Historical Events In October - 30

1866  On October - 30 jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000)   

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

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

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  P T Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (NYC) on this day in history.   

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

1879  On October - 30 eily Malyon, London, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion)   

1880  On October - 30 abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal)   

1881  Lena Christ, writer on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history william "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific)   

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 October - 30.   

1885  The birth of Ezra Pound, American poet on October - 30.   

1885  On this day in history ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos)   

1885  Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer, dies at 57 on October - 30.   

1886  Great-Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1893  John Abbott, PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

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  Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer on this day in history.   

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  Ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder (NSNAP) on October - 30.   

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

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1218  On this day in history 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 October - 30 birth of enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia)   

1620  On October - 30 birth of michael de Ronghe, composer   

1624  On this day in history birth of paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)   

1632  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751) was born on October - 30.   

1668  On this day in history birth of sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705)   

1683  George II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60) was born on October - 30.   

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

1522  Death of Jean Mouton, French composer on October - 30.   

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

1583  On this day in history pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83   

1602  Death of Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

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

1626  Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35 on October - 30.   

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