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October 30, 1997 "Cherry Orchard," opens at Martin Beck Theater New York City October 30, 1997 Shirley Allen, 51, held Illinois police off for 39 days captured October 30, 1995 Quebec Referendum votes to remain part of Canada October 30, 1994 Leftist coalition wins Marcedonia parliamentary election October 30, 1994 Thomas Nicely reports bug in Intel's Pentium-processor on Internet October 30, 1994 U.S. wins Nichirei LPGA Golf International October 30, 1993 Toronto Maple Leafs lose 1st game of season after going 10-0-0 October 30, 1992 MTA begins installing automated fare collection turnstiles October 30, 1991 Colombian government negotiate with M-19-guerrilla October 30, 1991 Mark Sauer becomes CEO of Pittsburgh Pirates October 30, 1991 Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain October 30, 1991 Singer Clint Black (34) weds actress Lisa Hartman (29) October 30, 1990 England and France complete Chunnel October 30, 1989 August A Busch III becomes CEO of St. Louis Cardinals October 30, 1989 Smith Dairy at Orrville Ohio, makes largest milk shake (1,575.2 gal) October 30, 1988 2 gambling clubs and 1 player share 61.38 M California lotto jackpot October 30, 1988 Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship October 30, 1988 Jim Elliott (U.S.) completes 24-hr paced outdoor race for 548.9 mi October 30, 1988 New York Jets finally beat Pittsburgh Steelers for 1st time October 30, 1986 Discovery moves to OPF where more than 200 modification are made October 30, 1985 22nd Space Shuttle Mission (61-A)-Challenger 9-launched October 30, 1984 Tigers reliever Willie Hernandez wins AL Cy Young Award October 30, 1982 Portugal revises constitution October 30, 1980 Honduras and El Salvador settle their boundary dispute October 30, 1980 NASA launches Flt Satcom-4 October 30, 1979 NASA launches space vehicle S-203 October 30, 1979 Richard Arrington elected mayor of Birmingham October 30, 1978 Uganda troops attack Tanzania October 30, 1977 Panama 747SP lands after polar flight around Earth in record 54:07 October 30, 1976 "Going Up" closes at John Golden Theater New York City after 49 performances October 30, 1976 Jane Pauley becomes news co-anchor of Today Show October 30, 1976 Rev Joseph Evans elected president of United Church of Christ October 30, 1975 Giants pitcher John "the Count of" Montefusco wins NL Rookie of Year October 30, 1975 John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals October 30, 1975 Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain October 30, 1975 New York Daily News runs headline "Ford to City: Drop Dead" October 30, 1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH) October 30, 1974 Catfish Hunter is named AL Cy Young Award October 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in 8th round in Kinshasa Zaire October 30, 1973 Tom Seaver becomes 1st non-20-game winner to win Cy Young award October 30, 1972 45 die in a train crash in Chicago, Illinois October 30, 1972 Worst U.S. rail accident in 14 years; 45 die in Chicago October 30, 1970 KVEW TV channel 42 in Kennewick, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting October 30, 1969 WXPO (now WNDS) TV channel 50 in Manchester, NH (IND) 1st broadcast October 30, 1968 Jaqueline Kennedy marries Aristotle Onassis on the island of Scorpios October 30, 1968 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Lars Onsager (thermodynamics) October 30, 1968 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Luis Alvarez (bubble chamber) October 30, 1968 Queen Juliana opens IJ tunnel in Amsterdam October 30, 1967 Arthur Allyn says White Sox will play 9 games in Milwaukee in 1968 October 30, 1967 Ferdinand Bracke bicycles world record time (48,093 km) October 30, 1967 U.S.S.R. Kosmos 186 and 188 make 1st automatic docking and Venmera 13 launch October 30, 1966 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Las Cruces Ladies Golf Open October 30, 1965 Clifford Ann Creed wins LPGA Las Cruces Golf Open October 30, 1965 Fireworks explosions kill 50 in Cartagena, Colombia October 30, 1964 Tran Van Huong appointed premier of South Vietnam October 30, 1963 Morocco and Algeria signs cease fire October 30, 1963 Sandy Koufax wins NL MVP award October 30, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Johnston Island October 30, 1961 Soviet Union tests a 58 megaton hydrogen bomb October 30, 1961 U.N. unanimously elects U Thant acting secretary general of the U.N. October 30, 1961 Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square October 30, 1960 Guatemala's "La Hora" reports plan for invasion on Cuba October 30, 1957 Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 11th Symphony premieres in Moscow October 30, 1957 Soviet Union launches, Sputnik II, carrying a dog named Laika October 30, 1957 WLWI (now WTHR) TV channel 13 in Indianapolis, IN (ABC) 1st broadcast October 30, 1957 WYTV TV channel 33 in Youngstown, OH (ABC) begins broadcasting October 30, 1956 Israel captures Egyptian militay post at El-Thamad October 30, 1956 Dodgers sell Ebbets Field to a real estate group They agree to stay until 1959, with an option to stay until 1961 October 30, 1955 Imtiaz Ahmed scores 209 vs. NZ, the record for a no 8 batsman October 30, 1954 Linus Pauling won the Nobel prize in chemistry October 30, 1954 U.S. Armed Forces end segregation of races October 30, 1953 Dr. Albert Schweitzer and Gen George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize October 30, 1952 Clarence Birdseye sells 1st frozen peas October 30, 1951 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site October 30, 1950 David Diamond's 3rd Symphony, premieres October 