Historical Events In October - 30

1866  Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000) on October - 30.   

1868  John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress on this day in history.   

1869  On this day in history lawrence Grant, Bournemouth England, actor (Bulldog Drummond)   

1871  On this day in history phila Athletics beat Chicago for first Natl Assn baseball pennant   

1871  On October - 30 phila Athletics beat Chicago for 1st Natl Assn baseball pennant   

1873  P T Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (NYC) on October - 30.   

1873  On October - 30 francisco Madero, Mexico, revolutionary, president (1911-13)   

1879  On this day in history eily Malyon, London, actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion)   

1880  Abram F Joffe, Russian physicist (crystal) on October - 30.   

1881  Lena Christ, writer on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history william "Bull" F Halsey, US vice-admiral (WW II Pacific)   

1883  Austria-Hungary/Germany/Romania signs military treaty on October - 30.   

1883  Johann Vesque von Puttlingen, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1884  On October - 30 rudolf Forster, Grobming Austria, actor (Threepenny Opera)   

1885  The birth of Ezra Pound, American poet on October - 30.   

1885  On October - 30 ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos)   

1885  Gustav Adolf Merkel, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1886  On this day in history great-Britain/Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa   

1887  Eduardo Ciannelli, Italy, actor (Waldo-Johnny Staccato) on this day in history.   

1888  First ballpoint pen patented on October - 30.   

1888  On this day in history john J Loud patents ballpoint pen   

1893  Charles Atlas (real name Angelo Siciliano), bodybuilder born on October - 30.   

1893  Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 on this day in history.   

1893  Charles Atlas, [Angelo Siciliano], US, bodybuilder on this day in history.   

1893  John Abbott, PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72 on October - 30.   

1894  Daniel Cooper patents time clock on October - 30.   

1894  Peter Warlock, composer on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator   

1896  On this day in history anatoly Grigor'yevich Novikov, composer   

1896  Charles Tupper, PM of Canada (C) (1896), dies on October - 30.   

1898  Yakov Petrovich Polonsky Russian poet (Stichotvorenija), dies at 78 on October - 30.   

1899  On this day in history battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat lt-general Whites army   

1899  On this day in history ernst H Ridder van Rappard, Dutch SS officer/founder (NSNAP)   

1900  1st-ever US auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in NYC on this day in history.   

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1218  Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234) was born on this day in history.   

1391  On this day in history birth of eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/author   

1576  On this day in history birth of enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia)   

1620  On this day in history birth of michael de Ronghe, composer   

1624  Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693) was born on October - 30.   

1632  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751) was born on this day in history.   

1668  On October - 30 birth of sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705)   

1683  George II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60) was born on this day in history.   

1459  On October - 30 gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies   

1522  On October - 30 death of jean Mouton, French composer   

1553  On October - 30 death of jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489)   

1583  Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1602  Death of Jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528) on this day in history.   

1611  Karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies on October - 30.   

1626  On this day in history willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35   

1632  On this day in history death of henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded