On this day: October 30
Events
Battle of Río SaladoOctober 30, 1340 · Wars & Conflicts
Kingdom of YemenOctober 30, 1918 – December 1, 1970 · World History
Siege of SevastopolOctober 30, 1941 – July 4, 1942 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of Tumbleweed ConnectionOctober 30, 1970 · Music
- Release of MeddleOctober 30, 1971 · Music
Western Sahara WarOctober 30, 1975 – September 6, 1991 · Wars & Conflicts- Release of MelissaOctober 30, 1983 · Music
- Release of Spreading the DiseaseOctober 30, 1985 · Music
Release of SchizophreniaOctober 30, 1987 · Music
Release of Grim FandangoOctober 30, 1998 · Gaming- Release of All That You Can't Leave BehindOctober 30, 2000 · Music
- Release of Follow the ReaperOctober 30, 2000 · Music
Release of InvincibleOctober 30, 2001 · Music- Release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)October 30, 2001 · Music
- Release of LutherOctober 30, 2003 · Film
Launch of DisqusOctober 30, 2007 · Internet
Release of Assassin's Creed IIIOctober 30, 2012 · Gaming
Release of Need for Speed: Most WantedOctober 30, 2012 · Gaming
Release of Assassin's Creed III: LiberationOctober 30, 2012 · Gaming
Aegean Sea earthquake of 2020October 30, 2020 · Geography
Release of PositionsOctober 30, 2020 · Music
Born on this day
Pierre BeauchampOctober 30, 1631 – February 1705 · Music
Angelica KauffmannOctober 30, 1741 – November 5, 1807 · Art
Hermann, Fürst von Pückler-MuskauOctober 30, 1785 – February 4, 1871 · Exploration
Karol LipińskiOctober 30, 1790 – December 16, 1861 · Music
Fyodor DostoyevskyOctober 30, 1821 – January 28, 1881 · Culture
Camillo BoitoOctober 30, 1836 – June 28, 1914 · Culture
Alfred SisleyOctober 30, 1839 – January 29, 1899 · Art
William Graham SumnerOctober 30, 1840 – April 12, 1910 · Culture
Galileo FerrarisOctober 30, 1847 – February 7, 1897 · Technology
Louise AbbémaOctober 30, 1853 – July 10, 1927 · Art
Antoine BourdelleOctober 30, 1861 – October 1, 1929 · Art
Paul ValéryOctober 30, 1871 – July 20, 1945 · Culture
Mykhaylo BoychukOctober 30, 1882 – July 13, 1937 · Art
Ezra PoundOctober 30, 1885 – November 1, 1972 · Music
Lilya BrikOctober 30, 1891 – August 4, 1978 · Art
Jean RostandOctober 30, 1894 – September 4, 1977 · Culture
Gerhard DomagkOctober 30, 1895 – April 24, 1964 · Science
Dickinson W. RichardsOctober 30, 1895 – February 23, 1973 · Science
Ragnar GranitOctober 30, 1900 – March 12, 1991 · Science
Homi Jehangir BhabhaOctober 30, 1909 – January 24, 1966 · Science
Daniel NathansOctober 30, 1928 – November 16, 1999 · Science
Néstor AlmendrosOctober 30, 1930 – March 4, 1992 · Film
Clifford BrownOctober 30, 1930 – June 26, 1956 · Music
Louis MalleOctober 30, 1932 – November 23, 1995 · Film
Michael WinnerOctober 30, 1935 – January 21, 2013 · Film
Claude LelouchOctober 30, 1937 – present · Film
Marina RatnerOctober 30, 1938 – July 7, 2017 · Science- Lee HartwellOctober 30, 1939 – present · Science
Grace SlickOctober 30, 1939 – present · Art
Theodor W. HänschOctober 30, 1941 – present · Science
Ahmed ChalabiOctober 30, 1944 – November 3, 2015 · Science
Henry WinklerOctober 30, 1945 – present · Film
William ThurstonOctober 30, 1946 – August 21, 2012 · Science
Robert L. GibsonOctober 30, 1946 – present · Space
René JacobsOctober 30, 1946 – present · Music
Timothy B. SchmitOctober 30, 1947 – present · Music
Charles Martin SmithOctober 30, 1953 – present · Film- Aleksandr PoleshchukOctober 30, 1953 – present · Space
Aleksandr LazutkinOctober 30, 1957 – present · Space
Zabou BreitmanOctober 30, 1959 – present · Film
Richard LaGraveneseOctober 30, 1959 – present · Film
Diego MaradonaOctober 30, 1960 – November 25, 2020 · Sports
Ronald J. GaranOctober 30, 1961 – present · Space
Sandra MagnusOctober 30, 1964 – present · Space
Gavin RossdaleOctober 30, 1965 – present · Music
Leonidas KavakosOctober 30, 1967 – present · Music
Jessica HynesOctober 30, 1972 – present · Film- David HahnOctober 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016 · Science
Matthew MorrisonOctober 30, 1978 – present · Film
Sarah CarterOctober 30, 1980 – present · Film
Clémence PoésyOctober 30, 1982 – present · Film
MaroOctober 30, 1994 – present · Music