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What happend on 30. October in History
In our data base we found 307 events happened on 30. October:
• 758: Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates. [category: Events]
• 1137: Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily. [category: Events]
• 1218: Emperor Chūkyō of Japan (d. 1234) [category: Births]
• 1226: Tran Thu Do, head of the Tran clan of Vietnam, forces Ly Hue Tong, the last emperor of the Ly dynasty, to commit suicide. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
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• 1340: Portuguese and Castilian forces halt a Marinid invasion at the Battle of Río Salado. [category: Events]
• 1459: Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini, Italian scholar (b. 1380) [category: Deaths]
• 1485: King Henry VII of England is crowned. [category: Events]
• 1501: Ballet of Chestnuts – a banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests. [category: Events]
• 1513: Jacques Amyot, French writer and translator (d. 1593) [category: Births]
• 1522: Jean Mouton, French composer (b. 1459) [category: Deaths]
• 1553: Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German politician (b. 1489) [category: Deaths]
• 1602: Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528) [category: Deaths]
• 1611: Charles IX of Sweden (b. 1550) [category: Deaths]
• 1624: Paul Pellisson, French author (d. 1693) [category: Births]
• 1626: Willebrord Snell, Dutch astronomer and mathematician (b. 1580) [category: Deaths]
• 1632: Henri II de Montmorency, French navy officer and politician (b. 1595) [category: Deaths]
• 1654: Emperor Go-Kōmyō of Japan (b. 1633) [category: Deaths]
• 1668: Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (d. 1705) [category: Births]
• 1680: Antoinette Bourignon, French-Flemish mystic (b. 1616) [category: Deaths]
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• 1685: Michel Le Tellier, French politician (b. 1603) [category: Deaths]
• 1735: John Adams, American politician, 2nd President of the United States (d. 1826) [category: Births]
• 1748: Martha Jefferson, American wife of Thomas Jefferson (d. 1782) [category: Births]
• 1751: Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816) [category: Births]
• 1757: Edward Vernon, English navy officer (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1762: André Chénier, French poet (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1786: Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé, Canadian author (d. 1871) [category: Births]
• 1799: Ignace Bourget, Canadian priest and bishop (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1806: Believing he is facing a much larger force, Prussian Lieutenant General Friedrich von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrendered the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers commanded by General Lassalle. [category: Events]
• 1809: William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738) [category: Deaths]
• 1816: Frederick I of Württemberg (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history. [category: Events]
• 1839: Alfred Sisley, French-English painter (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1842: Allan Cunningham, Scottish poet and author (b. 1784) [category: Deaths]
• 1844: Harvey Washington Wiley, American chemist (d. 1930) [category: Births]
• 1847: Galileo Ferraris, Italian physicist (d. 1897) [category: Births]
• 1853: Pietro Raimondi, Italian composer (b. 1786) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1861: Antoine Bourdelle, French sculptor and painter (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1863: Danish Prince Wilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes. [category: Events]
• 1864: Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch". [category: Events]
• 1864: Second war of Schleswig ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration. [category: Events]
• 1871: Buck Freeman, American baseball player (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1871: Paul Valéry, French poet (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1873: Francisco I. Madero, Mexican politician, 33rd President of Mexico (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1881: Elizabeth Madox Roberts, American poet and author (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1882: Günther von Kluge, German field marshal (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1882: Oldřich Duras, Czech chess player (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1882: William Halsey, Jr., American admiral (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1883: Dayananda Saraswati, Indian philosopher and scholar (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1883: Robert Volkmann, German composer (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1885: Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1886: Zoe Akins, American playwright (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1887: Sukumar Ray, Bengali poet, author, and playwright (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1888: Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, Greek jumper (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1888: Louis Menges, American soccer player (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1893: Charles Atlas, Italian bodybuilder (d. 1972) [category: Births]
• 1893: Roland Freisler, German lawyer and judge (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1893: John Abbott, Canadian politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Jean Rostand, French biologist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1894: Honoré Mercier, Canadian lawyer and politician, 9th Premier of Quebec (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1894: Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially. [category: Events]
• 1895: Dickinson W. Richards, American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1895: Gerhard Domagk, German bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1896: Antonino Votto, Italian conductor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1896: Harry Randall Truman, American American owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens lodge (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1896: Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1896: Ruth Gordon, American actress (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1896: Carol Benesch, Czech architect, designed Peleș Castle (b. 1822) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Agustín Lara, Mexican composer (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1897: Rex Cherryman, American actor (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1898: Bill Terry, American baseball player and manager (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1899: William H. Webb, American shipbuilder and philanthropist (b. 1816) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: Ragnar Granit Finnish-Swedish scientist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1905: Czar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly. [category: Events]
• 1906: Alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1906: Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1906: Hermann Fegelein, German SS general (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1907: Sol Tax, American anthropologist (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1908: Patsy Montana, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1908: U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1909: Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1910: Luciano Sgrizzi, Italian musician and composer (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1910: Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: Ruth Hussey, American actress (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1912: Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean military officer (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: James S. Sherman, American politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (b. 1855) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: Hans Berndt, German footballer (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1914: Anna Wing, English actress [category: Births]
