Historical Events In October - 30

1900  Augustin Lara, composer on October - 30.   

1901  On this day in history battle at Bakenlaagte: lt-col Bensons unit vs Boers   

1901  ... Opperman, South African Boer general (Spy), killed in battle on October - 30.   

1902  On October - 30 armin Kaufmann, composer   

1903  Konrad Friedrich Noetel, composer on October - 30.   

1904  Alfred Gradstein, composer on October - 30.   

1905  "October Manifesto" Russian Tsar Nicholas II grants civil liberties on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history aspirin developed by the German company Bayer   

1905  On October - 30 christian Darnton, composer   

1907  On this day in history albert Rice Leventhal, publisher (Little Golden Books)   

1908  Franco Margola, composer on this day in history.   

1910  On October - 30 miguel Hernadez Gilabert, Spain, poet (Viento del Pueblo)   

1910  J Henri Dunant, Swiss writer/founder (Red Cross, YMCA), dies on October - 30.   

1911  Clark Griffith is named manager of Wash Senators on this day in history.   

1912  Preston Lockwood, actor (House of Windsor, Black Candle) on this day in history.   

1912  Jan Karol Gali, composer, dies at 56 on October - 30.   

1914  Allied offensive at Ypres (Belgium) begins on this day in history.   

1914  Marion Ladewig, Mich, bowler (9 time woman bowler of year 1950-63) on this day in history.   

1914  Ernst Stadler, writer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1915  Pierre Wissmer, Swiss composer (Capitaine Bruno) on October - 30.   

1915  On October - 30 gervys Rignold Hazlitt, cricketer (9 Tests for Aust 1907-12), dies   

1916  Silas Gamaliel Pratt, composer, dies at 70 on October - 30.   

1917  On October - 30 lt. Hugh Mackenzie (7th Cdn. Machine Gun Company) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium   

1917  Sgt. George Harry Mullin (Princess Patricia's Cdn. Light Infantry) wins the Victoria Cross at Passchendaele, Belgium on this day in history.   

1917  British govt gives final approval to Balfour Declaration on this day in history.   

1917  On October - 30 ruth Hussey, Providence RI, actress (Another Thin Man, Phila Story)   

1918  On October - 30 slovakia asks for creation of Czechoslovakian state   

1918  Robert Feller, MLB pitcher (Red Sox, led AL in strikeouts 7 times) on this day in history.   

1919  On this day in history baseball league presidents call for abolishment of spitball   

1919  On this day in history jane Randolph, singer, backup for Tony Orlando (Dawn)   

1920  On October - 30 the Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.   

1922  Mussolini forms cabinet in Italy on this day in history.   

1922  Anxious to compete with the Yankees, the NY Giants pay $65,000 & 3 players for Jack Bentley (hits .349 & is 13-1 as pitcher in 1922) on October - 30.   

1922  On this day in history jane White, American actress and singer   

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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  Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia) was born on October - 30.   

1620  Michael de Ronghe, composer was born on this day in history.   

1624  On this day in history birth of paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693)   

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

1668  Sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705) was born on October - 30.   

1683  On this day in history birth of george II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60)   

1459  Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies on October - 30.   

1522  On this day in history death of jean Mouton, French composer   

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

1583  On this day in history pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83   

1602  On October - 30 death of jean-Jacques Boissard, French poet (b. 1528)   

1611  On October - 30 karl IX, King of Sweden (1604-11), dies   

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

1632  Death of Henri de Montmorency, French duke/plotter, beheaded on this day in history.