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  • Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    Thursday Oct 30, 1777
    Mozart

    Going to Mannheim and meeting the Webers

    Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
    Thursday Oct 30, 1777

    He and his mother moved on to Mannheim, became pleasant with the Mannheim musicians, did some teaching and playing, accepted and partially fulfilled a flute music commission from a German surgeon, and fell in love with Aloysia Weber, a soprano, the second of four daughters of a music copyist. He has also written numerous sonatas for piano, some with violin. He put a scheme to his father for traveling with the naive and reckless Webers to Italy, and met with an angry response from Leopald.




  • Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 30, 1848
    German revolutions of 1848–1849

    D'Ester had been elected to the Central committee of the German Democrats

    Central Europe (Present-Day Germany)
    Monday Oct 30, 1848

    D'Ester had been elected to the Central Committee of the German Democrats, together with Reichenbach and Hexamer, at the Second Democratic Congress held in Berlin from October 26 through October 30, 1848.




  • Russian Empire
    Monday Oct 30, 1905
    1905 Russian Revolution

    Tsar finally signed the manifesto

    Russian Empire
    Monday Oct 30, 1905

    The Tsar waited and argued for three days, but finally signed the manifesto on 30 October [O.S. 17 October] 1905, citing his desire to avoid a massacre and his realisation that there was insufficient military force available to pursue alternative options. He regretted signing the document, saying that he felt "sick with shame at this betrayal of the dynasty ... the betrayal was complete".




  • Kunming, Yunnan, China
    Monday Oct 30, 1911
    Xinhai Revolution

    Kunming Double Ninth Uprising

    Kunming, Yunnan, China
    Monday Oct 30, 1911

    On 30 October, Li Genyuan of the Tongmenghui in Yunnan joined with Cai E, Luo Peijin, Tang Jiyao, and other officers of the New Army to launch the Double Ninth Uprising. They captured Kunming the next day and established the Yunnan Military Government, electing Cai E as the military governor.




  • Jordon
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1918
    World War 1

    Armistice of Mudros

    Jordon
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1918

    The Armistice of Mudros, signed at the end of October, ended hostilities with the Ottoman Empire when fighting was continuing north of Aleppo.




  • Lemnos, Greece
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1918
    Ottoman Empire

    Armistice of Mudros

    Lemnos, Greece
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1918

    Defeated on every front, the Ottoman Empire signed the Armistice of Mudros on 30 October 1918.




  • Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1918
    Ottoman Empire

    Constantinople was occupied

    Istanbul, Ottoman Empire
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1918

    Constantinople was occupied by combined British, French, Italian, and Greek forces.


  • New York City, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1929
    Great Depression

    One day recovery

    New York City, New York, U.S.
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1929

    One day recovery.


  • Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Oct 30, 1930
    Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon

    Baptized

    Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom
    Thursday Oct 30, 1930

    Margaret was baptized in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace on 30 October 1930 by Cosmo Lang, the Archbishop of Canterbury.


  • Sevastopol, U.S.S.R.
    Thursday Oct 30, 1941
    World War II

    Siege of Sevastopol

    Sevastopol, U.S.S.R.
    Thursday Oct 30, 1941

    The Siege of Sevastopol also known as the Defense of Sevastopol, was a military battle that took place on the Eastern Front of the Second World War. On 4 July 1942, the remaining Soviet forces surrendered and the Germans seized the port.


  • Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
    Monday Oct 30, 1944
    World War II

    Budapest Offensive

    Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
    Monday Oct 30, 1944

    Soviets launched a massive assault against German-occupied Hungary. The offensive lasted from 29 October 1944 until the fall of Budapest on 13 February 1945.


  • Moscow, Russian SFSR
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    The Presidium decided not to temove the New Hungarian Government

    Moscow, Russian SFSR
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956

    After some debate, the Presidium on 30 October decided not to remove the new Hungarian government.


  • Budapest, Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Attacking The Central Committee of The Communist Party building

    Budapest, Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956

    On 30 October, Király's forces attacked the Central Committee of the Communist Party building.


  • Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    The Local Revolutionary Councils Had been Officially Sanctioned

    Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956

    Local revolutionary councils formed throughout Hungary, generally without involvement from the preoccupied National Government in Budapest, and assumed various responsibilities of local government from the defunct Communist party. By 30 October, these councils had been officially sanctioned by the Hungarian Working People's Party, and the Nagy government asked for their support as "autonomous, democratic local organs formed during the Revolution".


  • Budapest, Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Most Soviet Troops had Withdrawn from Budapest

    Budapest, Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956

    By 30 October most Soviet troops had withdrawn from Budapest to garrisons in the Hungarian countryside.


  • Budapest, Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956
    Hungarian Revolution of 1956

    Armed Protesters Attacked The ÁVH detachment Guarding The Budapest Hungarian Working People's Party Headquarters

    Budapest, Hungary
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1956

    On 30 October, armed protesters attacked the ÁVH detachment guarding the Budapest Hungarian Working People's Party headquarters on Köztársaság tér (Republic Square), incited by rumours of prisoners held there and the earlier shootings of demonstrators by the ÁVH in the city of Mosonmagyaróvár.


  • Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Sunday Oct 30, 1960
    Diego Maradona

    Birth

    Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
    Sunday Oct 30, 1960

    Born Diego Armando Maradona in 30 October 1960, in Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina.


  • California, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 30, 1969
    12:30:00 PM
    Internet

    Bolt Beranek & Newman and the first ARPANET link was established

    California, U.S.
    Thursday Oct 30, 1969
    12:30:00 PM

    ARPA awarded the contract to build the network to Bolt Beranek & Newman and the first ARPANET link was established between the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Stanford Research Institute at 22:30 hours on October 29, 1969. "We set up a telephone connection between us and the guys at SRI ...", Kleinrock ... said in an interview: "We typed the L and we asked on the phone, "Do you see the L?" "Yes, we see the L," came the response. We typed the O, and we asked, "Do you see the O." "Yes, we see the O." Then we typed the G, and the system crashed ... Yet a revolution had begun" ....


  • Kinshasa, Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1974
    Muhammad Ali Clay

    The Rumble in the Jungle

    Kinshasa, Zaire, Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Wednesday Oct 30, 1974

    The defeat of Frazier set the stage for a title fight against heavyweight champion George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, on October 30, 1974—a bout nicknamed The Rumble in the Jungle. Ali won by knockout in the 8th round.


  • Madrid, Spain
    Thursday Oct 30, 1975
    Juan Carlos I

    Franco gives full control to Juan Carlos

    Madrid, Spain
    Thursday Oct 30, 1975

    During periods of Franco's temporary incapacity in 1974 and 1975, Juan Carlos was acting head of state. On 30 October 1975, Franco gave full control to Juan Carlos.


  • Turkey
    Sunday Oct 30, 1983
    04:12:00 AM
    Disasters with highest death tolls

    1983 Erzurum Earthquake

    Turkey
    Sunday Oct 30, 1983
    04:12:00 AM

    The 1983 Erzurum earthquake occurred in Turkey on 30 October 1983 at 07:12 local time (04:12 UTC). It was an Ms 6.9 earthquake. Death toll (estimate): 1,342.


  • India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984
    Indira Gandhi

    1984 anti-Sikh riots

    India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984

    Following her cremation, millions of Sikhs were displaced and nearly three thousand were killed in anti-Sikh riots. Rajiv Gandhi on a live TV show said of the carnage, "When a big tree falls, the earth shakes."


  • New Delhi, India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984
    Indira Gandhi

    Assassination

    New Delhi, India
    Tuesday Oct 30, 1984

    On 31 October 1984, two of Gandhi's bodyguards, Satwant Singh and Beant Singh, shot her with their service weapons in the garden of the Prime Minister's residence at 1 Safdarjung Road, New Delhi. The shooting occurred as she was walking past a wicket gate guarded by Satwant and Beant. She was to be interviewed by the British actor Peter Ustinov, who was filming a documentary for Irish television. Beant Singh shot her three times using his side-arm and Satwant Singh fired 30 rounds. Beant Singh and Satwant Singh dropped their weapons and surrendered. Afterwards, they were taken away by other guards into a closed room where Beant Singh was shot dead. Kehar Singh was later arrested for conspiracy in the attack. Both Satwant and Kehar were sentenced to death and hanged in Delhi's Tihar Jail.


  • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
    Saturday Oct 30, 1993
    River Phoenix

    Phoenix was to perform with the band P

    Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
    Saturday Oct 30, 1993

    On the evening of October 30, 1993, Phoenix was to perform with the band P at The Viper Room, a Hollywood nightclub partly owned by Johnny Depp.


  • Kosovo
    Friday Oct 30, 1998
    Kosovo War

    Operation Eagle Eye

    Kosovo
    Friday Oct 30, 1998

    Operation Eagle Eye commenced on 30 October. Operation Eagle Eye was part of the Kosovo Verification Mission during the Kosovo War using aircraft were contributed by France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, the UK, and the USA.


  • Madrid, Spain
    Wednesday Oct 30, 2002
    Francesco Totti

    Win against Real Madrid

    Madrid, Spain
    Wednesday Oct 30, 2002

    Totti also scored the only goal in Roma's decisive 1–0 victory at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium against Real Madrid on 30 October 2002; this was the first time in 35 years that an Italian team had won a match in Madrid.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Oct 30, 2005
    Rosa Parks

    The Casket was transported to Washington, D.C.

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Oct 30, 2005

    In the evening the casket was transported to Washington, D.C. and transported by a bus similar to the one in which she made her protest, to lie in honor in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol.


  • U.S.
    Monday Oct 30, 2006
    Popeyes

    "AFC" announced that Popeyes planned to introduce a trans-fat-free biscuit as well as french fries

    U.S.
    Monday Oct 30, 2006

    On October 30, 2006, America's Favorite Chicken Company, Inc. "AFC" announced that Popeyes planned to introduce a trans fat-free biscuit as well as french fries containing one gram of trans fat by year-end.


  • New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Friday Oct 30, 2009
    Eminem

    Eminem headlined at the Voodoo Experience

    New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
    Friday Oct 30, 2009

    On October 30, Eminem headlined at the Voodoo Experience in New Orleans, his first full performance of the year. Eminem's act included several songs from Relapse, many of his older hits and an appearance by D12.


  • Montreal, Canada
    Thursday Oct 30, 2014
    Uber

    Uber expands its operations in Canada

    Montreal, Canada
    Thursday Oct 30, 2014

    Uber expands its operations in Canada by launching UberX in Montreal.


  • Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Sunday Oct 30, 2016
    League of Legends

    T1 Dominance

    Los Angeles, California, U.S.
    Sunday Oct 30, 2016

    SK Telecom T1 repeated their feat in October 2016, defeating fellow Korean team Samsung Galaxy 3-2 in the Season 6 World Championship.


  • Cupertino, California, United States
    Wednesday Oct 30, 2019
    Airpods

    AirPods Pro Released

    Cupertino, California, United States
    Wednesday Oct 30, 2019

    AirPods Pro was released in late-2019 and feature Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) as well as Transparency mode, which uses the AirPods’ exterior microphones to amplify the sound of the outside world into the user’s ears rather than cancel it.


  • Sweden
    Sunday Oct 30, 1611

    Adolf king of Sweden

    Sweden
    Sunday Oct 30, 1611

    Adolf becomes king of Sweden at the age of 17.


  • Smolensk
    Friday Oct 30, 1739

    Grigory Potemkin Birth

    Smolensk
    Friday Oct 30, 1739

    The Russian military leader and favorite of Catherine the Great, Grigory Potemkin, was born in Chizhovo.


  • Norwich
    Sunday Oct 30, 1735

    Edward Miller Birth

    Norwich
    Sunday Oct 30, 1735

    Edward Miller was an English composer who was born in England.


  • Braintree
    Sunday Oct 30, 1735

    John Adams Birth

    Braintree
    Sunday Oct 30, 1735

    The 2nd US President, John Adams, was born in Massachusetts.


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