• 1914: Richard E Holz, American composer (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1915: Fred Friendly, American journalist (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: Jane Randolph, American actress (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1915: Charles Tupper, Canadian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Leon Day, American baseball player (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1917: Bobby Bragan, American baseball player (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1917: Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1917: Nikolai Ogarkov, Soviet field marshal (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1917: Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: The Ottoman Empire signs an armistice with the Allies, ending the First World War in the Middle East. [category: Events]
• 1919: Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American author and poet (b. 1850) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney. [category: Events]
• 1922: Jane White, American actress and singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1922: Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy. [category: Events]
• 1923: Andrew Bonar Law, Canadian-English politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1858) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Tommy Ridgley, American singer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1925: John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter. [category: Events]
• 1926: Jacques Swaters, Belgian race car driver (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1927: Joe Adcock, American baseball player (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1928: Daniel Nathans, American microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1929: The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1930: Clifford Brown, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1930: Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1931: Vince Callahan, American politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Barun De, Indian historian [category: Births]
• 1932: Louis Malle, French director (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1933: Col Campbell, New Zealand television presenter (d. 2012) (Gardening Australia) [category: Births]
• 1933: Svend Kornbeck, Danish actor (b. 1869) [category: Deaths]
• 1934: Frans Brüggen, Dutch flute player and conductor [category: Births]
• 1935: Agota Kristof, Hungarian author (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1935: Jim Perry, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1935: Michael Winner, English director and producer [category: Births]
• 1935: Robert Caro, American journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1936: Dick Vermeil, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1936: Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1937: Claude Lelouch, French actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1938: Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States. [category: Events]
• 1939: Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1939: Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and The Great Society) [category: Births]
• 1939: Jean Chapman, English author [category: Births]
• 1939: Leland H. Hartwell, American scientist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1940: Ed Lauter, American actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Otis Williams, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Temptations) [category: Births]
• 1941: Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1941: 1,500 Jews from Pidhaytsi (in western Ukraine) are sent by Nazis to Belzec extermination camp. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations. [category: Events]
• 1942: Walter Buckmaster, English polo player (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1942: Lt. Tony Fasson, Able Seaman Colin Grazier and canteen assistant Tommy Brown from HMS Petard board U-559, retrieving material which would lead to the decryption of the German Enigma code. [category: Events]
• 1943: Joanna Shimkus, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1944: Anne Frank and sister Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. [category: Events]
• 1945: Henry Winkler, American actor, director, and producer [category: Births]
• 1945: Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier. [category: Events]
• 1946: Chris Slade, Welsh drummer (Asia, The Firm, Manfred Mann's Earth Band, AC/DC, Uriah Heep, and Michael Schenker Group) [category: Births]
• 1946: Robert L. Gibson, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1947: Timothy B. Schmit, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Eagles and Poco) [category: Births]
• 1947: The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded. [category: Events]
• 1948: Garry McDonald, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Rusty Goffe, English actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" while at the Vatican. [category: Events]
• 1951: Harry Hamlin, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: Poncho Sanchez, Mexican-American singer and conga player [category: Births]
• 1951: Trilok Gurtu, Indian drummer and composer (Oregon and Tabla Beat Science) [category: Births]
• 1953: Charles Martin Smith, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1953: Pete Hoekstra, Dutch-American politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Cold War: U.S. 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. [category: Events]
• 1954: Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer [category: Births]
• 1954: Mario Testino, Peruvian-English photographer [category: Births]
• 1955: Heidi Heitkamp, American politician, senator-elect of North Dakota [category: Births]
• 1956: Juliet Stevenson, English actress [category: Births]
• 1957: Kevin Pollak, American actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Fred Beebe, American baseball player (b. 1880) [category: Deaths]
• 1958: Joe Delaney, American football player (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1958: Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist [category: Births]
• 1958: Stefan Dennis, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Michael Fiedler, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Diego Maradona, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1960: Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. [category: Events]
• 1961: Giorgos Papakonstantinou, Greek economist and politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Scott Garrelts, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Luigi Einaudi, Italian politician and economist, 2nd President of the Italian Republic (b. 1874) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Because of "violations of Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph 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. [category: Events]
• 1961: Nuclear testing: The Soviet Union detonates the hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya; at 50 megatons of yield, it is still the largest explosive device ever detonated, nuclear or otherwise. [category: Events]
• 1962: Courtney Walsh, Jamaican cricketer [category: Births]
• 1963: Kristina Wagner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Michael Beach, American actor [category: Births]
• 1963: Rebecca Heineman, American video game programmer [category: Births]
• 1963: U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, Indian politician (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Adnan Al Talyani, Emirates footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Howard Lederer, American poker player [category: Births]
• 1964: Humayun Kabir Dhali, Bangladeshi journalist and author [category: Births]
• 1965: Gavin Rossdale, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Bush and Institute) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1966: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Jordanian terrorist (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1966: Scott Innes, American voice actor and songwriter [category: Births]
