Historical Events In October - 30

1981  Georges Brassens, French screenwriter, dies on October - 30.   

1983  Erzurum earthquake in Turkey killing 1,342 people on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history june Duprez, actress (Calcutta, Tiger Fang), dies at 66   

1985  On this day in history 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched   

1985  On this day in history kirby Grant, actor/singer (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74   

1986  Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made on October - 30.   

1986  Andrzej Markowski, composer, dies at 62 on October - 30.   

1988  2 gambling clubs &1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot on October - 30.   

1988  John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase), dies at 86 on October - 30.   

1990  Craig Russell, female impersonator, dies of an AIDS-stroke at 42 on this day in history.   

1991  On October - 30 mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain   

1991  Johan Mekkink, painter, dies on this day in history.   

1993  On October - 30 hernan Heleno Castro, El Salvadorian guerilla leader, murdered   

1994  On October - 30 martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster, dies at 40   

1995  Quebec Separatists narrowly defeated ( 50.6 percent to 49.4) in a vote to remain within the federation of Canada on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history brian Easdale, composer, dies at 86   

1996  RaiLink-Ottawa Valley takes over operation of the former CP line between Smiths Falls and Cartier, Ont as well as the Mattawa to Temiskaming branch in Quebec on this day in history.   

1996  On October - 30 alexander d'Arbeloff, entrepreneur, dies at 101   

1997  Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

2005  Hurricane Beta hits the coast of Nicaragua. It is the thirteenth hurricane of 205, breaking the 1969 record of 12 hurricanes on this day in history.   

2006  An airstrike on a madrasah in Bajaur kills dozens of suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban militants on this day in history.   

2006  On October - 30 former President of Chile augo Pinochet is placed under house arrest for crimes committed at the Villa Grimaldi detention centre.   

2006  On October - 30 the Esperanza Fire burns over 61 square miles of Cabazon, California mountain territory.   

2007  On October - 30 brazil is announced as the host of the FIFA World Cup 2014.   

2012  On October - 30 walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion   

2013  44 people are killed after a bus catches fire in Mahbubnagar, India on this day in history.   

2014  On this day in history fukuoka SoftBank Hawks win the 2014 Japan Series   

2017  President Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort and associate Rick Gates are indicted on fraud charges, advisor George Papadopoulos pleads guilty to lying to the FBI on this day in history.   

2017  Actor Kevin Spacey issues apology after actor Anthony Rapp accuses him of inappropriate sexual behaviour when he was 14 on October - 30.   

2017  Kenyan election rerun, President Uhuru Kenyatta declared the winner with 38% turnout on October - 30.   

2017  US federal judge blocks President Trump's ban on transgender people in the military on October - 30.   

2018  On October - 30 boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger killed in prison at the Penitentiary Hazelton in Bruceton Mills, West Virginia   

2018  WWF conservation group says "exploding human consumption" has caused a 60% decline in all wildlife between 1970 and 2014 on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history uS Pentagon sends 5,200 troops to Mexican border in advance of migrant caravan from Central America   

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

1391  On October - 30 birth of eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/author   

1576  Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia) was born on October - 30.   

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

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

1632  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751) was born on this day in history.   

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

1626  On October - 30 willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35   

1632  Death of Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded on this day in history.