30, 1949 "Lost in the Stars" opens at Music Box Theater New York City for 281 performances October 30, 1949 Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical premieres in New York City October 30, 1948 20 die and 6,000 made ill by smog in Donora Pennsylvania October 30, 1948 Operation Hiram: Israelis take control of Galilee October 30, 1947 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva October 30, 1947 Darius Milhauds 3rd Symphony "Hymnus Ambrosianus," premieres in Paris October 30, 1945 Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals October 30, 1945 U.S. government announces end of shoe rationing October 30, 1944 Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring," premieres in Washington D.C. October 30, 1944 Anne Frank (of Diary fame) is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen October 30, 1944 Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau October 30, 1944 Scottish Highlanders liberate Waalwijk October 30, 1944 Sweden announces intention to stay neutral and refuse sanctuary in WW II October 30, 1944 Tholen Island freed October 30, 1943 Italian director Federico Fellini marries actress Giulietta Masina October 30, 1943 Molotov-Eden-Cordell Hull accord over operations at UN October 30, 1943 Soviet forces under Tolbuchin stick Sivash-bay about October 30, 1942 8th day of battle at El Alamein: new Australian assault October 30, 1942 U.S. aircraft carrier Enterprise reaches Noumea October 30, 1941 USS Reuben James torpedoed by Germans, even though U.S. is not in war October 30, 1940 Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie," premieres in New York City October 30, 1939 U.S.S.R. and Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Hitler deports Jews October 30, 1939 German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard October 30, 1938 Orson Welles panics a nation with broadcast of "War of the Worlds" October 30, 1931 W2XB TV channel 1 in New York City, New York (NBC) begins broadcasting October 30, 1930 Turkey and Greece sign a treaty of friendship October 30, 1925 KUT-AM in Austin Texas begins radio transmissions October 30, 1922 Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the New York Giants pay $65,000 and 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 and is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922) October 30, 1922 Mussolini forms government in Italy October 30, 1919 Baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball October 30, 1918 Slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state October 30, 1917 British government gives final approval to Balfour Declaration October 30, 1914 Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins October 30, 1911 Clark Griffith is named manager of Washington Senators October 30, 1905 "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties October 30, 1905 GB Shaw's "Mrs Warren's Profession," premieres in New York City October 30, 1905 Tsar of Russia accepts 1st Duma (Parliament) October 30, 1901 Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lt-colonel Bensons unit vs Boers October 30, 1900 1st-ever U.S. auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City October 30, 1899 Battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat lt-general Whites army October 30, 1899 British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Capetown October 30, 1896 Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator October 30, 1894 Daniel Cooper patents time clock October 30, 1893 Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 October 30, 1888 John J Loud patents ballpoint pen October 30, 1888 Ndebele-king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland 100 pounds per month October 30, 1886 Great-Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa October 30, 1883 Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty October 30, 1873 P. 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Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City) October 30, 1871 Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant October 30, 1868 John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress October 30, 1866 Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000) October 30, 1864 Helena, Montana's capital, founded October 30, 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun October 30, 1851 Alfred de Mussets "Bettine," premieres in Paris October 30, 1772 Capt Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Capetown October 30, 1768 1st Methodist church in U.S. initiated (Wesley Chapel, New York City) October 30, 1739 England declares war on Spain: War of Jenkin's Ear October 30, 1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Neth/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War October 30, 1629 King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath October 30, 1611 Gustaaf II Adolf (17) becomes king of Sweden October 30, 1534 English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope October 30, 1503 Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians October 30, 1493 Christopher Columbus discovers island of Dominica October 30, 1489 Peace of Tours, between emperor Maximilian I and Flemings October 30, 1485 King Henry VII Tudor crowned "Yeomen of the Guard" October 30, 1468 Charles the Stout occupies and plunders Luik October 30, 1389 French king Charles VI visits pope Clemens VII October 30, 1270 8th and last crusade is launched October 30, 1077 German king Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren October 30, 942 Alberic nominates Pope Marinus II (Martinus III) October 30, 701 John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope |