Page 4: Historical Events In October - 30

1900  Augustin Lara, composer on this day in history.   

1901  Battle at Bakenlaagte: lt-col Bensons unit vs Boers on October - 30.   

1901  On this day in history ... Opperman, South African Boer general (Spy), killed in battle   

1902  On this day in history armin Kaufmann, composer   

1903  On this day in history konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer   

1904  Alfred Gradstein, composer on this day in history.   

1905  "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history aspirin developed by the German company Bayer   

1905  Christian Darnton, composer on October - 30.   

1907  Albert Rice Leventhal, publisher (Little Golden Books) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history franco Margola, composer   

1910  On October - 30 miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spain, poet (Viento del Pueblo)   

1910  J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies on October - 30.   

1911  Clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators on this day in history.   

1912  On October - 30 preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle)   

1912  Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins   

1914  Marion Ladewig, Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63) on October - 30.   

1914  Ernst Stadler, writer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1915  On October - 30 pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno)   

1915  Gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies on October - 30.   

1916  On this day in history silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70   

1917  Lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on October - 30.   

1917  Sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on October - 30.   

1917  On this day in history british govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration   

1917  Ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story) on this day in history.   

1918  Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state on this day in history.   

1918  On October - 30 robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times)   

1919  On this day in history baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball   

1919  On this day in history jane Randolph, singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn)   

1920  The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney on October - 30.   

1922  Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy on October - 30.   

1922  Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 & is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922) on October - 30.   

1922  On October - 30 jane White, American actress and singer   

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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  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 October - 30.   

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

1459  On October - 30 gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies   

1522  Death of Jean Mouton, French composer on this day in history.   

1553  Death of Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1626  On this day in history willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35   

1632  On October - 30 death of henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded