October 30

October 30 is the 303rd day of the year (304th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 62 days remaining.

Events:

• 1938: Orson Welles gives his radioplay of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds
• 1980: El Salvador and Honduras formally sign a peace treaty to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's Soccer War before the International Court of Justice

Births:

• 1735: John Adams (first U.S. vice-president, 2nd U.S. president)
• 1885: Ezra Pound (poet)
• 1893: Charles Atlas (bodybuilder)
• 1896: Ruth Gordon (actress)
• 1930: Nestor Almendros (cinematographer)
• 1932: Louis Malle (director)
• 1939: Grace Slick (singer)
• 1941: Otis Williams (singer)

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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