Page 3: Historical Events In October - 30
Thursday, 01 January 2026
1866 Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000) on this day in history. 

1868 On this day in history john Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress 

1869 On October - 30 lawrence Grant, Bournemouth England, actor (Bulldog Drummond) 

1871 On October - 30 phila Athletics beat Chicago for first Natl Assn baseball pennant 

1871 On October - 30 phila Athletics beat Chicago for 1st Natl Assn baseball pennant 

1873 On October - 30 p T Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (NYC) 

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

1879 On this day in history eily Malyon, London, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion) 

1880 Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal) on this day in history. 

1881 Lena Christ, writer on this day in history. 

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

1883 On this day in history austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty 

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

1884 On this day in history rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera) 

1885 The birth of Ezra Pound, American poet on this day in history. 

1885 Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos) on this day in history. 

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

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

1887 Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato) on this day in history. 

1888 First ballpoint pen patented on this day in history. 

1888 John J Loud patents ballpoint pen on this day in history. 

1893 On this day in history charles Atlas (real name Angelo Siciliano), bodybuilder born 

1893 Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 on this day in history. 

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 Daniel Cooper patents time clock on October - 30. 

1894 On this day in history peter Warlock, composer 

1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator on this day in history. 

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

1896 Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies on this day in history. 

1898 Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 on October - 30. 

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

1899 On October - 30 ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder (NSNAP) 

1900 On this day in history 1st-ever US auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in NYC 

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