• 1966: Yórgos Theotokás, Greek author (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Brad Aitken, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1967: Karim el-Mejjati, Moroccan terrorist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1968: Jack Plotnick, American actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Conrad Richter, American author (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Ramón Novarro, Mexican actor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1968: Rose Wilder Lane, American journalist and author (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Masanori Hikichi, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1969: Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1970: Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host [category: Births]
• 1970: Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist [category: Births]
• 1970: Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1970: Maja Tatić, Serbian singer [category: Births]
• 1970: Nia Long, American actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Tory Belleci, American visual affects designer and television host [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1971: Fredi Bobic, Slovenian-German footballer [category: Births]
• 1971: Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1971: Tzanis Stavrakopoulos, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Jessica Hynes, English actress and scriptwriter [category: Births]
• 1972: A collision between two commuter trains in Chicago, Illinois kills 45 and injures 332. [category: Events]
• 1973: Edge, Canadian wrestler and actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Michael Oakes, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Silvia Corzo, Colombian journalist [category: Births]
• 1973: The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time. [category: Events]
• 1974: The Rumble in the Jungle boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman takes place in Kinshasa, Zaire. [category: Events]
• 1975: Ian D'Sa, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Billy Talent) [category: Births]
• 1975: Marco Scutaro, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1975: Maria Thayer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1975: Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco. [category: Events]
• 1976: Maurice Taylor, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Stephanie Izard, American chef [category: Births]
• 1976: Stern John, Trinidadian footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Ümit Özat, Turkish footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Eefke Mulder, Dutch field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jason Adelman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1978: Amanda Swafford, American model [category: Births]
• 1978: Derren Witcombe, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Martin Dossett, American football player [category: Births]
• 1978: Matthew Morrison, American actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1979: Jason Bartlett, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Rachele Mussolini, Italian wife of Benito Mussolini (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Choi Hong-man, South Korean mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1980: Jon Foo, English actor and martial artist [category: Births]
• 1980: Kareem Rush, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Sarah Carter, Canadian actress and singer [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1981: Ayaka Kimura, Japanese actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Ian Snell, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman [category: Births]
• 1981: Joshua Jay, American magician [category: Births]
• 1981: Jun Ji-hyun, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Shaun Sipos, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Andy Greene, American ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1982: Manny Parra, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1983: Iain Hume, Scottish-Canadian footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Trent Edwards, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: The first democratic elections in Argentina after seven years of military rule are held. [category: Events]
• 1984: Eva Marcille, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Isaac Ross, New Zealand rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Tyson Strachan, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Kirby Grant, American actor (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission. [category: Events]
• 1986: Thomas Morgenstern, Austrian ski jumper [category: Births]
• 1987: Ali Riley, New Zealand footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Joseph Campbell, American author and scholar (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit (fourth generation) video game console, the PC Engine, which is later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16. [category: Events]
• 1988: Janel Parrish, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1988: T. Hee, American animator and director (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Ashley Barnes, Austrian-English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Jay Asforis, American singer [category: Births]
• 1989: Nastia Liukin, Russian-American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1989: Seth Adkins, American actor [category: Births]
• 1989: Vanessa White, English singer-songwriter and dancer (The Saturdays) [category: Births]
• 1990: Suwaibou Sanneh, Gambian sprinter [category: Births]
• 1991: The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens. [category: Events]
• 1992: Tequan Richmond, American actor [category: Births]
• 1993: Paul Grégoire, Canadian archbishop (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: The Troubles: The Ulster Defence Association, an Ulster loyalist paramilitary, carry out a mass shooting at a Halloween party in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are murdered and thirteen wounded. [category: Events]
• 1996: Mizuki Fukumura, Japanese singer (Morning Musume) [category: Births]
• 1997: Samuel Fuller, American director (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Meimi Tamura, Japanese singer and actress (S/mileage) [category: Births]
• 2000: Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: The last Multics machine is shut down. [category: Events]
• 2002: Aliki Diplarakou, Greek model and actress (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Jam Master Jay, American rapper and producer (Run–D.M.C.) (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Peggy Ryan, American actress (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Phyllis Frost, Australian philanthropist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Shamsher Singh Sheri, Indian politician (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project. [category: Events]
• 2006: Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: John Woodruff, American runner (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Linda S. Stein, American businesswoman and manager (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Robert Goulet, American actor and singer (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Washoe, American chimpanzee (b. 1965) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Claude Lévi-Strauss, French anthropologist and ethnologist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Harry Mulisch, Dutch author (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Franck Biancheri, French politician (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Lebbeus Woods, American architect (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Samina Raja, Pakistani poet (b. 1961) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Trevor West, Irish academic and politician (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 39_bc: Julia the Elder, Roman daughter of Augustus (d. AD 14) [category: Births]
• _: Alonso Rodríguez [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions (former Soviet republics, except Ukraine) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Devil's Night (Michigan) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Herbert [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Orthopaedic Nurses Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Marcellus of Tangier [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mischief Night (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Saturninus of Cagliari [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Serapion of Antioch [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community) [category: Holidays and observances]