October 30 - This Day in History

October 30: General Interest
1938: Welles scares nation

Orson Welles causes a nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds"-a realistic radio dramatization of a Martian invasion of Earth... read more


American Revolution
1775 : Naval committee established by Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/naval-committee-established-by-congress


Automotive
1893 : The World's Columbian Exposition closes in Chicago
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-worlds-columbian-exposition-closes-in-chicago


Civil War
1862 : Union General Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ormsby-macknight-mitchell-dies


Cold War
1953 : Eisenhower approves NSC 162/2
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisenhower-approves-nsc-1622


Crime
1890 : Oakland, California, enacts anti-drug law
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oakland-california-enacts-anti-drug-law


Disaster
1991 : Perfect storm hits North Atlantic
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/perfect-storm-hits-north-atlantic


General Interest
1908 : Queen of American high society dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/queen-of-american-high-society-dies

1975 : Juan Carlos assumes power in Spain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/juan-carlos-assumes-power-in-spain

1995 : Quebec separatists narrowly defeated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/quebec-separatists-narrowly-defeated


Hollywood
1945 : Henry "The Fonz" Winkler is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-the-fonz-winkler-is-born


Literary
1811 : Sense and Sensibility is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sense-and-sensibility-is-published


Music
1944 : Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring premieres at the Library of Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/aaron-copland39s-appalachian-spring-premieres-at-the-library-of-congress


Old West
1864 : The city of Helena, Montana, is founded after miners discover gold
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-city-of-helena-montana-is-founded-after-miners-discover-gold


Presidential
1735 : John Adams is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-adams-is-born


Sports
1974 : Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/muhammad-ali-wins-the-rumble-in-the-jungle


Vietnam War
1965 : Marines repel attack near Da Nang
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marines-repel-attack-near-da-nang

1970 : Heavy monsoon rains hit Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/heavy-monsoon-rains-hit-vietnam


World War I
1918 : Ottoman Empire signs treaty with Allies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ottoman-empire-signs-treaty-with-allies


World War II
1941 : FDR approves Lend-Lease aid to the USSR
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-approves-lend-lease-aid-to-the-ussr