This day in history – October 30

If you’re a history buff, this is the perfect place to find out what happened on this day in history – October 30.

• 637 Antioch surrenders to the Muslim forces under Rashidun Caliphate after the Battle of Iron bridge.

• 701 John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

• 1270 The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis ended by agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.

• 1470 Wars of the Roses: Henry VI of England returns to the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats Yorkists in battle.

• 1502 Vasco da Gama returns to Calicut, India for the second time.

• 1503 Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against Indians.

• 1697 Germany signs French/English/Spanish/Dutch/Brandenburgs peace treaty ending Nine Year War.

• 1772 Captain James Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Cape Town.

• 1866 Jesse James’ gang robs bank in Lexington, Missouri ($2000)

• 1868 John Menard of Louisiana is first African American elected to US Congress

• 1888 Ndebele king Lobengula grants Cecil Rhodes, Mashonaland £100 per month

• 1899 Battle of Ladysmith, Natal: Boers defeat the British, leading to the Siege of Ladysmith.

• 1899 British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Cape Town.

• 1901 Battle at Bakenlaagte: Lieutenant-Colonel Benson’s British unit vs Boers.

• 1905 “October Manifesto” Russian Tsar Nicholas IIgrants civil liberties and accepts the first Duma (Parliament).

• 1905 George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs Warren’s Profession” premieres in NYC

• 1938 A radio broadcast of H. G. Wells “The War of the Worlds”, narrated by Orson Welles, allegedly causes a mass panic

• 1939 USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Hitler deports Jews.

• 1944 Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen.

• 1944 Last transport for Auschwitz arrives in Birkenau.

• 1945 US government announces end of shoe rationing.

• 1947 23 countries sign GATT agreement in Geneva.

• 1950 Pope Pius XII witnesses “The Miracle of the Sun” while at the Vatican.

• 1952 Clarence Birdseye sells first frozen peas

• 1953 Dr Albert Schweitzer and Gen George Marshallwin Nobel Peace Prize.

• 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik II, carrying a dog named Laika.

• 1960 Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

• 1968 Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Lars Onsager (thermodynamics).

• 1968 Nobel prize for physics awarded to Luis Alvarez (bubble chamber).

• 1970 There are serious riots in the Catholic Ardoyne area of Belfast which last for three nights.

• 1973 The Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosporus for the first time.

• 1974 The Rumble in the Jungle: Muhammad Ali KOs George Foreman in the 8th round in Kinshasa, Zaire.

• 1974 “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” horror film premieres in Los Angeles

• 1978 Uganda troops attack Tanzania

• 1987 “Faith” debut album by George Michael is released

• 2005 The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.

• 2007 “Long Road Out of Eden” seventh studio album by the Eagles is released (Billboard Album of the Year 2008).

• 2011 “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” based on the book by Stephenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, premieres at the Rome Film Festival.

• 2012 Walt Disney purchases Lucasfilm Ltd and its rights for Star Wars and Indiana Jones for $4.05 billion

• 2013 44 people are killed after a bus catches fire in Mahbubnagar, India

• 2016 Canada and the EU sign free trade deal after opposition by Belgium

Source: www.onthisday.com