October 30
1534 - The English Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church of England.
1912 - Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day.
1938 - A radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners who believed Earth was in the midst of an alien invasion.
1945 - The U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing, effective at midnight.
1953 - Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize for originating the Marshall Plan.
1961 - The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb, the “Tsar Bomba,” with a force estimated at about 50 megatons.
1972 - Forty-five people were killed when an Illinois Central Gulf commuter train was struck from behind by another train on Chicago’s South Side.
1975 - The New York Daily News ran the headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead” a day after President Gerald R. Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of New York City.
1995 - By a razor-thin vote of 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent, Federalists prevailed over separatists in a Quebec secession referendum.
2001 - Ukraine destroyed its last nuclear missile silo, fulfilling a pledge to give up the vast nuclear arsenal it had inherited after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
2005 - The body of Rosa Parks arrived at the U.S. Capitol, where the civil rights icon became the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda; President George W. Bush and congressional leaders paused to lay wreaths by her casket.
2012 - The Walt Disney Co. announced that it would buy Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion, paving the way for a new “Star Wars” trilogy.
Birthdays
25 - Ananya Panday (actress)
27 - Kennedy McMann (actress)
30 - Marcus Mariota (football player)
34 - Nastia Liukin (gymnast)
35 - Janel Parrish (actress)
36 - Ashley Graham (model)
39 - Eva Marcille (model)
42 - Fiona Dourif (actress)
42 - Ivanka Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump)
45 - Matthew Morrison (actor)
47 - Kassidy Osborn (singer)
50 - Adam "Edge" Copeland (professional wrestler)
53 - Billy Brown (actor)
53 - Ben Bailey (comedian)
53 - Nia Long (actress)
55 - Jack Plotnick (actor)
60 - Michael Beach (actor)
66 - Kevin Pollak (actor)
70 - Charles Martin Smith (actor)
72 - Harry Hamlin (actor)
77 - Andrea Mitchell (broadcast journalist)
78 - Henry Winkler (actor)
80 - Joanna Shimkus (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 30
1919 - The professional baseball association ruled that spitballs and shineballs were illegal.
1954 - The first use of a 24-second shot clock in a professional basketball game took place in a contest between the Boston Celtics and Rochester Royals.
1973 - Tom Seaver becomes the first non-20-game winner to win the Cy Young Award.
1974 - Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire to regain the world heavyweight championship in a bout that was dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle."
1988 - The New York Jets beat the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time in franchise history.
1992 - Magic Johnson played his last game in the NBA before retiring for the second and last time.
1997 - Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game. The game was between the Dallas Mavericks and the Vancouver Grizzlies.
2001 - In New York City, U.S. President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch at Game 3 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
2001 - Michael Jordan returned to the NBA with the Washington Wizards after a 3 1/2 year retirement. The Wizards lost 93-91 to the New York Knicks.
2013 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win their third World Series in 10 years.
2016 - The Oakland Raiders set a single-game NFL record with 23 penalties in a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
2019 - The Washington Nationals defeat the Houston Astros in seven games to win their first World Series.
1534 - The English Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church of England.
1912 - Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term of office with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day.
1938 - A radio broadcast of "The War of the Worlds," starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners who believed Earth was in the midst of an alien invasion.
1945 - The U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing, effective at midnight.
1953 - Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize for originating the Marshall Plan.
1961 - The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb, the “Tsar Bomba,” with a force estimated at about 50 megatons.
1972 - Forty-five people were killed when an Illinois Central Gulf commuter train was struck from behind by another train on Chicago’s South Side.
1975 - The New York Daily News ran the headline “Ford to City: Drop Dead” a day after President Gerald R. Ford said he would veto any proposed federal bailout of New York City.
1995 - By a razor-thin vote of 50.6 percent to 49.4 percent, Federalists prevailed over separatists in a Quebec secession referendum.
2001 - Ukraine destroyed its last nuclear missile silo, fulfilling a pledge to give up the vast nuclear arsenal it had inherited after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
2005 - The body of Rosa Parks arrived at the U.S. Capitol, where the civil rights icon became the first woman to lie in honor in the Rotunda; President George W. Bush and congressional leaders paused to lay wreaths by her casket.
2012 - The Walt Disney Co. announced that it would buy Lucasfilm Ltd. for $4.05 billion, paving the way for a new “Star Wars” trilogy.
Birthdays
25 - Ananya Panday (actress)
27 - Kennedy McMann (actress)
30 - Marcus Mariota (football player)
34 - Nastia Liukin (gymnast)
35 - Janel Parrish (actress)
36 - Ashley Graham (model)
39 - Eva Marcille (model)
42 - Fiona Dourif (actress)
42 - Ivanka Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump)
45 - Matthew Morrison (actor)
47 - Kassidy Osborn (singer)
50 - Adam "Edge" Copeland (professional wrestler)
53 - Billy Brown (actor)
53 - Ben Bailey (comedian)
53 - Nia Long (actress)
55 - Jack Plotnick (actor)
60 - Michael Beach (actor)
66 - Kevin Pollak (actor)
70 - Charles Martin Smith (actor)
72 - Harry Hamlin (actor)
77 - Andrea Mitchell (broadcast journalist)
78 - Henry Winkler (actor)
80 - Joanna Shimkus (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 30
1919 - The professional baseball association ruled that spitballs and shineballs were illegal.
1954 - The first use of a 24-second shot clock in a professional basketball game took place in a contest between the Boston Celtics and Rochester Royals.
1973 - Tom Seaver becomes the first non-20-game winner to win the Cy Young Award.
1974 - Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire to regain the world heavyweight championship in a bout that was dubbed "The Rumble in the Jungle."
1988 - The New York Jets beat the Pittsburgh Steelers for the first time in franchise history.
1992 - Magic Johnson played his last game in the NBA before retiring for the second and last time.
1997 - Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game. The game was between the Dallas Mavericks and the Vancouver Grizzlies.
2001 - In New York City, U.S. President George W. Bush threw out the first pitch at Game 3 of the World Series between the New York Yankees and the Arizona Diamondbacks.
2001 - Michael Jordan returned to the NBA with the Washington Wizards after a 3 1/2 year retirement. The Wizards lost 93-91 to the New York Knicks.
2013 - The Boston Red Sox defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win their third World Series in 10 years.
2016 - The Oakland Raiders set a single-game NFL record with 23 penalties in a win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
2019 - The Washington Nationals defeat the Houston Astros in seven games to win their first World Series.
