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Wednesday, October 1, 1930

*The
1930 Imperial Conference The 1930 Imperial Conference was the sixth Imperial Conference bringing together the prime ministers of the dominions of the British Empire. It was held in London. The conference was notable for producing the Statute of Westminster, which establi ...
, bringing together the representatives of eight nations in the British Empire, opened in London. *End of Weihaiwei under British rule as it is returned to China. *
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
advocated the death penalty for speculators who brought on financial crises. *Economist Benjamin Anderson told a life insurance convention at Chicago's
Stevens Hotel The Hilton Chicago (also known as Chicago Hilton and Towers) is a centrally-located luxury hotel in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The hotel is a Chicago landmark that overlooks Grant Park (Chicago), Grant Park, Lake Michigan, and the Museum Ca ...
that the economy was in a state of readjustment and that "forces are at work which will in time generate improvement." He explained that the current depression was caused by the Federal Reserve adopting a "cheap money policy" that tempted banks to borrow. "We must readjust to a situation where we rely on investment savings, business savings, and taxation for capital purposes", Anderson said. *Born: ** Richard Harris, Irish actor, singer, film director and writer, in Limerick (d. 2002) ** Philippe Noiret, French actor, in Lille (d. 2006) **
George F. Regas George Frank Regas (October 1, 1930 – January 3, 2021) was an Episcopal priest. He served as rector of All Saints Episcopal Church, Pasadena, California, from 1967 until his retirement in 1995. Early life and career Regas was born in Knoxville ...
, American Episcopal priest, in Knoxville, Tennessee (d. 2021) **
Erica Yohn Erica Yohn (October 1, 1928 – January 27, 2019) was an American stage and television actress. Yohn had many bit parts in film and television, such as '' Pee-wee's Big Adventure'', and television shows, such as '' Rhoda'', '' ER'', '' Murphy ...
, U.S. actress, in the Bronx (d. 2019)


Thursday, October 2, 1930

*Twenty-eight nations signed a pact allowing the League of Nations to provide a financial loan to a country unanimously agreed upon to be a victim of aggression. *Emperor
Hirohito Emperor , commonly known in English-speaking countries by his personal name , was the 124th emperor of Japan, ruling from 25 December 1926 until his death in 1989. Hirohito and his wife, Empress Kōjun, had two sons and five daughters; he was ...
signed the
London Naval Treaty The London Naval Treaty, officially the Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armament, was an agreement between the United Kingdom, Japan, France, Italy, and the United States that was signed on 22 April 1930. Seeking to address is ...
, completing Japan's ratification. *The
Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...
won the Finnish parliamentary election. *Fourteen English coal miners died in an explosion near Walsall,
Staffordshire Staffordshire (; postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands region of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands Cou ...
. *President Herbert Hoover told the annual meeting of the American Bankers Association in Cleveland, "We have had a severe shock and there has been disorganization in our economic system which has temporarily checked the march of prosperity. But the fundamental assets of the nation, the education, intelligence, virility, and the spiritual strength of our 120 million people have been unimpaired." The economic situation was now being commonly referred to as a depression, as Hoover used that word seventeen times over the course of the speech. *The film ''
The Big Trail ''The Big Trail'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western early widescreen film shot on location across the American West starring 23-year-old John Wayne in his first leading role and directed by Raoul Walsh. In 2006, the United States Library of ...
'', starring
John Wayne Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...
in his first leading role, premiered at
Grauman's Chinese Theatre Grauman's Chinese Theatre (branded as TCL Chinese Theatre for naming rights reasons) is a movie palace on the historic Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States. The original Chines ...
in
Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...
. *Died: Gordon Stewart Nortchott, 23, Canadian-born American serial killer, was hanged


Friday, October 3, 1930

* A revolution broke out in Brazil against the rule of President Washington Luís.


Saturday, October 4, 1930

*The Cuban Congress granted the request of President
Gerardo Machado Gerardo Machado y Morales (28 September 1869 – 29 March 1939) was a general of the Cuban War of Independence and President of Cuba from 1925 to 1933. Machado entered the presidency with widespread popularity and support from the major polit ...
to suspend constitutional rights in and around Havana until after general elections on November 1. *In Germany, the Leipzig Supreme Court sentenced the three '' Reichswehr'' officers accused of high treason to eighteen months in prison.


