On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 30:
1391 Eduard [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)
1735 John Adams Braintree, Mass (F) 2nd pres (1797-1801)
1751 Richard Brinsley Sheridan playwright (School for Scandal)
1807 James Samuel Wadsworth Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1821 Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski Russian novelist & short-story writer
1830 John S Bowen Major-General (Confederate)
1873 Francisco Madero Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13)
1882 William "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific)
1885 Ezra Pound Hailey, Idaho, poet (Cantos)
1893 Charles Atlas body builder
1896 Ruth Gordon Mass, actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude)
1914 Marion Ladewig Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63)
1918 Ted Williams Red Sox hitter (AL MVP '46, '49; Triple Crown '42, '47)
1919 Jane Randolph singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn)
1924 Hannelore Weygrand German FR, equestrian dressage (Oly-silver-1956)
1931 Dick Gautier LA Calif, actor (Hymie-Get Smart, Mr Terrific)
1936 Jim Perry pitcher (Cy Young Award 1970)
1937 Claude Lelouch movie director (A Man & A Woman, Cat & Mouse, Bolero)
1939 Grace Slick Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit)
1940 Ed Lauter Long Beach NY, actor (Sheriff Cain-BJ & the Bear)
1945 Henry Winkler NYC, actor (Fonz-Happy Days, Night Shift)
1946 Andrea Mitchell NYC, newscaster (NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA)
1946 Robert L "Hoot" Gibson Cooperstown NY, USN/ast (STS 41B, 61C, 27)
1951 Harry Hamlin Pasadena Calif, actor (Michael Kuzak-LA Law)
1957 Aleksandr I Lazutkin Russian cosmonaut
1965 Charnele Brown East Hampton NY, actress (Kim-A Different World)
1969 Brittany Gae Thompson Portland Oregon, Miss Oregon-America (1991)
Deaths which occurred on October 30:
1583 Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83
1611 Karl IX King of Sweden (1604-11), dies
1632 Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded
1893 Sir John Abbott PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72
1984 Mario Gallo actor (Delvecchio), dies at 61
1985 Kirby Grant Hoon Jr., Butte Mont, actor (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
1988 John Houseman, actor (Paper Chase), dies at 86
1991 William Shea (Shea Stadium namesake), dies at 84
1995 Terry Southern, writer (Candy, The Magic Christian), dies at 71
1997 Sam Fuller, director/writer (Big Red One), dies at 86
2000 Steve Allen comedian, television host, author and composer dies of a heart attack in Encino, Calif., at age 78.
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
1965 PAGE JASPER N.---HATTIESBURG MS.
[11/04/65 ESCAPED 1ST OUT OF SVN/ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1973 SAKAMOTO HIDEAKO---JAPAN
[RELEASED 01/30/74]
POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.
On this day...
0701 John VI begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1270 8th & last crusade is launched
1485 King Henry VII Tudor crowned, after defeating the forces of King Richard III at Bosworth Field
1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church
1864 Helena, Montana's capital, founded
1866 Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000)
1888 1st ballpoint pen patented
1905 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties
1914 Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins
1917 British govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration
1918 Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state
1918 Turkey signs an armistice with the Allies, agreeing to end hostilities at noon, October 31
1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of the spitball
1922 Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy
1925 KUT-AM in Austin TX begins radio transmissions
1930 Turkey & Greece sign a treaty of friendship
1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds"
1939 USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland
1941 The U.S. destroyer Reuben James, on convoy duty off Iceland, is sunk by a German U-boat with the loss of 96 Americans.
1944 Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen
1944 Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Wash DC
1945 US government announces end of shoe rationing
1948 20 die & 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania
1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer & Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize
1954 Defense Department announces elimination of all segregated regiments
1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad
1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Josef Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square
1961 Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb
1967 USSR Kosmos 186 & 188 make 1st automatic docking & Venmera 13 launch
1972 Worst US rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago
1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award
1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire
1975 Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain
1975 NY Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead"
1976 Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of the Today Show
1976 Rev Joseph Evans elected president of the United Church of Christ
1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-203
1980 Honduras & El Salvador settle their boundary dispute
1980 NASA launches Flt Satcom-4
1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched
1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made
1988 2 gambling clubs & 1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot
1988 NY Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time
1991 Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain
1996 Michael Kahoe, who ran the FBI's violent crime division, pleaded guilty to obstructing justice, admitting he destroyed a report which detailed FBI misconduct in the 1992 Idaho standoff that killed Randy Weaver's wife and teenage son at Ruby Ridge..
1996 After a four-hour trial, a Chinese court sentenced pro-democracy activist Wang Dan to 11 years in prison for "conspiring to subvert the Chinese government." (Wang was freed in April 1998 and sent into exile in the United States.)
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Bhutan : Descending Day of Lord Buddha from Heaven.
Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month
National Save Your Back Week Ends
National Pizza Month
Religious Observances
Unification Church : Children's Day
Christ : Feast of St Alphonsus, after being refused as a Jesuit novice
Feast of St. Serapion, Bishop and confessor.
Religious History
1536 Thirteen years after Lutheran ministers came to bring spiritual renewal to its people, Denmark adopted Lutheranism as its official state religion.
1738 English founder of Methodism John Wesley explained in a letter: 'By a "Christian," I mean one who so believes in Christ as that sin hath no more dominion over him.'
1768 The Wesley Chapel on John Street in New York City was dedicated. It was the first Methodist church building to be erected in the American colonies, and was restored in 1817, and again in 1840.
1902 Pope Leo XIII published the apostolic letter "Vigilantiae," which officially established the Pontifical Commission of Biblical Studies. Created to safeguard the authority of Scripture from outside secular criticism, in 1904 the Commission was empowered to confer academic degrees.
1976 Dr. Joseph H. Evans was elected president of the United Church of Christ. It made him the first African-American leader of this predominantly white denomination.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Thought for the day :
"Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter."
Childrens Impression of Love...
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF TWO ADULTS EATING DINNER AT A RESTAURANT ARE IN LOVE?
"Just see if the man picks up the check. That's how you can tell if he's in love." (John, 9)
"Lovers will just be staring at each other and their food will get cold. Other people care more about the food." (Brad, 8)
"It's love if they order one of those desserts that are on fire. They like to order those because it's just like how their hearts are...on fire." (Christine, 9)
Children's stories that never made it...
The Attention Deficit Disorder Association's Book of Wild
Animals of North Amer-Hey! Let's Go Ride Our Bikes!
Handy Latin Phrases...
Illiud Latine dici non potest.
You can't say that in Latin.
Redefining the English language
Coffee (n.)
A person who is coughed upon
