Born on October 30
October 30 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 30, you share a birthday with John Adams, Diego Maradona and Ezra Pound. October 30 babies are Scorpio, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 30 is the 304th day of the year in leap years (303rd in other years).
Famous people born on October 30
- 1735John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States
- 1960Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager
- 1885Ezra Pound, American poet and critic
- 1871Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher
- 1632Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral
- 1981Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman
- 1839Alfred Sisley, French-English painter
- 1895Gerhard Domagk, German pathologist and bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1941Theodor W. Hänsch, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1762André Chénier, Turkish-French poet and playwright
What happened on October 30
- 1863Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in Athens to become King George I of Greece.
- 1888Lobengula, King of Matabeleland, granted the Rudd Concession to agents of Cecil Rhodes, leading to the creation of the British South Africa Company.
- 1905Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a duma. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
- 1920The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
- 1941President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
- 1947The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.
- 1960At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.
- 1965English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.
- 1966Singaporean leftist opposition leader Chia Thye Poh was detained under the Internal Security Act, which allows for preventive detention; he was released 32 years later.
- 1973The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
- 2001Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced.
- 2010American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.
Also observed on October 30
- Anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Nation (Slovakia)
- Thevar Jayanthi (Thevar community, India)
- Mischief Night (Ireland, Canada, United Kingdom, United States and other places)
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 30?
People born on October 30 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 30?
John Adams (1735), Diego Maradona (1960), Ezra Pound (1885), Paul Valéry (1871), Christopher Wren (1632), Ivanka Trump (1981) were all born on October 30.
What happened on October 30 in history?
Among other things: in 1973, The Bosphorus Bridge in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time; in 2001, Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced; in 2010, American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 30?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 30 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 30”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.