Sunday, October 5, 1930

*The British airship R101 crashed near
Beauvais Beauvais ( , ; pcd, Bieuvais) is a city and commune in northern France, and prefecture of the Oise département, in the Hauts-de-France region, north of Paris. The commune of Beauvais had a population of 56,020 , making it the most populous ...
in France, partway through its flight from London to Karachi, killing 48 passengers and crew. Only six people survived the disaster. *The comic strip '' Tobias Seicherl'' first appeared in Austria. *Born: ** Pavel Popovich, cosmonaut, in Uzyn,
Kiev Oblast Kyiv Oblast ( uk, Ки́ївська о́бласть, translit=Kyïvska oblast), also called Kyivshchyna ( uk, Ки́ївщина), is an oblast (province) in central and northern Ukraine. It surrounds, but does not include, the city of Kyiv, w ...
, Soviet Union (d. 2009) **
Reinhard Selten Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (; 5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German economist, who won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with John Harsanyi and John Nash). He is also well known for his work in bound ...
, economist, in Breslau, Lower Silesia (d. 2016) *Died: ** Lord Thomson, 55, British
Secretary of State for Air The Secretary of State for Air was a Secretary of State (United Kingdom), secretary of state position in the British government, which existed from 1919 to 1964. The person holding this position was in charge of the Air Ministry. The Secretar ...
**Sir
Sefton Brancker Air Vice Marshal Sir William Sefton Brancker, (22 March 1877 – 5 October 1930) was a British pioneer in civil and military aviation and senior officer of the Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force. He was killed in an airship crash in 1 ...
, 53, British Director of Civil Aviation. Thomson and Brancker were both killed in the crash of R101.


Monday, October 6, 1930

*A
Lufthansa Deutsche Lufthansa AG (), commonly shortened to Lufthansa, is the flag carrier of Germany. When combined with its subsidiaries, it is the second- largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. Lufthansa is one of the five founding m ...
M-20B plane flying from Berlin to Vienna ran into a strong wind and crashed into a hill near Dresden, killing all 8 passengers and crew. *Born:
Hafez al-Assad Hafez al-Assad ', , (, 6 October 1930 – 10 June 2000) was a Syrian statesman and military officer who served as President of Syria from taking power in 1971 until his death in 2000. He was also Prime Minister of Syria from 1970 to 1 ...
, President of Syria, in
Qardaha Qardaha ( ar, القَرْدَاحَة / ALA-LC: ''Qardāḥah'') is a town in northwestern Syria, in the mountains overlooking the coastal town of Latakia. Nearby localities include Kilmakho to the west, Bustan al-Basha to the southwest, Harf a ...
(d. 2000); Richie Benaud, cricketer, in
Penrith, New South Wales Penrith is a city in New South Wales, Australia, located in Greater Western Sydney, 55 kilometres (31 mi) west of the Sydney central business district on the banks of the Nepean River, on the outskirts of the Cumberland Plain. Its elevati ...
, Australia (d. 2015)


Tuesday, October 7, 1930

*
Beatrice Warde Beatrice Lamberton Warde (September 20, 1900 – September 16, 1969, née Beatrice Becker) was a twentieth-century writer and scholar of typography. As a marketing manager for the British Monotype Corporation, she was influential in the deve ...
's essay on typography, "
The Crystal Goblet Beatrice Lamberton Warde (September 20, 1900 – September 16, 1969, née Beatrice Becker) was a twentieth-century writer and scholar of typography. As a marketing manager for the British Monotype Corporation, she was influential in the dev ...
", was delivered as a speech to the British Typographers' Guild at the St Bride Institute in London. *Hollywood film acting couple
Alan Roscoe Alan Roscoe (born John Albert Rascoe; August 23, 1888 – March 8, 1933) was an American film actor of the silent and early talking film eras. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1915 and 1933. Roscoe was born John Albert Rascoe ...
and Barbara Bedford took a license to remarry after thirty months apart.


