What happened on October 30 in other years, from the events Wikipedia's editors chose for its "On this day":
- 1806: War of the Fourth Coalition: Believing that they were outnumbered, the German garrison at Stettin surrendered to a much smaller French force without a fight. → War of the Fourth Coalition
- 1938: CBS Radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds", a radio drama that newspapers accused of tricking Americans into believing there was an actual Martian invasion. → The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)
- 1965: English 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. → White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton
- 1983: As the military dictatorship came to an end, Argentina's first democratic election in a decade resulted in Raúl Alfonsín being elected president. → 1983 Argentine general election
- 2001: Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced. → Invincible (Michael Jackson album)
- 2020: A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami and causing 119 deaths. → 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
Born on October 30
- 1735: John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (died 1826)
- 1871: Paul Valéry, French poet and philosopher (died 1945)
- 1885: Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (died 1972)
- 1960: Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2020)
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