What Happened on October 30?
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EVENTS ON OCTOBER 30
Explore the most important historical events that happened on October 30, featuring key moments that shaped the world.
Communist Party of Australia
Year:
1920
The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
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World War I
Year:
1918
World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.
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Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen
Year:
1918
World War I: Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen, a state union of Kingdom of Hungary and Triune Kingdom of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of Croatian and Hungarian parliaments.
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Nicholas II
Year:
1905
Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
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Orson Welles
Year:
1938
Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
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The Holocaust
Year:
1941
Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
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Rescue of Ori Megidish
Year:
2023
First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
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Anne Frank
Year:
1944
Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
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BIRTHS ON OCTOBER 30
Discover famous people and historical figures born on October 30, including leaders, artists, scientists, and cultural icons.
Daniel Nathans
Year of birth:
1928
Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1999)
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Olga Zubarry
Year of birth:
1929
Olga Zubarry, Argentinian actress (died 2012)
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Joe Adcock
Year of birth:
1927
Joe Adcock, American baseball player and manager (died 1999)
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Jacques Swaters
Year of birth:
1926
Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver and manager (died 2010)
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Elena Mikhnenko
Year of birth:
1922
Elena Mikhnenko, Ukrainian exile (died 1993)
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Tommy Ridgley
Year of birth:
1925
Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999)
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Clifford Brown
Year of birth:
1930
Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (died 1956)
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Néstor Almendros
Year of birth:
1930
Néstor Almendros, Spanish-American director and cinematographer (died 1992)
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DEATHS ON OCTOBER 30
Look back at notable individuals who passed away on October 30, and learn about their lasting influences on history.
Alejandro Gorostiaga
Year of death:
1912
Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean colonel (born 1840)
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Charles Tupper
Year of death:
1915
Charles Tupper, Canadian physician, lawyer, and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1821)
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Talbot Mercer Papineau
Year of death:
1917
Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (born 1883)
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Year of death:
1919
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (born 1850)
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James S. Sherman
Year of death:
1912
James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (born 1855)
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Henry Dunant
Year of death:
1910
Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1828)
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James Patterson (Australian politician)
Year of death:
1895
James Patterson, English-Australian politician, 17th Premier of Victoria (born 1833)
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Carol Benesch
Year of death:
1896
Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (born 1822)
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HOLIDAYS ON OCTOBER 30
See which holidays, observances, and special celebrations take place on October 30 around the world.
October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
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Serapion of Antioch
Christian feast day: Serapion of Antioch
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Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions
Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine)
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Thevar Jayanthi
Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India)
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Mischief Night
Mischief Night (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
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Marcellus of Tangier
Christian feast day: Marcellus of Tangier
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Saturninus of Cagliari
Christian feast day: Saturninus of Cagliari
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Dominic Collins
Christian feast day: Blessed Dominic Collins (Catholic, Ireland, Society of Jesus)
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