Wednesday, October 8, 1930

*The
Philadelphia Athletics The Philadelphia Athletics were a Major League Baseball team that played in Philadelphia from 1901 to 1954, when they moved to Kansas City, Missouri, and became the Kansas City Athletics. Following another move in 1967, the team became the Oaklan ...
won their second straight World Series, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals 7–1 in Game 6. *Born: Toru Takemitsu, Japanese composer and writer, in Tokyo (d. 1996)


Thursday, October 9, 1930

*
Laura Ingalls Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the '' Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...
became the first woman to fly across the United States, completing a nine-stop journey from
Long Island Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, part of the New York metropolitan area. With over 8 million people, Long Island is the most populous island in the United Sta ...
to
Glendale, California Glendale is a city in the San Fernando Valley and Verdugo Mountains regions of Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 U.S. Census the population was 196,543, up from ...
, in 30 hours 27 minutes. *The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell below the 200 point mark, closing at 192 points – little more than half its value from the high water mark of September 3, 1929.


Friday, October 10, 1930

*A memorial service was held in Westminster Hall for the victims of the R101 tragedy. Thousands of people filed past the 48 flag-draped coffins. *The New York Yankees named
Joe McCarthy Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most vis ...
as their new manager. *Born: **
Yves Chauvin Yves Chauvin (; 10 October 1930 – 27 January 2015) was a French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate. He was honorary research director at the ''Institut français du pétrole'' and a member of the French Academy of Science. He was known for his work ...
, French chemist and Nobel Prize laureate, in Menen (d. 2015) **
Harold Pinter Harold Pinter (; 10 October 1930 – 24 December 2008) was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern British dramatists with a writing career that spanne ...
, English playwright, and Nobel Prize laureate, in Hackney, London (d. 2008) *Died: Adolf Engler, 86, German botanist


Saturday, October 11, 1930

* Jawaharlal Nehru was released from
Naini Central Prison Naini Central Prison or Naini Jail at Naini, near Prayagraj, is one of the most important prisons, and correctional Institutions in Uttar Pradesh, built during the British Raj. Independence movement history It became famous in pre-independence ...
. *Born: Sam Johnson, Korean and Vietnam War fighter pilot, prisoner of war in Vietnam, and U.S. Congressman for Texas from 1991 to 2019; in San Antonio, Texas (d. 2020)


Sunday, October 12, 1930

*Gangster
Legs Diamond Jack "Legs" Diamond (possibly born John Thomas Diamond, though disputed; July 10, 1897 – December 18, 1931), also known as Gentleman Jack, was an Irish American gangster in Philadelphia and New York City during the Prohibition era. A bootle ...
was shot five times by gunmen at the Monticello Hotel in New York, but survived. *In Berlin, 100,000 German socialists held an anti-Nazi rally called by Reichstag President Paul Löbe. Nazis stood on the street heckling the paraders and 38 arrests were made as isolated fistfights broke out.


Monday, October 13, 1930

*About 300 Nazis dressed in civilian clothes stormed downtown Berlin, smashing windows of mainly Jewish shops and firing pistols into the air as the Reichstag opened its first new session since the September 14 elections. Nazi deputies caused an uproar by turning up in full party uniform, despite a rule against the wearing of such uniforms in the Reichstag. *Born: Paul Kent, U.S. actor, in Brooklyn (d. 2011)


Tuesday, October 14, 1930

*The George and
Ira Gershwin Ira Gershwin (born Israel Gershovitz; December 6, 1896 – August 17, 1983) was an American lyricist who collaborated with his younger brother, composer George Gershwin, to create some of the most memorable songs in the English language of the 2 ...
stage musical '' Girl Crazy'' opened at the Alvin Theatre on Broadway. *Born: **
Mobutu Sese Seko Mobutu Sese Seko Kuku Ngbendu Wa Za Banga (; born Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; 14 October 1930 – 7 September 1997) was a Congolese politician and military officer who was the president of Zaire from 1965 to 1997 (known as the Democratic Republic o ...
, President of Zaire from 1965 to 1997; as Joseph-Désiré Mobutu; in
Lisala Lisala is the capital of the Mongala Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Congo River flows through the city. Its Cathédrale Saint-Hermès is the cathedral episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lisala. It is ...
, Belgian Congo (d. 1997) ** Schafik Handal, Palestinian-Salvadoran Communist politician and presidential candidate, in Usulután,
El Salvador El Salvador (; , meaning " The Saviour"), officially the Republic of El Salvador ( es, República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south b ...
(d. 2006)


