30 October
Notable Births
Giselle (singer)
b. 2000
Japanese singer and rapper (born 2000)
Cale Makar
b. 1998
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1998)
Tage Thompson
b. 1997
American ice hockey player (born 1997)
Devin Booker
b. 1996
American basketball player (born 1996)
Dennis Gilbert (ice hockey)
b. 1996
American ice hockey player (born 1996)
Kennedy McMann
b. 1996
American actress
Mia Eklund
b. 1994
Finnish tennis player
Marcus Mariota
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Matt Parcell
b. 1992
Australian professional rugby league footballer
Jarell Eddie
b. 1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Artemi Panarin
b. 1991
Russian ice hockey player (born 1991)
Tomáš Satoranský
b. 1991
Czech basketball player (born 1991)
Joe Panik
b. 1990
American baseball player (born 1990)
Ashley Barnes
b. 1989
English footballer
Nastia Liukin
b. 1989
Russian-American 2008 Olympic champion
Janel Parrish
b. 1988
American actress and musician (born 1988)
Danielle Fong
b. 1987
Canadian scientist and entrepreneur
Ashley Graham
b. 1987
American model (born 1987)
Ali Riley
b. 1987
New Zealand footballer (born 1987)
Desmond Jennings
b. 1986
American baseball player (born 1986)
Notable Deaths
Kim Joo-hyuk
d. 2017
South Korean actor (1972–2017)
Mel Daniels
d. 2015
American basketball player and coach (1944–2015)
Al Molinaro
d. 2015
American actor (1919–2015)
Norm Siebern
d. 2015
American baseball player (1933–2015)
Renée Asherson
d. 2014
British actress (1915–2014)
Juan Flavier
d. 2014
Filipino physician and politician (1935–2014)
Ida Elizabeth Osbourne
d. 2014
Australian actress and radio broadcaster
Bob Geigel
d. 2014
American professional wrestler and promoter (1924–2014)
Thomas Menino
d. 2014
American politician and mayor (1942–2014)
Bill Currie (baseball)
d. 2013
American baseball player (1926-2013)
Pete Haycock
d. 2013
Musical artist
Michael Palmer (novelist)
d. 2013
American novelist (1943–2013)
Frank Wess
d. 2013
American jazz saxophonist (1922–2013)
Franck Biancheri
d. 2012
Harry Mulisch
d. 2010
Dutch writer
Claude Lévi-Strauss
d. 2009
French anthropologist and ethnologist (1908–2009)
Washoe (chimpanzee)
d. 2007
Chimpanzee language research subject
Robert Goulet
d. 2007
Canadian and American singer and actor (1933–2007)
Linda S. Stein
d. 2007
American music manager and real estate agent (1945–2007)
John Woodruff (runner)
d. 2007
American middle-distance runner
On This Day in History
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2023
First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
Rescue of Ori Megidish
2022
A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.
2022 Morbi bridge collapse
2020
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.
2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
2015
A fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital of Bucharest kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.
Colectiv nightclub fire
2014
Sweden becomes the first European Union member state to officially recognize Palestine as an independent and sovereign state.
European Union
2014
Four people are killed when a Beechcraft Super King Air crashes at Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
Beechcraft Super King Air
2013
Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a bus catches fire in Mahabubnagar district, Andhra Pradesh (present-day Telangana), India.
2013 Mahabubnagar bus accident
2005
The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
Frauenkirche, Dresden
1995
Quebec citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a province of Canada in their second referendum on national sovereignty.
Quebec
1991
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The Madrid Conference commences in an effort to revive peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1985
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
Space Shuttle Challenger
1983
The first democratic elections in Argentina, after seven years of military rule, are held.
1983 Argentine general election
1983
A magnitude 6.6 earthquake in the Turkish provinces of Erzurum and Kars leaves approximately 1,340 people dead.
1983 Erzurum earthquake
1980
El Salvador and Honduras agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Football War before the International Court of Justice.
El Salvador
1975
Prince Juan Carlos I of Spain becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco.
Juan Carlos I
1975
Forty-five people are killed when Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450 crashes into Suchdol, Prague, while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now Václav Havel Airport Prague) in Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic).
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450
1973
The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
Bosphorus Bridge
1968
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.
Korean People's Army
1961
The Soviet Union detonates the Tsar Bomba, the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
Soviet Union
1959
Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 crashes on approach to Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport in Albemarle County, Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 on board.
Piedmont Airlines Flight 349