1974 - Ali vs Foreman "Rumble in the Jungle"
1964 - Roy Orbison's 'Pretty Woman' single reaches gold, selling 500,000 copies
1960 - Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
1922 - Benito Mussolini is made Prime Minister of Italy.
1890 - Oakland, California, enacts a law against opium, morphine, and cocaine.
This Day In Business
1987 - Japanese Company, NEC, releases the TurboGrafx-16, the first 16-bit computer home entertainment system
1938 - Orson Welles' radio performance of "War of the Worlds" causes mass hysteria.
1864 - After four men discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch", Helena, Montana (capital) founded
1945 - Jackie Robinson signs his first Major League Contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers.
October 30th Holiday
Mischief Night - A holiday where teenagers and preteens play pranks and do other mischief in their neighborhoods.
Today's Birthday Trivia
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Today's Birthday Horoscope
Learn about people born on this day by reading the October 30 Birthday Horoscope.
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