Wednesday, October 15, 1930

*Half a million unemployed Germans, including 126,000 striking metal workers, paraded in Berlin. *
Pope Pius XI Pope Pius XI ( it, Pio XI), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti (; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was head of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to his death in February 1939. He was the first sovereign of Vatican City fro ...
granted King
Boris III of Bulgaria Boris III ( bg, Борѝс III ; Boris Treti; 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier) , was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until hi ...
permission to marry Princess Giovanna of Italy, on the written promise from Boris that any children born would be raised as Roman Catholics. The Bulgarian constitution said that the country's monarch must be of Greek Orthodox faith. *Born: ** Colin McDonald, English footballer, in
Bury Bury may refer to: *The burial of human remains *-bury, a suffix in English placenames Places England * Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village * Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire ** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–19 ...
**
FM-2030 FM-2030 (originally born as Fereidoun M. Esfandiary; fa, فریدون اسفندیاری; October 15, 1930 – July 8, 2000) was a Belgian-born Iranian-American author, teacher, transhumanist philosopher, futurist, consultant, and Olympic athlet ...
, Iranian-American transhumanist, futurist and Olympic athlete, as Fereidoon M. Esfandary in Brussels, Belgium (d. 2000) *Died: Herbert Henry Dow, 64, Canadian-born American chemical industrialist and founder of the
Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastic ...


Thursday, October 16, 1930

*Prohibition leader Bishop
James Cannon, Jr. James Cannon Jr. (November 13, 1864 – September 6, 1944) was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1918. He was a prominent leader in the temperance movement in the United States in the 1920s, until dera ...
launched a $5 million
defamation Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defini ...
lawsuit against William Randolph Hearst, accusing Hearst of using his newspapers to bring Cannon "into scandal and disrepute" by printing false statements about him.


Friday, October 17, 1930

*President Hoover announced the appointment of a new committee tasked with formulating plans for "continuing and strengthening the organization of Federal activities for employment during the winter." *The magazine ''L'Ere Nouvelle'' published a letter by German industrialist Arnold Rechberg, describing an alleged Soviet plot offered to Fascist Italy and the Nazis. According to the plan, Rechberg wrote, Germany and the Soviet Union would simultaneously attack Poland, dividing it between themselves, and would then join together in attacking France. As the French retreated, Italy would cut them off with a sudden flank attack. Rechberg claimed the plot was taken seriously by Hitler's followers and that a communist-fascist alliance would be a danger to peace. *Born: ** Robert Atkins, popular American nutritionist known for creating "The Atkins Diet"; in
Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...
(d. 2003) ** Jimmy Breslin, U.S. journalist and syndicated newspaper columnist; in
Jamaica, Queens Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It is mainly composed of a large commercial and retail area, though part of the neighborhood is also residential. Jamaica is bordered by Hollis to the east; St. Albans, Springfi ...
, New York City (d. 2017)


Saturday, October 18, 1930

*The Reichstag granted amnesty for political crimes committed before September 1, 1924, that were not directed against members of the federal government. *The
Geoffrey Kerr Geoffrey Kerr (born Geoffrey Kemble Grinham Keen; 26 January 1895 – 1 July 1971) was a British stage and film actor and writer during the middle of the 20th century. Early life Geoffrey Kemble Grinham Keen was born on 26 January 1895, in Lond ...
comedy play '' London Calling'' opened at the
Little Theatre Little Theatre or Little Theater may refer to: Australia *Little Theatre, Adelaide, South Australia * Little Theatre, Sydney, former name of the Royal Standard Theatre, Sydney, New South Wales *Melbourne Little Theatre, an amateur theatre company ...
in Rochester, New York.


Sunday, October 19, 1930

*In an early morning vote capping a fourteen-hour session, Chancellor Heinrich Brüning passed a confidence motion, 318–236. The Reichstag then adjourned until December 3. * Charles Kingsford Smith landed at Port Darwin, completing a flight from England to Australia in the new record time of ten-and-a-half days. * Mohammed Nadir Shah was officially crowned King of Afghanistan in a simple ceremony. *Born:
Jody Lawrance Jody Lawrance (born Nona Josephine Goddard; October 19, 1930 – July 10, 1986) was an American actress who starred in many Hollywood films during the 1950s through the early 1960s. Biography She was born October 19, 1930 as Nona Josephi ...
, American actress, in Fort Worth, Texas (d. 1986)


