October, 30th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Saturday 30, 2004:
A 163-metre high radio mast in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, UK collapses in a fire.

Wednesday 30, 2002:
British Digital terrestrial television (DTT) Service Freeview starts transmitting throughout parts of the United Kingdom

Tuesday 30, 2001:
Michael Jordan returns to the National Basketball Association with the Washington Wizards after 3 1/2 years (the Wizards lose 93-91 to the New York Knicks).

Thursday 30, 1997:
British au pair Louise Woodward is found guilty of the baby-shaking death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.

Monday 30, 1995:
Quebec sovereignists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada (vote was 50.6% to 49.4%).

Wednesday 30, 1991:
The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens.

Sunday 30, 1988:
Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US$13.1 billion.

Friday 30, 1987:
In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the PC-Engine.

Sunday 30, 1983:
The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held.

Thursday 30, 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.

Thursday 30, 1975:
Prince Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain after dictator Francisco Franco concedes that he is too ill to govern.

Wednesday 30, 1974:
"The Rumble in the Jungle": Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire to regain the World Heavyweight Boxing championship.

Monday 30, 1972:
US President Richard Nixon approves legislation to increase Social Security spending by US$5.3 billion.

Friday 30, 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.

Wednesday 30, 1968:
The film The Lion in Winter, starring Katharine Hepburn, debuts.

Sunday 30, 1966:
The Zodiac killer kills his first victim, 18-year old Cheri Jo Bates, in Riverside, California.

Saturday 30, 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. 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.

Monday 30, 1961:
Due to "violations of Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Josef 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.

Friday 30, 1953:
Cold War: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.

Thursday 30, 1947:
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is founded.

Monday 30, 1944:
Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.

Thursday 30, 1941:
World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves US$1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.

Sunday 30, 1938:
Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a nationwide panic.

Friday 30, 1925:
John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

Saturday 30, 1920:
The Communist Party of Australia founded in Sydney.

Wednesday 30, 1918:
The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East

Monday 30, 1905:
Tsar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly.

Tuesday 30, 1894:
Domenico Menegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.

Sunday 30, 1864:
Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch."

Sunday 30, 1831:
In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave revolt in United States history.

Sunday 30, 1470:
Henry VI of England returns to the throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle.

Sunday 30, 1340:
Battle of Rio Salado

Thursday 30, 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.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-october/on-this-day.html


People born on October 30

1978:
Martin Dossett, American football player (b: October 30, 1978) (Biography of Martin Dossett)

1973:
Adam Copeland, Canadian professional wrestler (b: October 30, 1973) (Biography of Adam Copeland)
Silvia Corzo, Colombian newsreader (b: October 30, 1973) (Biography of Silvia Corzo)

1967:
Gavin Rossdale, English musician (b: October 30, 1967) (Biography of Gavin Rossdale)

1966:
Scott Innes, American voice actor (b: October 30, 1966) (Biography of Scott Innes)

1962:
Courtney Walsh, West Indian cricketer (b: October 30, 1962) (Biography of Courtney Walsh)

1960:
Diego Armando Maradona, Argentine footballer (b: October 30, 1960) (Biography of Diego Armando Maradona)

1958:
Joe Delaney, American football player (b: October 30, 1958) (Biography of Joe Delaney)

1956:
Juliet Stevenson, English actress (b: October 30, 1956) (Biography of Juliet Stevenson)

1951:
Harry Hamlin, American actor (b: October 30, 1951) (Biography of Harry Hamlin)

1945:
Henry Winkler, American actor (b: October 30, 1945) (Biography of Henry Winkler)

1941:
Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: October 30, 1941) (Biography of Theodor W. Hänsch)
Otis Williams, American singer (b: October 30, 1941) (Biography of Otis Williams)

1940:
Ed Lauter, American actor (b: October 30, 1940) (Biography of Ed Lauter)

1939:
Grace Slick, American singer (Jefferson Airplane) (b: October 30, 1939) (Biography of Grace Slick)

1937:
Claude Lelouch, French film director (b: October 30, 1937) (Biography of Claude Lelouch)

1936:
Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (b: October 30, 1936 ; d: August 5, 2005) (Biography of Polina Astakhova)

1935:
Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer (b: October 30, 1935) (Biography of Agota Kristof)

1934:
Frans Brüggen, Dutch flutist, recorder player, and conductor (b: October 30, 1934) (Biography of Frans Brüggen)

1932:
Louis Malle, French film director (b: October 30, 1932 ; d: November 23, 1995) (Biography of Louis Malle)

1930:
Nestor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (b: October 30, 1930) (Biography of Nestor Almendros)

1917:
Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (b: October 30, 1917 ; d: February 13, 2005) (Biography of Maurice Trintignant)

1916:
Leon Day, baseball player (b: October 30, 1916 ; d: March 13, 1995) (Biography of Leon Day)

1915:
Fred Friendly, American journalist and network executive (b: October 30, 1915 ; d: March 3, 1998) (Biography of Fred Friendly)

1914:
Richard E Holz, American composer (b: October 30, 1914) (Biography of Richard E Holz)

1911:
Ruth Hussey, American actress (b: October 30, 1911 ; d: April 19, 2005) (Biography of Ruth Hussey)

1909:
Homi Jahangir Bhabha, Indian Nuclear Scientist (b: October 30, 1909) (Biography of Homi Jahangir Bhabha)

1906:
Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (b: October 30, 1906 ; d: June 30, 1966) (Biography of Giuseppe Farina)

1896:
Ruth Gordon, American actress (b: October 30, 1896 ; d: August 28, 1985) (Biography of Ruth Gordon)

1893:
Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (b: October 30, 1893 ; d: December 23, 1973) (Biography of Angelo Siciliano)
Roland Freisler, German Nazi politician (b: October 30, 1893) (Biography of Roland Freisler)

1885:
Ezra Pound, American poet (b: October 30, 1885 ; d: November 1, 1972) (Biography of Ezra Pound)

1882:
Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (b: October 30, 1882) (Biography of Günther von Kluge)
William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (b: October 30, 1882) (Biography of William Halsey, Jr)

1871:
Paul Valery, French poet (b: October 30, 1871 ; d: July 20, 1945) (Biography of Paul Valéry)

1861:
Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor (b: October 30, 1861 ; d: October 1, 1929) (Biography of Antoine Bourdelle)

1844:
Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist (b: October 30, 1844) (Biography of Harvey W. Wiley)

1839:
Alfred Sisley, French artist (b: October 30, 1839) (Biography of Alfred Sisley)

1762:
André Chénier, French writer (b: October 30, 1762 ; d: July 25, 1794) (Biography of André Chénier)

1751:
Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (b: October 30, 1751) (Biography of Richard Sheridan)

1735:
John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (b: October 30, 1735 ; d: July 4, 1826) (Biography of John Adams)

1624:
Paul Pellisson, French writer (b: October 30, 1624 ; d: February 7, 1693) (Biography of Paul Pellisson)

1513:
Jacques Amyot, French writer (b: October 30, 1513 ; d: February 6, 1593) (Biography of Jacques Amyot)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-october/births.html