What are the important events that happened on October 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
October 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
October 30 is the 304th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 62 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 17, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 480,624 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetragon’ day.
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Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 91 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,331 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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October 30 Historical Events
- 758 –Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
- 1137 –Battle of Rignano between Ranulf of Apulia and Roger II of Sicily.
- 1470 –Henry VI of England returns to the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats the Yorkists in battle.
- 1485 –King Henry VII of England is crowned.
- 1501 –Ballet of Chestnuts – a banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests.
- 1920 –The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
- 1929 –The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1947 –The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.
- 1987 –In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the PC Engine, which was later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.
- 1991 –The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens.
Who were born on October 30?
- 1624 –Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)
- 1871 –Paul Valéry, French poet (d. 1945)
- 1948 –Garry McDonald, Australian actor
- 1954 –Mahmoud El Khatib, Egyptian footballer
- 1958 –Ramona d'Viola, American cyclist
- 1971 –Suzan van der Wielen, Dutch hockey-international
- 1973 –Adam “Edge” Copeland, Canadian wrestler
- 1981 –Joshua Jay, American magician
- 1983 –Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
- 1989 –Seth Adkins, American actor
Who died on October 30?
- 1522 –Jean Mouton, French composer
- 1809 –William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1738)
- 1915 –Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1821)
- 1975 –Gustav Ludwig Hertz, German physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
- 2002 –Jam Master Jay, American rapper and musician (Run DMC) (b. 1965)
- 2005 –Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
- 2006 –Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (b. 1926)
- 2006 –Junji Kinoshita, Japanese playwright (b. 1914)
- 2008 –Pedro Pompilio, Argentinian businessman (b. 1950)
- 2010 –Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (b. 1927)
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