Monday, October 20, 1930

*The
Passfield white paper The Passfield White Paper, issued October 20, 1930, by colonial secretary Lord Passfield (Sidney Webb), was a formal statement of British policy in Palestine, which previously had been set by the Churchill White Paper of 1922. The new statement r ...
outlining British policy in Palestine was issued, laying out a plan to give more self-government to both Jews and Arabs in Palestine. The paper angered Zionists who said it backtracked on the 1917
Balfour Declaration The Balfour Declaration was a public statement issued by the British government in 1917 during the First World War announcing its support for the establishment of a "national home for the Jewish people" in Palestine, then an Ottoman regio ...
which had pledged a national home for the Jews. * Chaim Weizmann resigned as president of the Jewish Agency for Palestine in protest against Britain's policy on Palestine. *The Labour Party won Norwegian parliamentary elections. * Bugs Moran was arrested in an early morning police raid and arraigned in Chicago court in charges of vagrancy and carrying concealed weapons. *''
Painted Dreams ''Painted Dreams'' is an American radio soap opera that premiered on WGN (AM), WGN radio, Chicago, on October 20, 1930 and last aired in July 1943. It is widely considered by scholars of the genre to be the first daytime soap opera or drama-by-in ...
'', the first daytime soap opera, premiered on WGN radio in Chicago. *Died: General
Valeriano Weyler, 1st Duke of Rubí Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, 1st Duke of Rubí, 1st Marquess of Tenerife (17 September 1838 – 20 October 1930) was a Spanish general and colonial administrator who served as the Governor-General of the Philippines and Cuba, and later as S ...
, 92, Spanish Army officer


Tuesday, October 21, 1930

*A mine explosion in Alsdorf in Germany killed 271 miners. *The Hope Simpson Enquiry on Palestine was released.


Wednesday, October 22, 1930

*An amended constitution was enacted in Egypt, eliminating the clause making the cabinet answerable to Parliament. *The Dutch football club
SC Genemuiden SC Genemuiden is an association football club from Genemuiden, Netherlands. History The club was founded on October 22, 1930, and has played exclusively at amateur level in all its history. Genemuiden was part of the Hoofdklasse league in the 2 ...
was founded.


Thursday, October 23, 1930

*
Chiang Kai-shek Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975), also known as Chiang Chung-cheng and Jiang Jieshi, was a Chinese Nationalist politician, revolutionary, and military leader who served as the leader of the Republic of China (ROC) from 1928 ...
converted to Christianity in a baptism ceremony in Shanghai. *Warsaw Jews threw stones at the British consulate building in protest of British policy on Palestine. *The war film ''
War Nurse War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...
'' premiered at the Astor Theatre in New York City. *Died:
Joe Aiello Giuseppe "Joe" Aiello (; September 27, 1890 – October 23, 1930) was a Sicilians, Sicilian bootlegger and organized crime leader in Chicago during the Prohibition in the United States, Prohibition era. He was best known for his long and bloody ...
, 39, Chicago mobster, was shot to death


Friday, October 24, 1930

*Brazil's three-week civil war ended in rebel victory as President Washington Luís resigned. *Born: Jiles Perry Richardson Jr., American rock musician and disc jockey known as "The Big Bopper"; in
Sabine Pass, Texas Sabine Pass is a neighborhood in Port Arthur, Texas. It lies at Sabine Pass, on the west bank of the Sabine River, the border between Louisiana and Texas, and was incorporated in 1861. Formally annexed by Port Arthur in 1978, Sabine Pass has its ...
(killed in plane crash, 1959) *Died: Harry Gosling, 69, British Labour Party politician and President of the Transport and General Workers' Union since 1922


Saturday, October 25, 1930

*King
Boris III of Bulgaria Boris III ( bg, Борѝс III ; Boris Treti; 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier) , was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until hi ...
and Giovanna of Italy were married at the
Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi The Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi ( it, Basilica di San Francesco d'Assisi; la, Basilica Sancti Francisci Assisiensis) is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Order of Friars Minor Conventual in Assisi, a town in the Umbria region in ce ...
in Italy. *Germany experienced its second mining disaster in a week as 98 were killed in an explosion at the Maybach Mine at Quierschied. *The New South Wales state election was held in Australia. The Labor Party led by Jack Lang was swept into power. *Syrian Prime Minister
Taj al-Din al-Hasani Taj al-Din al-Hasani ( ar, تاج الدين الحسني, Tāj ad-Dīn al-Ḥasanī; 1885 – 17 January 1943) was a French-appointed Syrian leader and politician. He was born and raised into a family of Muslim scholars in Damascus. His father ...
survived an assassination attempt. An assailant tried to shoot him, but missed and was apprehended before he could fire a second shot.


