What are the important events that happened on October 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 30: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 30 is the 303^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 62 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 17, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,761,782,400 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatrigon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 110 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,696 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 30 Historical Events

• 758 –
  Guangzhou is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
• 1270 –
  The Eighth Crusade and siege of Tunis end by an agreement between Charles I of Sicily (brother to King Louis IX of France, who had died months earlier) and the sultan of Tunis.
• 1864 –
  Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at “Last Chance Gulch”.
• 1905 –
  Czar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia’s first constitution, creating a legislative assembly.
• 1922 –
  Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.
• 1953 –
  Cold War: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States’ arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.
• 1985 –
  Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.
• 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.
• 1991 –
  The Madrid Conference for Middle East peace talks opens.
• 1995 –
  Quebec sovereignists narrowly lose a referendum for a mandate to negotiate independence from Canada (vote is 50.6% to 49.4%).

Who were born on October 30?

• 1218 –
  Emperor Chukyo of Japan (d. 1234)
• 1751 –
  Richard Sheridan, Irish playwright (d. 1816)
• 1839 –
  Alfred Sisley, Anglo-French artist (d. 1899)
• 1893 –
  Roland Freisler, German Nazi judge (d. 1945)
• 1908 –
  U. Muthuramalingam Thevar, An Indian politician (d. 1963)
• 1917 –
  Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005)
• 1930 –
  Néstor Almendros, Spanish cinematographer (d. 1992)
• 1936 –
  Dick Vermeil, American football coach
• 1946 –
  Chris Slade, Welsh drummer (Asia)
• 1989 –
  Nastia Liukin, Russian/American gymnast

Who died on October 30?

• 1680 –
  Antoinette Bourignon, Flemish mystic (b. 1616)
• 1883 –
  Robert Volkmann, German composer (b. 1815)
• 1899 –
  William Henry Webb, American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1816)
• 1910 –
  Jean Henri Dunant, Swiss founder of the Red Cross, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1828)
• 1912 –
  Alejandro Gorostiaga, Chilean military, participated on Battle of Huamachuco (b. 1840)
• 1917 –
  Talbot Mercer Papineau, Canadian lawyer and soldier (b. 1883)
• 1957 –
  Fred Beebe, baseball player (b. 1880)
• 2002 –
  Juan Antonio Bardem, Spanish director and screenwriter (b. 1922)
• 2005 –
  Al Lopez, American baseball player and manager (b. 1908)
• 2007 –
  Washoe, chimpanzee trained in American Sign Language (b. 1965)