October 30

Events

 * - surrenders to the  forces under  after the.
 * - between  and.
 * - The and siege of  end by an agreement between  (brother to King, who had died months earlier) and the  of.
 * - returns to the  throne after  defeats  in battle.
 * - crowned.
 * - returns to  for the second time.
 * - In, escaped slave is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest  in  history.
 * - Prince  arrives in  to assume his throne as,.
 * - ends.  renounces all claim to,  and , which come under n and n administration.
 * - is founded after four s discover  at "Last Chance Gulch."
 * - obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing  industrially.
 * -  grants 's first, creating a legislative assembly.
 * - The signs an  with the, ending the  in the.
 * - The is founded in.
 * - is made  of.
 * - creates Britain's first.
 * - The is constructed in,.
 * - broadcasts his  of 's , causing a nationwide panic in the.
 * - : approves U.S. $1 billion in  aid to the.
 * 1941  - 1,500  from  (in western ) are sent by  to.
 * - is deported from  to the.
 * - of the  signs a contract for the  to break the.
 * - (GATT), which is the foundation of the  (WTO), is founded.
 * -  witnesses "" while at the.
 * - :  formally approves the  document, which states that the ' arsenal of s must be maintained and expanded to counter the  threat.
 * - performs the first successful  in the  at the.
 * - : The detonates the   over ; at 58 megatons of yield, it is still the largest nuclear device ever detonated.  announces that the scientists had planned to make it 100 megatons, but had reduced the yield to reduce fallout over the.
 * 1961  - Because of "violations of 's precepts", it is decreed that 's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near  wall with a plain granite marker instead.
 * - : Just miles from, repel an intense attack by wave after wave of  forces, killing 56 guerrillas. Among the dead, a sketch of Marine positions was found on the body of a 13-year-old  boy who sold drinks to the Marines the day before.
 * - In, the worst to hit the area in six years causes large s, kills 293, leaves 200,000 homeless and virtually halts the.
 * - A collision between two commuter trains in kills 45 and injures 332.
 * - The in  is completed, connecting the continents of  and  over the  for the first time.
 * - becomes 's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen..
 * - and  sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 's  before the.
 * - The first democratic elections in after seven years of military rule are held.
 * - lifts off for mission, its final successful mission.
 * - In, releases the first 16-bit , the , known as.
 * - Creation of, the Brazilian Association of Science Parks and Business Incubators, which nowadays comprises circa 400 business incubators and 50 science and technology parks initiatives.
 * - buys  for U.S. $13.1 billion.
 * - The for  peace talks opens.
 * - sovereignists narrowly lose a  for a mandate to negotiate independence from  (vote was 50.6% to 49.4%).
 * - British (DTT) Service  begins transmitting in parts of the.
 * - The rebuilt (destroyed in the  during ) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
 * - A magnitude 5.6 shook the  at 08:04:54 PM.
 * - A magnitude 5.6 shook the  at 08:04:54 PM.

Births

 * - of Japan (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, queen in Prussia (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Irish playwright (d. )
 * -, French writer (d. )
 * -, French Canadian writer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Russian writer (d. )
 * -, French artist (d. )
 * -, American chemist (d. )
 * -, Italian physicist (d. )
 * -, French neurologist (d. )
 * -, French sculptor (d. )
 * -, French poet (d. )
 * 1871  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American poet and author (d. )
 * -, American admiral (d. )
 * 1882  -, German field marshal (d. )
 * -, American poet (d. )
 * -, American playwright (d. )
 * -, Greek athlete and Olympic champion (d. )


 * -, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. )
 * 1893  -, German Nazi politician (d. )
 * -, French biologist (d. )
 * -, German bacteriologist, recipient of the (declined) (d. )
 * 1895  -, American physician,  (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1896  -, Greek poet (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, baseball player (d. )
 * - Finnish neuroscientist,  (d. )
 * -, German-American linguist (d. )
 * 1906  -, Italian race car driver (d. )
 * -, American anthropologist (d. )
 * -, American country music singer and songwriter (d. )
 * -, Indian physicist (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American composer
 * -, American journalist (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1917  -, Soviet field marshal (d. )
 * 1917  -, French race car driver (d. )
 * -, Belgian racing driver
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, American microbiologist, (d. )
 * -, Spanish cinematographer (d. )
 * 1930  -, American musician (d. )
 * -, Representative of the 34th district in the House of Delegates
 * -, French film director (d. )
 * -, Dutch musician
 * -, Hungarian writer
 * 1935  -, British film director
 * 1935  -, American baseball player
 * 1935  -, American biographer
 * -, Ukrainian gymnast (d. )
 * -, French film director
 * -, American scientist,
 * 1939  -, American singer
 * 1939  -, American singer
 * -, American actor
 * -, German physicist,
 * 1941  -, American singer
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, American actor
 * -, American musician
 * -, British actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, American actor
 * -, English actress
 * -, American actor
 * 1957  -, Scottish dramatist
 * -, American football player (d. )
 * 1958  -, Australian actor
 * 1958  -, Cyclist
 * -, Argentine footballer
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, West Indian cricketer
 * -, American actor
 * 1963  -, American actress
 * -, American poker player
 * -, American voice actor
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1967  -, English musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, Japanese composer
 * -, Bosnia singer
 * 1970  -, American actress
 * 1970  -, Greek discus thrower
 * -, South Korean actor and singer
 * -, Canadian wrestler
 * 1973  -, Colombian newscaster
 * -, Trinidadian footballer
 * 1976  -, American Basketball Player
 * -, American actor
 * 1977  -, Missing Australian toddler
 * -, American football player
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1979  -, Japanese actress
 * -, Canadian actress
 * 1980  -, South Korean kickboxer
 * -, American model
 * 1981  -, South Korean actress
 * 1981  -, American baseball player
 * -, American ice hockey player
 * 1982  -, American baseball player
 * -, Canadian footballer
 * -, American model
 * -, American actress
 * -, American gymnast
 * 1989  -, American actor

Deaths

 * -, Italian humanist (b. )
 * -, French composer
 * -, German statesman and reformer (b. )
 * -, French poet (b. )
 * - King (b. )
 * -, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. )
 * -, French naval officer and Governor of Languedoc (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Flemish mystic (b. )
 * -, French statesman (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Scottish poet and author (b. )
 * -, Italian composer (b. )
 * -, German composer (b. )
 * -, third (b. )
 * -, politician, (b. )
 * -, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. )
 * -, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, sixth (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, baseball player (b. )
 * -, Greek novelist (b. )
 * -, American journalist and author (b. )
 * 1968  -, Mexican actor (b. )
 * 1968  -, American writer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * -, German physicist, laureate (b. )
 * -, American ventriloquist (b. )
 * -, British aeronautical engineer (b. )
 * 1979  -, Italian, wife of  (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * -, American animator (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American film director (b. )
 * -, American comedian, author, and composer (b. )
 * -, American rapper and musician (b. )
 * 2002  -, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * -, baseball player and manager (b. )
 * 2005  -, Indian communist leader (b. )
 * -, Japanese playwright (b. )
 * 2006  -, American anthropologist (b. )
 * -, American entertainer (b. )
 * 2007  -, Ramones manager and real estate broker (b. )
 * 2007  -, chimpanzee trained in  (b. )
 * 2007  -, American athlete (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - October 30th is the of the following  :
 * - in some areas (known as  in )
 * International Day
 * in
 * National Day
 * National day of the cow, in Australia.
 * - in some areas (known as  in )
 * International Day
 * in
 * National Day
 * National day of the cow, in Australia.