster ( May 19, 1892 - October 29, 1969) was a Jazz Musician best known for his vigorous 1892)
• 1975 - Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gustav Ludwig Hertz ( July 22 1887, Hamburg &ndash October 30 1975, Berlin) was a German Experimental The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1887)
• 1979 - Sir Barnes Wallis, British scientist, engineer and inventor (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE, Kt, FRS, RDI, FRAeS ( 26 September 1887  &ndash 30 October 1887)
• 1979 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (b. Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Donna Rachele Mussolini ( 11 April 1890 – 30 October 1979) was the second wife of Benito Mussolini. 1890)
• 1985 - Kirby Grant, American actor (b. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) Kirby Grant (born Kirby Grant Hoon Jr in Butte Montana, November 24, 1911 - October 30, 1985) was a long-time B-movie 1911)
• 1988 - T. Hee, American animator (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) This article is about the animator For the James Bond villain see Tee Hee. 1911)
• 1993 - Paul Grégoire, Archbishop of Montreal (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Cardinal Paul Grégoire ( October 24, 1911 &ndash October 30, 1993) was a Canadian Archbishop of Montreal. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montréal (Archdioecesis Marianopolitanis is a Roman Catholic Archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec 1911)
• 1997 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar See Samuel Fuller (Mayflower physician for the Mayflower doctor 1912)
• 2000 - Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Steve Allen, born Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen ( December 26 1921 – October 30 2000) was an American 1921)
• 2002 - Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Jason William Mizell ( January 21 1965 &ndash October 30 2002) also known as Jam-Master Jay and Jay Gambulos, was Run-DMC was a pioneering hip hop group during the 1980s founded by Joseph "[The Reverend] Run" Simmons, Darryl "D 1965)
• 2002 - Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Juan Antonio Bardem ( 2 June 1922 – 30 October 2002) was a Spanish Screen writer and Film director who was born and died 1922)
• 2004 - Peggy Ryan, American actress (b. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Margaret O'Rene "Peggy" Ryan ( 28 August 1924, Long Beach California &ndash 30 October 2004, Las Vegas Nevada 1924)
• 2005 - Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Alfonso Ramon "Al" Lopez ( August 20 1908 &ndash October 30 2005) was an American Catcher and manager 1908)
• 2005 - Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian communist leader (b. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Shamsher Singh Sheri, alias Karam Singh (1942 – October 30, 2005) was a communist leader in India. 1942)
• 2006 - Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ( 2 August 1914 – 30 October 2006) was a Japanese playwright and translator of Shakespeare born in Hongō, which is now 1914)
• 2006 - Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (b. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Clifford James Geertz ( August 23 1926, San Francisco – October 30 2006, Philadelphia) was an American 1926)
• 2007 - Robert Goulet, American entertainer (b. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Robert Gerard Goulet ( November 26 1933 – October 30 2007) was a Canadian Grammy - and Tony Award - winning 1933)
• 2007 - Linda Stein, Ramones manager and real estate broker (b. Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Linda Stein ( 1945 - October 30, 2007) was an American Rock music manager and real estate broker 1945)
• 2007 - Washoe, chimpanzee trained in American Sign Language (b. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Washoe (c September 1965 – October 30, 2007) was a chimpanzee who was the first non-human to learn to use a human language that of American American Sign Language (or ASL Ameslan is the dominant Sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts 1965)
• 2007 - John Woodruff, American athlete (b. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. John Youie Woodruff ( July 5, 1915 &ndash October 30, 2007) was an American athlete and winner of the 800 1915)

Holidays and observances

• Calendar of Saints - October 30th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:
  • St. Artemas
  • St. Herbert
  • St. Marcellus the Centurion
  • St. Saturninus
  • St. Serapion
• USA - Mischief Night in some areas (known as Devil's Night in Michigan)
• International Orthopaedic Nurses Day
• Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions in post-Soviet states

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Saint Artemas of Lystra was a biblical figure He was one of the Seventy Disciples. St Herbert (also Habern Herbern (dates of Birth and Death unknown is a Saint who is said to have once been the Bishop or Abbot Saint Marcellus of Tangier (Marcellus the Centurion (San Marcelo (d Saint Saturninus of Cagliari (San Saturnino Saturno is venerated as the Patron saint of Cagliari. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Mischief night is a tradition in northern England Scotland Ireland and the United States of a night in the calendar when the custom is for preteens and teenagers to take a degree of Devil's Night is a name associated with October 30, the night before Halloween, particularly in Detroit Michigan. Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions, День памяти жертв политических репрессий - October 30, since 1991 in former Soviet The post-Soviet states, also commonly known as former Soviet republics, are the 15 independent nations that split off from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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