Notable Birthdays on October 30
John Adams (1735-1826) - Second President of the U.S.
Buck Freeman (1871-1949) - Professional baseball player.
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William Halsey Jr. (1882-1959) - Admiral during WWII who is known for his slogan "Hit hard, hit fast, hit often."
Ezra Pound (1885-1972) - Poet who wrote an 800-page poem entitled The Cantos.
Zoë Akins (1886-1958) - Author and playwright of Papa, The Magical City and The Greeks Had a Word for It.
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Dickinson W. Richards (1895-1973) - Physician and co-developer of the cardiac catheterization.
Rex Cherryman (1896-1928) - Silent film actor who starred in For Thirty Days.
Harry R. Truman (1896-1980) - Folk hero who refused to leave his home (Mount St. Helen) during the 1980 volcanic eruption.
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Bill Terry (1898-1989) - Listed as one of the top 100 baseball players of all time.
Sol Tax (1907-1995) - Anthropologist best known for creating action anthropology and founding the journal Current Anthropology.
Patsy Montana (1908-1996) - Country-western singer who is known for her song I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart.
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Fred W. Friendly (1915-1998) - Journalist and producer who was co-creator of the documentary See It Now.
Jane Randolph (1915-2009) - Actress who played Alice Moore in the horror film Cat People (1942).
Leon Day (1916-1995) - Black baseball player in the Negro League who is considered one of the most versatile athletes in baseball.
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Gloria Oden (1923-2011) - Poet who wrote Resurrections. Homestead.
John P. Craven (1924-2015) - Engineer who helped recover objects lost at sea, including ships.
Daniel Nathans (1928-1999) - Microbiologist who won the Nobel Prize for his discovery of restriction enzymes.
Robert Caro (1935-Still Living) - Author whose work includes The Years of Lyndon Johnson.
Leland H. Hartwell (1939-Still Living) - Biologist who studied DNA, RNA and protein synthesis.
Grace Slick (1939-Still Living) - Lead singer of Jefferson Airplane.
Otis Williams (1941-Still Living) - Last surviving member of The Temptations.
Henry Winkler (1945-Still Living) - Actor best known as Fonzie in Happy Days.
Andrea Mitchell (1946-Still Living) - Chief correspondent for NBC foreign affairs and Washington, D.C.
Tim Kirk (1947-Still Living) - Co-designer for Tokyo DisneySea.
Timothy B. Schmit (1947-Still Living) - Bassist for the band the Eagles.
Tony Bettenhausen Jr. (1951-2000) - Owners of the professional racing team Champ Car.
Poncho Sanchez (1951-Still Living) - Grammy Award winner and conga player.
T. Graham Brown (1954-Still Living) - Country singer of Hell and High Water and Darlene.
Jeannie Kendall (1954-Still Living) - Part of the country duo The Kendalls.
Kevin Pollak (1957-Still Living) - Actor known as Jacob Goldman in the Grumpy Old Men and Grumpier Old Men.
Larry Wilmore (1961-Still Living) - Creator of The Bernie Mac Show.
Rebecca Heineman (1963-Still Living) - Video game designer and co-founder of Logicware.
Kristina Wagner (1963-Still Living) - Soap opera actress known as Felicia Jones on General Hospital.
Howard Lederer (1964-Still Living) - World poker champion.
Ben Bailey (1970-Still Living) - Game show host of the American version of Cab Cash.
Tory Belleci (1970-Still Living) - Visual effects designer worked on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.
Matthew Morrison (1978-Still Living) - Actor best known for his role best as Will Schuester in Glee.
Joshua Jay (1981-Still Living) - Magician who holds the Guinness World Record for card tricks.
Ivanka Trump (1981-Still Living) - Businesswoman and daughter of Donald Trump.
Ashley Graham (1987-Still Living) - Author, model and activist for body positivity.
Memorable Events on October 30
1766 - St. Paul's Chapel in New York is declared sacred.
1768 - Wesley Chapel in NY City becomes the first Methodist church in North America.
1831 - Nat Turner is arrested for leading a four day rebellion protesting slavery.
1864 - Helena becomes the capital of Montana.
1866 - Jesse James' and his gang rob $2,000 from a bank in Lexington, MO.
1868 - John Menard becomes the first Black to be elected to Congress.
1873 - P. T. Barnum's Greatest Show on Earth (circus) debuts in NY City.
1888 - John Loud receives his patent for the ballpoint pen.
1894 - Daniel Cooper receives his patent for the time clock.
1919 - The spitball is abolished by baseball league presidents.
1938 - Orson Welles broadcasts The War of the Worlds on the radio causing a massive panic.
1945 - Jackie Robinson signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers as the first black person to cross lines in baseball segregation.
1945 - The U.S. Government announces end of shoe rationing imposed in 1943.
1953 - President Eisenhower approves a top-secret document for strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
1954 - The first 24-sec shot clock is used in in pro basketball.
1954 - The U.S. announces the elimination of all racially segregated regiments in the military.
1959 - Piedmont Airlines crashes on approach in Virginia, killing 26 of the 27 people on board.
1972 - 45 people die in a rail accident in Chicago.
1974 - Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman using his famous "rope-a-dope" tactic.
1974 - The Texas Chain Saw Massacre premiers in LA.
1979 - Birmingham, AL elects Richard Arrington, Jr. as the first African American mayor in the city.
2002 - Jam Master Jay (Run DMC) is shot and killed in his recording studio.
2003 - WICKED the musical opens at the Gershwin Theatre in NY City.
2012 - Walt Disney purchases the rights for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises for $4.05 billion.
2017 - A Federal judge blocks President Trump's ban on transgender people in the military.
2018 - The Pentagon sends 5,200 troops to Mexican border.
