October 30

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining.

Events:

1270 - Eighth Crusade is launched
1470 - Henry VI of England returned to the throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle
1905 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly
1925 - John Baird[?] creates Great Britain's first television transmitter[?]
1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds
1939 - Germany and USSR partition Poland
1941 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union
1953 - Dr. Albert Schweitzer and General George Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize[?]
1963 - The first Lamborghini rolls off the assembly line
1974 - "The Rumble in The Jungle": Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire to regain the World Heavyweight Boxing championship.
1975 - Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain
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
1983 - First democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military ruling.
1995 - Quebec separatists lose secession election

Births:

1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (+ 1826)
1751 - Richard Sheridan[?], playwright (+ 1816)
1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (+ 1881)
1839 - Alfred Sisley[?], artist (+ 1899)
1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist
1861 - Antoine Bourdelle, sculptor (+ 1929)
1882 - Bull Halsey, American admiral (+ 1959)
1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (+ 1972)
1893 - Charles Atlas[?], bodybuilder (+ 1972)
1893 - Roland Freisler, German politician
1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (+ 1985)
1915 - Fred Friendly[?], journalist (+ 1998)
1930 - Nestor Almendros[?], cinematographer (+ 1992)
1932 - Louis Malle[?], director (+ 1995)
1937 - Claude Lelouche[?], director
1939 - Grace Slick[?], singer with Jefferson Airplane
1941 - Otis Williams[?], singer
1945 - Henry Winkler[?], actor
1951 - Harry Hamlin[?], actor
1956 - Juliet Stevenson[?], actress
1960 - Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player
1967 - Gavin Rossdale, musician

Deaths:

1816 - Frederick I of Württemberg
1893 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third prime minister of Canada
1910 - Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross
1912 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States
1915 - Charles Tupper, sixth prime minister of Canada
1918 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter
1968 - Rose Wilder Lane, author
1968 - Ramon Novarro[?], actor
1978 - Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist
1988 - John Houseman[?], actor, director, teacher
2000 - Steve Allen, comedian, author, and composer

Holidays:

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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		October 30
		October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining. Events: 1270 - Eighth Crusade is launched 1470 - Henry VI of England returned to the throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle 1905 - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly 1925 - John Baird[?] creates Great Britain's first television transmitter[?] 1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds 1939 - Germany and USSR partition Poland 1941 - Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union 1953 - Dr. Albert Schweitzer and General George Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize[?] 1963 - The first Lamborghini rolls off the assembly line 1974 - "The Rumble in The Jungle": Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire to regain the World Heavyweight Boxing championship. 1975 - Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain 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 1983 - First democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military ruling. 1995 - Quebec separatists lose secession election Births: 1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (+ 1826) 1751 - Richard Sheridan[?], playwright (+ 1816) 1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (+ 1881) 1839 - Alfred Sisley[?], artist (+ 1899) 1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist 1861 - Antoine Bourdelle, sculptor (+ 1929) 1882 - Bull Halsey, American admiral (+ 1959) 1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (+ 1972) 1893 - Charles Atlas[?], bodybuilder (+ 1972) 1893 - Roland Freisler, German politician 1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (+ 1985) 1915 - Fred Friendly[?], journalist (+ 1998) 1930 - Nestor Almendros[?], cinematographer (+ 1992) 1932 - Louis Malle[?], director (+ 1995) 1937 - Claude Lelouche[?], director 1939 - Grace Slick[?], singer with Jefferson Airplane 1941 - Otis Williams[?], singer 1945 - Henry Winkler[?], actor 1951 - Harry Hamlin[?], actor 1956 - Juliet Stevenson[?], actress 1960 - Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player 1967 - Gavin Rossdale, musician Deaths: 1816 - Frederick I of Württemberg 1893 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third prime minister of Canada 1910 - Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross 1912 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States 1915 - Charles Tupper, sixth prime minister of Canada 1918 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter 1968 - Rose Wilder Lane, author 1968 - Ramon Novarro[?], actor 1978 - Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist 1988 - John Houseman[?], actor, director, teacher 2000 - Steve Allen, comedian, author, and composer Holidays: See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December October 29 - October 31 - November 30 - September 30 - more historical anniversaries
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