October 30 in History
What happened on October 30 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on october 30 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on october 30 in history.
?>2005
The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (Church of Our Lady) that was destroyed during the firebombing of Dresden in WWII is rededicated.
1991
BET Holdings Inc., becomes the first African-American company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
1985
The Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for its final successful mission.
1975
Prince Juan Carlos becomes acting head of state in Spain, replacing the ailing dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.
1974
The “Rumble in the Jungle,” a boxing match in Zaire that many regard as the greatest sporting event of the 20th century, takes place; challenger Muhammad Ali knocks out previously undefeated World Heavyweight Champion George Foreman.
1973
The Bosphorus Bridge is completed at Istanbul, Turkey, connecting Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus Strait.
1965
US Marines repel multiple-wave attacks by Viet Cong within a few miles of Da Nang where the Marines are based; a sketch of Marine positions was found on the body of a 13-year-old boy who had been selling the Americans drinks the previous day.
1961
The USSR detonates “Tsar Bomba,” a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb; it is still (2016) the largest explosive device of any kind over detonated.
1953
US Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves a top secret document to maintain and expand the country’s nuclear arsenal.
1950
The First Marine Division is ordered to replace the entire South Korean I Corps at the Chosin Reservoir area.
1941
The U.S. destroyer Reuben James, on convoy duty off Iceland, is sunk by a German U-boat with the loss of 96 Americans.
1938
H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds is broadcast over the radio by Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre. Many panic believing it is an actual newscast about a Martian invasion.
1925
Scotsman John L. Baird performs first TV broadcast of moving objects.
1922
Mussolini sends his black shirts into Rome. The Fascist takeover is almost without bloodshed. The next day, Mussolini is made prime minister. He centralizes all power in himself as leader of the Fascist party and attempts to create an Italian empire, ultimately in alliance with Hitler‘s Germany.
1918
The Italians capture Vittorio Veneto and rout the Austro-Hungarian army.
1918
Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies, agreeing to end hostilities at noon, October 31.
1905
The czar of Russia issues the October Manifesto, granting civil liberties and elections in an attempt to avert the burgeoning support for revolution.
1899
Two battalions of British troops are cut off, surrounded and forced to surrender to General Petrus Joubert’s Boers at Nicholson’s Nek.
1838
Oberlin Collegiate Institute in Lorain County, Ohio becomes the first college in the U.S. to admit female students.
1697
The Treaty of Ryswick ends the war between France and the Grand Alliance.
1485
Henry VII of England crowned.
1270
The Seventh Crusade ends by the Treaty of Barbary.