Sunday, October 26, 1930

*Australian pilot
Jessie Miller Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller (1902 – 1972, London, England) was a pioneering Australian aviator. England to Australia In 1927 while visiting London from her native Australia, Miller met, helped finance, and flew with R.A.F. officer Bill Lanca ...
established a new women's west–east transcontinental flight record, completing a flight from Los Angeles to New York in 21 hours 47 minutes. *Died: H. P. Whitney, 58, American businessman and horsebreeder


Monday, October 27, 1930

*The Wushe Incident began in Taiwan when Seediq rebels raided Japanese facilities for weapons and then attacked the Japanese at an elementary school. *
Benito Mussolini Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (; 29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party. He was Prime Minister of Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his deposition in 194 ...
made a speech in the hall of the
Palazzo Venezia The Palazzo Venezia or Palazzo Barbo (), formerly Palace of St. Mark, is a palazzo (palace) in central Rome, Italy, just north of the Capitoline Hill. The original structure of this great architectural complex consisted of a modest medieval hous ...
saying he could foresee "a Fascist Europe which seeks the inspiration for its doctrines and its practices from Fascism, a Europe which solves, as Fascism does, the problems of a modern state in the twentieth century." Mussolini also accused Europe of hypocrisy when it "babbled about peace at Geneva but prepared for war everywhere", and claimed that Italy was only arming in self-defense.


Tuesday, October 28, 1930

*King George V opened the seventh parliament of his reign. *The German steelworker's strike was settled with the workers agreeing to a 3% wage reduction. *Apple vendors became a common sight on New York city streets on the first day of a project to put unemployed people to work selling surplus apples. The project began in the
Wall Street Wall Street is an eight-block-long street in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City. It runs between Broadway in the west to South Street and the East River in the east. The term "Wall Street" has become a metonym for t ...
district and soon spread across the city. These apple sellers, accompanied by placards declaring their unemployed status and encouraging the public to buy apples, became one of the enduring images of the
Great Depression The Great Depression (19291939) was an economic shock that impacted most countries across the world. It was a period of economic depression that became evident after a major fall in stock prices in the United States. The economic contagio ...
even though the project lasted less than a year as the supply of cheap apples eventually ran out. *Born:
Bernie Ecclestone Bernard Charles Ecclestone (born 28 October 1930) is an English business magnate. He is the former chief executive of the Formula One Group, which manages Formula One motor racing and controls the commercial rights to the sport, and part-owns ...
, English business magnate, and Chief Executive of the Formula One Group; in Bungay, Suffolk


Wednesday, October 29, 1930

*Sixteen people were killed in the derailment of the Geneva to Bordeaux express train. *Born: **
Bertha Brouwer Bertha "Puck" Brouwer (later van Duyne; 29 October 1930 – 6 October 2006) was a Dutch sprinter. Brouwer accomplished her first international notable result in 1950, when she won the silver medal at the European Championships, being part of ...
, Dutch sprinter, in Leidschendam (d. 2006) **
Natalie Sleeth Natalie Allyn Sleeth (née Wakeley; October 29, 1930 – March 21, 1992) was an American composer of hymns and choral music.Evanston, Illinois (d. 1992) **
Omara Portuondo Omara Portuondo Peláez (born 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer and dancer. A founding member of the popular vocal group Cuarteto d'Aida, Portuondo has collaborated with many important Cuban musicians during her long career, including Julio Gu ...
, Cuban singer and dancer, in Havana


Thursday, October 30, 1930

*Turkey and Greece signed a treaty of friendship. *Born: Timothy Findley, Canadian novelist and playwright, in Toronto (d. 2002)


Friday, October 31, 1930

*A Paris court granted actress Pola Negri a divorce from Prince Serge Mdivani. "I am happy to have finished with the divorce so I can consecrate my life entirely to art", Negri stated. *Born:
Michael Collins Michael Collins or Mike Collins most commonly refers to: * Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890–1922), Irish revolutionary leader, soldier, and politician * Michael Collins (astronaut) (1930–2021), American astronaut, member of Apollo 11 and Ge ...
, U.S. astronaut who piloted the lunar orbiter during the Apollo 11 mission; in Rome, to U.S. military attaché to Italy James Lawton Collins and Virginia Stewart Collins (d. 2021)


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