Page 8: Historical Events In October - 30

2018  German ex-nurse Niels Högel admits in court to killing over 100 patients, making him one of the world's worst serial killers on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history nASA's Kepler mission ends after the spacecraft runs out of fuel.   

2019  On this day in history social media website Twitter bans all political advertising worldwide.   

2019  An earthquake of 6.6. Mw rocks the Philippine island of Mindanao two days after an earthquake killed eight and left 12,000 people homeless on October - 30.   

2020  Aegean Sea earthquake: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits Turkey and Greece, killing 119 people and injuring over 1,000 on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 passes 45 million worldwide.   

2021  On October - 30 rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees: Foo Fighters ; The Go-Go's; Jay-Z; Carole King; Todd Rundgren; Tina Turner ; Kraftwerk; Gil Scott-Heron; Charley Patton; LL Cool J ; Billy Preston; Randy Rhodes; and Clarence Avant   

2023  On October - 30 fIFA Ballon d'Or: Argentina and Inter Miami CF forward Lionel Messi wins his record 8th award from Manchester City striker Erling Haaland ; Spanish World Cup MVP Aitana Bonmati took out the women's award   

2023  Former basketball player Magic Johnson is the fourth athlete to become a billionaire (after Michael Jordan, LeBron James , and Tiger Woods ), according to Forbes [1] on this day in history.   

2024  Botswana general election: The ruling BDP party is voted out of power, ending 58 years of uninterrupted governance.Duma Boko of the UDC party is elected President of Botswana on this day in history.   

2024  On this day in history spanish floods: Spain experiences its worst flooding in half a century, with over 200 killed and many more missing, as a year's worth of rain falls in eight hours.   

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

1391  Eduard, [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)/author was born on October - 30.   

1576  Enrico C Davila, Padua Italy, writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia) was born on October - 30.   

1620  Michael de Ronghe, composer was born on October - 30.   

1624  Paul Pellisson, French writer (d. 1693) was born on this day in history.   

1632  Richard Brinsley Sheridan, playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751) was born on October - 30.   

1668  On this day in history birth of sophia Charlotte of Hanover, queen in Prussia (d. 1705)   

1683  George II [August], King of Great-Britain (1727-60) was born on October - 30.   

1459  Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini, chancellor of Florence, dies on this day in history.   

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

1553  Death of Jacob Sturm von Sturmeck, German statesman and reformer (b. 1489) on this day in history.   

1583  Pirro Ligorio, Italian architect/painter/archaeologist, dies at 83 on October - 30.   

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  Willebord van Roijen, dutch mathematician, dies at 35 on October - 30.   

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