Historical Events In October - 30

1866  On this day in history jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000)   

1868  John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress on October - 30.   

1869  Lawrence Grant, Bournemouth England, actor (Bulldog Drummond) on this day in history.   

1871  Phila Athletics beat Chicago for first Natl Assn baseball pennant on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history phila Athletics beat Chicago for 1st Natl Assn baseball pennant   

1873  On this day in history p T Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (NYC)   

1873  On October - 30 francisco Madero, Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13)   

1879  Eily Malyon, London, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion) on October - 30.   

1880  Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal) on October - 30.   

1881  On October - 30 lena Christ, writer   

1882  William "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific) on October - 30.   

1883  Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty on October - 30.   

1883  On this day in history johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80   

1884  Rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera) on this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history the birth of Ezra Pound, American poet   

1885  Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos) on October - 30.   

1885  On October - 30 gustav Adolf Merkel, composer, dies at 57   

1886  On October - 30 great-Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa   

1887  On this day in history eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato)   

1888  On this day in history first ballpoint pen patented   

1888  On this day in history john J Loud patents ballpoint pen   

1893  On October - 30 charles Atlas (real name Angelo Siciliano), bodybuilder born   

1893  On October - 30 senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890   

1893  Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano], US, bodybuilder on October - 30.   

1893  On this day in history john Abbott, PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72   

1894  On this day in history daniel Cooper patents time clock   

1894  On this day in history peter Warlock, composer   

1896  On October - 30 martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator   

1896  On October - 30 anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer   

1896  On this day in history charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies   

1898  Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1899  On October - 30 battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat lt-general Whites army   

1899  Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder (NSNAP) on this day in history.   

1900  1st-ever US auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in NYC on October - 30.   

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1218  On October - 30 birth of emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)   

1391  Eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/author was born on this day in history.   

1576  On this day in history birth of enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia)   

1620  On this day in history birth of michael de Ronghe, composer   

1624  Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693) was born on October - 30.   

1632  On this day in history birth of richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751)   

1668  Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705) was born on this day in history.   

1683  George II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60) was born on this day in history.   

1459  On this day in history gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies   

1522  On October - 30 death of jean Mouton, French composer   

1553  On this day in history death of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)   

1583  Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83 on October - 30.   

1602  On October - 30 death of jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528)   

1611  Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies on October - 30.   

1626  Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded on October - 30.