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October 30

October 30 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1806 and 2020. 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.

♏ZodiacScorpio ◈BirthstoneOpal ❀Birth flowerMarigold

Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on October 30?

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1806 and 2020. Famous people born on October 30 include Giuseppe Farina, Julia the Elder and John Adams.

The shape of the day

As calendar dates go, October 30 keeps a short memory — its record stays close to the present. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Scorpio is the sign for October 30 — read more on the Scorpio page, or see October's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on October 30

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game ARC Raiders
  • Movie The Photographer
  • Movie Worldbreaker

2024

  • Game Karate Survivor

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 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.

  2. 1918

    World War I

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

  3. 1941

    The Holocaust

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

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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.

  9. 2014

    European Union

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

  10. 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.

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
  • 1975Gustav Ludwig Hertz
  • 1961Luigi Einaudi
  • 1910Henry Dunant
  • 1611Charles IX of Sweden
  • 1466Johann Fust

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

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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