October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining.
Events:
Births:
- 1735 - John Adams, American revolutionary leader and President of the United States (+ 1826)
- 1751 - Richard Sheridan[?], playwright (+ 1816)
- 1821 - Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian writer (+ 1881)
- 1839 - Alfred Sisley[?], artist (+ 1899)
- 1844 - Harvey W. Wiley, American chemist
- 1861 - Antoine Bourdelle, sculptor (+ 1929)
- 1882 - Bull Halsey, American admiral (+ 1959)
- 1885 - Ezra Pound, American poet (+ 1972)
- 1893 - Charles Atlas[?], bodybuilder (+ 1972)
- 1893 - Roland Freisler, German politician
- 1896 - Ruth Gordon, American actress (+ 1985)
- 1915 - Fred Friendly[?], journalist (+ 1998)
- 1930 - Nestor Almendros[?], cinematographer (+ 1992)
- 1932 - Louis Malle[?], director (+ 1995)
- 1937 - Claude Lelouche[?], director
- 1939 - Grace Slick[?], singer with Jefferson Airplane
- 1941 - Otis Williams[?], singer
- 1945 - Henry Winkler[?], actor
- 1951 - Harry Hamlin[?], actor
- 1956 - Juliet Stevenson[?], actress
- 1960 - Diego Maradona, Argentinian football player
- 1967 - Gavin Rossdale, musician
Deaths:
- 1816 - Frederick I of Württemberg
- 1893 - John Joseph Caldwell Abbott, third prime minister of Canada
- 1910 - Henry Dunant, founder of the Red Cross
- 1912 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States
- 1915 - Charles Tupper, sixth prime minister of Canada
- 1918 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter
- 1968 - Rose Wilder Lane, author
- 1968 - Ramon Novarro[?], actor
- 1978 - Edgar Bergen, American ventriloquist
- 1988 - John Houseman[?], actor, director, teacher
- 2000 - Steve Allen, comedian, author, and composer
Holidays:
See Also: January,
February,
March,
April,
May,
June,
July,
August,
September,
October,
November,
December
October 29 - October 31 - November 30 - September 30 - more historical anniversaries