Historical Events In October - 30

1866  On October - 30 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 October - 30.  

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

1871  On this day in history 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  Francisco Madero, Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13) on October - 30.  

1879  Eily Malyon, London, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion) on this day in history.  

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

1881  Lena Christ, writer on this day in history.  

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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  Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80 on October - 30.  

1884  On October - 30 rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera)  

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

1885  On October - 30 ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos)  

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 October - 30.  

1888  First ballpoint pen patented on October - 30.  

1888  On October - 30 john J Loud patents ballpoint pen  

1893  Charles Atlas (real name Angelo Siciliano), bodybuilder born on this day in history.  

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 October - 30 john Abbott, PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72  

1894  Daniel Cooper patents time clock on this day in history.  

1894  Peter Warlock, composer on this day in history.  

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

1896  Anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer on October - 30.  

1896  On October - 30 charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies  

1898  On this day in history yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78  

1899  On this day in history 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  Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234) was born on this day in history.  

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

1576  Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia) was born on this day in history.  

1620  Michael de Ronghe, composer was born on this day in history.  

1624  Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.  

1632  On October - 30 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  On October - 30 birth of george II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60)  

1459  Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies on October - 30.  

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

1553  Death of Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489) on October - 30.  

1583  On October - 30 pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83  

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

1611  On this day in history karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies  

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.