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October 30

A look at October 30 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Giuseppe Farina and Julia the Elder, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2020

    2020 Aegean Sea earthquake

    A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.

    7.0 magnitude earthquake and
  2. 2014

    European Union

    Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.

    Supranational political and economic
  3. 1995

    Quebec

    Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.

    Province of Canada
  4. 1980

    El Salvador

    El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.

    Country in Central America
  5. 1968

    Korean People's Army

    A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos land in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and bring about the reunification of Korea.

    Combined military forces of
  6. 1948

    Luzzu

    A luzzu fishing boat overloaded with passengers capsizes and sinks in the Gozo Channel off Qala, Gozo, Malta, killing 23 of the 27 people on board.

    Maltese traditional fishing boat
  7. 1942

    World War II

    World War II: Lt. Tony Fasson and Able Seaman Colin Grazier drown while taking code books from the sinking German submarine U-559.

    1939–1945 global conflict
  8. 1941

    The Holocaust

    Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.

    Genocide of European Jews
  9. 1918

    World War I

    World War I: The Ottoman Empire signs the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  10. 1806

    War of the Fourth Coalition

    War of the Fourth Coalition: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General von Romberg, commanding 5,300 men, surrenders the city of Stettin to 800 French soldiers.

    1806–1807 conflict of the
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Famous birthday twins

Born on October 30

Giuseppe Farina

b. 1906

Italian race car driver

Julia the Elder

b. -39

Roman daughter of Augustus (died 14 AD)

John Adams

b. 1735

American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States

Diego Maradona

b. 1960

Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager

Alexander Gode

b. 1906

German-American linguist and translator

Danielle Fong

b. 1987

Canadian entrepreneur, co-founder and chief scientist of LightSail Energy

Edge (wrestler)

b. 1973

Canadian wrestler and actor

Dmitry Ustinov

b. 1908

Marshal of the Soviet Union

Deaths

  • 2010Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright
  • 1975Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1961Luigi Einaudi, Italian economist and politician, 2nd President of the Italian Republic
  • 1910Henry Dunant, Swiss activist, founded the Red Cross, Nobel Prize laureate
  • 1611Charles IX of Sweden, King of Sweden from 1604 to 1611
  • 1466Johann Fust, German printer (born c. 1400)

Holidays & observances

  • —Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
  • —Christian feast day: Ethelnoth (Egelnoth) the Good
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Dominic Collins (Catholic, Ireland, Society of Jesus)
  • —Christian feast day: Gerard of Potenza
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Teresa of St. Joseph
  • —Christian feast day: John Wycliffe (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • —Christian feast day: Marcellus of Tangier
  • —Christian feast day: Saturninus of Cagliari

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