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What happened in history on this day: October 30?
On October 30 in ...
- 701 - John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1270 - 8th and last crusade is launched.
- 1466 - Death of Johann Fust, a financial backer of Johannes Gutenberg.
- 1611 - Sweden's King Karl IX dies at Nyköping.
- 1626 - Willebord van Roijen dutch mathematician, dies at age 35.
- 1735 - Birth of John Adams in Braintree, Massachusettes, USA; second US president (1797-1801) (dies 1826).
- 1751 - Birth of Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright (School for Scandal).
- 1801 - A meteorite strikes a house near Horringer-mill, Suffolk, England, burning it and a stable to the ground.
- 1821 - Birth of Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski; Russian novelist and short-story writer (Crime and Punishment).
- 1830 - Birth of John S Bowen; Major-General (Confederate).
- 1864 - Helena, Montana's capital, is founded.
- 1871 - Birth of Paul Valéry in France; poet/essayist/critic (La Jeune).
- 1871 - Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago White Stockings for first National Association baseball pennant.
- 1873 - Birth of Francisco Madero in Mexico; revolutionary, president (1911-13).
- 1885 - Birth of Ezra Pound in Hailey, Idaho, USA; poet (Cantos).
- 1887 - Birth of Eduardo Ciannelli in Italy; actor (Waldo - Johnny Staccato).
- 1888 - First ballpoint pen patented.
- 1893 - Sir John Abbott, Prime Minister of Canada (Conservative) (1891-92), dies at age 72.
- 1893 - The World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, USA closes. A total of 27 million people visited over four months.
- 1894 - Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.
- 1896 - Birth of Ruth Gordon in Massachusetts, USA; actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude).
- 1905 - October Manifesto: Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties.
- 1907 - Birth of György Ránki in Budapest, Hungary; composer (Hóemberek).
- 1907 - Birth of Renzo Cesana in Rome, Italy; TV host (First Date, Continental).
- 1914 - Birth of Marion Ladewig in Michigan, USA; bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63).
- 1914 - Italians occupy island of Saseno.
- 1917 - Birth of Ruth Hussey in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story).
- 1918 - Birth of Ted Williams; Boston Red Sox hitter (American League Most Valuable Player 1946, 1949; Triple Crown 1942, 1947).
- 1918 - Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state.
- 1918 - Fiume declares independence from Hungary.
- 1919 - Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of the spitball.
- 1919 - Birth of Jane Randolph; singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn).
- 1922 - Benito Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy.
- 1924 - Birth of Hannelore Weygrand in Germany; equestrian dressage (Olympics-silver-1956).
- 1928 - Birth of Ernest Flatt; choreographer (Carol Burnett Show).
- 1928 - Birth of William Campbell in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Jerry - Cannonball, Luke - Dynasty).
- 1930 - Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship.
- 1931 - Birth of Dick Gautier in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hymie - Get Smart, Mr Terrific).
- 1932 - Birth of Louis Malle in France; director (Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria).
- 1934 - Birth of Hamilton Camp in London, England; actor (Andrew - He and She).
- 1936 - Birth of Jim Perry; pitcher (Cy Young Award 1970).
- 1937 - Birth of Claude Lelouch; movie director (A Man and A Woman, Cat and Mouse, Bolero).
- 1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, causing a nationwide (USA) panic. About a million radio listeners believe that a real Martian invasion is underway.
- 1939 - Birth of Grace Slick in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane - "White Rabbit").
- 1939 - USSR and Germany agree on partitioning Poland.
- 1940 - Birth of Ed Lauter in Long Beach, New York, USA; actor (Sheriff Cain - BJ and the Bear).
- 1943 - Birth of Joanna Shimkus in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; actress (Marriage of a Young Stockbroker).
- 1945 - Birth of Henry Winkler in New York City, USA; actor (Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzerelli - Happy Days, Night Shift).
- 1945 - US government announces end of shoe rationing.
- 1946 - Birth of Andrea Mitchell in New York City, New York, USA; newscaster (NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA).
- 1946 - Birth of Lynne Marta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Love American Style).
- 1946 - Birth of Robert L "Hoot" Gibson in Cooperstown, New York, USA; US Navy/astronaut (STS 41B, 61C, 27).
- 1948 - 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora, Pennsylvania, USA.
- 1950 - Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf ascends to the throne as King Gustaf VI Adolf. Carl Gustaf becomes Crown Prince.
- 1950 - Birth of Phil Chenier; NBA guard (Washington Bullets).
- 1951 - Birth of Harry Hamlin in Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Michael Kuzak - L.A. Law).
- 1953 - Birth of Kathleen Cody in Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Charley and the Angel).
- 1953 - Dr Albert Schweitzer and General George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1954 - Birth of JoAnne Russell in Miami, Florida, USA; tennis player (Wimbeldon Double 1977).
- 1954 - Defense Department announces elimination of all segregated regiments.
- 1956 - Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad.
- 1960 - Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
- 1961 - Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Josef Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square.
- 1961 - The Soviet Union detonates its hydrogen bomb, Tsar Bomba, over Novaya Zemlya. At 58 megatons, it remains the largest explosive device ever detonated (as of about 2006).
- 1965 - Birth of Charnele Brown in East Hampton, New York, USA; actress (Kim - A Different World).
- 1965 - Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia.
- 1967 - USSR Kosmos 186 and 188 make first automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch.
- 1968 - Death of Pert Kelton of a heart attack at age 61; actress (vaudeville, Broadway, movies, Cavalcade of Stars TV show, Alice Kramden - The Honeymooners).
- 1969 - Birth of Brittany Gae Thompson in Portland, Oregon, USA; Miss Oregon-America (1991).
- 1972 - Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at age 68.
- 1972 - Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1973 - The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.
- 1973 - Tom Seaver becomes first non-20-game winner to win baseball Cy Young award.
- 1974 - The "Rumble in the Jungle" boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire. Ali knocks out Foreman in the 8th round.
- 1975 - John Bucyk, Boston Bruins, becomes 7th NHL player to score 500 goals.
- 1975 - Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain.
- 1975 - New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead".
- 1976 - Reverend Joseph Evans is elected president of the United Church of Christ.
- 1978 - Laura Nickel and Curt Noll find 25th Mersenne prime, 2 ^ 21701 - 1.
- 1979 - NASA launches space vehicle S-203.
- 1979 - Death of Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (born 1890).
- 1980 - El Salvador and Honduras sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute before the International Court of Justice.
- 1980 - NASA launches Flt Satcom-4.
- 1981 - Birth of Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump; American model.
- 1983 - The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held. Raúl Alfonsin of the Radical Civic Union wins presidential election with 52 percent of votes, with 42 percent for Peronist Party leader Italo Luder.
- 1983 - In Turkey, a magnitude 6.9-7.1 earthquake occurs. At least 1,342 people killed, 534 seriously injured, more than 25,000 people homeless, and 50 villages completely destroyed in the provinces of Erzurum and Kars.
- 1984 - Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at age 61.
- 1985 - Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
- 1985 - Kirby Grant Hoon Junior, of Butte, Montana, actor (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at age 74.
- 1986 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show Cheers.
- 1987 - In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the TurboGrafx-16, known as PC Engine.
- 1988 - Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US$13.1 billion.
- 1988 - Two gambling clubs and one player share US$61.38 million California lotto jackpot.
- 1988 - Jim Elliott (US) completes 24-hour paced outdoor race for 548.9 miles.
- 1988 - New York Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for first time.
- 1988 - Ayrton Senna clinches his first Formula One World Championship with a phenomenal drive in the Japanese Grand Prix, recovering from 16th place on the first lap to win the race and beat rival Alain Prost into second place.
- 1988 - Expo '88 in Brisbane, Australia, draws to a close after a six month spectacular.
- 1989 - The qualification for the 1990 Football World Cup ends.
- 1990 - Joseph Burrus, amateur magician in Fresno California, is crushed and dies after being bound in a plastic coffin and buried under seven tons of soil and concrete.
- 1990 - NBC airs the 100th episode of Matlock TV show.
- 1991 - Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid, Spain.
- 1991 - William Shea, Shea Stadium namesake, dies at age 84.
- 1992 - Disney releases the film Beauty and the Beast on videocassette. One million copies sell on the first day.
- 1995 - Quebec separatists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada.
- 1996 - Fighting erupts when Banyamulenga Tutsis of Laurent Kabila in Zaire seize Uvira and proceed to kill Hutu refugees.
- 1996 - Death of John Young; British actor (Monty Python's Flying Circus).
- 1996 - On his 5,144th day in office Helmut Kohl surpasses Konrad Adenauer's record as the longest serving post-war chancellor of Germany.
- 2000 - Death of Steve Allen at age 78 from ruptured blood vessel in his heart wall; American comedian, composer, talk show host (The Tonight Show), and author (born 1921).
- 2002 - British digital terrestrial television (DTT) service Freeview starts transmitting throughout parts of the United Kingdom.
- 2002 - Death of Jam Master Jay; musician (Run DMC) (born 1965).
- 2004 - A 163-metre-high radio mast in Peterborough, United Kingdom collapses in a fire.
- 2005 - Hurricane Beta hits the coast of Nicaragua. It is the 13th hurricane of 2005, breaking the 1969 record of 12 hurricanes.
- 2006 - Former President of Chile Augusto Pinochet is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre.
- 2006 - An airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur kills dozens of suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants.
- 2006 - The Esperanza Fire burns over 61 square miles of Cabazon, California mountain territory.
- 2007 - Brazil is announced as the host of the FIFA World Cup 2014.
- 2007 - Death of Robert Goulet AKA Stanley Applebaum at age 73; singer (Cross Canada Hit Parade TV show, Grammy award 1962, "My Love Forgive Me" album (1964)).
- 2008 - The U.S. economy shrank by 0.3 percent in the third quarter (July-September), the most in seven years, with consumer spending during the quarter at the lowest in 28 years.
- 2008 - Japan, the world's second biggest economy, unveils a 5 trillion yen (US$51 billion) package of spending measures to support its economy.
- 2008 - The Philadelphia Phillies win the World Series of baseball, their first since 1980, defeating the Tampa Bay Rays four games to one. Game Five was suspended in the sixth inning on October 28 due to rain, with the score tied 2-2.
- 2008 - Eleven bomb blasts rip through the main city of India's Assam state and three other towns, killing 77 people and wounding 320.
- 2009 - The American Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation seizes nine failed banks, including Los Angeles-based California National Bank, the fourth-largest U.S. bank failure this year.
- 2014 - Death of Thomas Menino, American politician, 53rd Mayor of Boston (born 1942).
- 2018 - NASA's Kepler mission ends after the spacecraft runs out of fuel.
- 2019 - An earthquake of 6.6 Mw rocks the Philippine island of Mindanao.
- 2019 - Social media website Twitter bans all political advertising worldwide.
- 2020 - A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Turkey and Greece, killing 119 people and injuring over 1,000.
- 2020 - The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 45 million worldwide.
- 2020 - Death of Mesut Yilmaz, 21st Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1947).
- 2022 - A river bridge in Morbi in Gujarat state in India, killing 135 people.
- 2022 - Presidential runoff election in Brazil: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 50.9%, Jair Bolsonaro 49.1%.
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