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Historical events & facts — October 30
What happened on October 30?
On October 30, 1918, the Ottoman Empire signed the Armistice of Mudros with the Allies, ending its participation in World War I. The agreement marked the beginning of the dismantling of the Empire, which would culminate with the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920 and the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, giving rise to the modern Republic of Turkey.
On October 30, 1938, CBS broadcast the radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds", narrated by Orson Welles as a real news bulletin about a Martian invasion. According to legend, the realism of the broadcast caused mass panic across the US, though later studies have questioned the true scale of the panic. It remains a landmark in communication history.
On October 30, 1918, Slovak representatives signed the Martin Declaration, joining the new Czechoslovak Republic proclaimed two days earlier in Prague. The declaration marked the end of Austro-Hungarian rule over Slovakia and the beginning of seventy years of union with the Czechs, which would end peacefully in 1993 with the Velvet Divorce.
Notable birthdays — October 30
Famous people born on October 30
39 BC
Year 39 BC was either a common year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Proleptic Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Censorinus and Sabinus.
Harry R. Truman
Harry R. Truman was an American businessman, bootlegger, and prospector. He lived near Mount St. Helens, a volcano in the Cascade Range in the state of Washington, and was the owner and caretaker of Mount St. Helens Lodge at Spirit Lake near the base of the mountain. After Mount St.
Anna Wing
Anna Wing was a British actress who had a long career in television and theatre, known for playing Beale family matriarch Lou Beale in the BBC soap opera EastEnders.
Don Meineke
Don "Monk" Meineke was an American basketball player. He played college basketball for the University of Dayton and was a consensus second-team All-American in 1952. He later played professionally in the National Basketball Association and won the inaugural Rookie of the Year award in 1953.
Leland H. Hartwell
Leland Harrison "Lee" Hartwell is an American former president and director of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, Washington. He shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Paul Nurse and Tim Hunt, for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division (duplication) of cells.
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