Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: October 30
October 30, 2024 is the 304th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 62 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Scorpio is your zodiac sign. Opal is your modern birthstone. Jasper is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: October 30
- 1485 –King Henry VII of England is crowned.
- 1864 –Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at “Last Chance Gulch”.
- 1864 –Second war of Schleswig ends. Denmark renounces all claim to Schleswig, Holstein and Lauenburg, which come under Prussian and Austrian administration.
- 1920 –The Communist Party of Australia is founded in Sydney.
- 1929 –The Stuttgart Cable Car is constructed in Stuttgart, Germany.
- 1947 –The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which is the foundation of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), is founded.
- 1961 –Nuclear testing: The Soviet Union detonates the hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya; at 50 megatons of yield, it is still the largest explosive device ever detonated, nuclear or otherwise.
- 1987 –In Japan, NEC releases the first 16-bit home entertainment system, the PC Engine, which was later sold in other markets under the name TurboGrafx-16.
- 1993 –Greysteel massacre: The Ulster Freedom Fighters, a loyalist terrorist group, open fire on a crowded bar in Greysteel, Northern Ireland. Eight civilians are killed and thirteen wounded.
- 2005 –The rebuilt Dresden Frauenkirche (destroyed in the firebombing of Dresden during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
Who were born on October 30?
- 1893 –Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. 1972)
- 1914 –Anna Wing, English actress
- 1927 –Joe Adcock, American baseball player (d. 1999)
- 1935 –Agota Kristof, Hungarian writer
- 1935 –Robert Caro, American biographer
- 1947 –Timothy B. Schmit, American musician (Eagles)
- 1969 –Vagelis Vourtzoumis, Greek basketball player
- 1982 –Manny Parra, American baseball player
- 1983 –Maor Melikson, Israeli footballer
- 1992 –Tequan Richmond, American actor
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