October 30
1534 - The English Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church.
1735 - John Adams, the second president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts.
1912 - Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day. (Sherman was replaced with Nicholas Murray Butler, but Taft, the Republican candidate, ended up losing in an Electoral College landslide to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.)
1938 - The radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners who that its portrayal of a Martian invasion of Earth was true.
1953 - George C. Marshall, who, as secretary of state following World War II, engineered a massive economic aid program for Europe, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1961 - The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb.
1961 - The Soviet Party Congress unanimously approved a resolution ordering the removal of Josef Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb.
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.
1997 - A jury in Cambridge, Massachusetts, convicted British au pair Louise Woodward of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. The judge later reduced the verdict to manslaughter and set Woodward free.
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 former Soviet Union.
2005 - Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
2010 - President Barack Obama implored voters to resist a Republican tide, warning that if the GOP prevailed in midterm elections, all the progress of his first two years in office could be “rolled back.”
2019 - New York City lawmakers passed a bill banning restaurants and grocery stores from selling foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose; animal welfare activists said the methods used to produce it were cruel.
Birthdays
22 - Tallia Storm (singer)
24 - Kennedy McMann (actor)
27 - Marcus Mariota (football player)
28 - Tequan Richmond (actor)
31 - Nastia Liukin (gymnast)
31 - Vanessa White (singer)
32 - Becca Tilley (reality star)
32 - Janel Parrish (actress)
33 - Ashley Graham (model)
36 - Eva Marcille (model)
37 - Tasso Feldman (actor)
39 - Shaun Sipos (actor)
39 - Fiona Dourif (actress)
39 - Ivanka Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump/political adviser)
42 - Matthew Morrison (actor)
42 - Gael Garcia Bernal (actor)
44 - Kassidy Osborn (country singer)
47 - Adam "Edge" Copeland (professional wrestler)
50 - Nia Long (actress)
50 - Billy Brown (actor)
50 - Ben Bailey (comedian)
52 - Jack Plotnick (actor)
57 - Michael Beach (actor)
63 - Kevin Pollak (actor)
66 - T. Graham Brown (country singer)
67 - Charles Martin Smith (actor)
69 - Harry Hamlin (actor)
71 - Leon Rippy (actor)
74 - Andrea Mitchell (broadcast journalist)
75 - Henry Winkler (actor)
77 - Joanna Shimkus (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 30
1897 - Nebraska defeated Missouri 41-0.
1909 - Nebraska defeated Doane 12-0.
1915 - Nebraska defeated Cockeye State 21-0.
1919 - Major League Baseball banned spitballs and shineballs.
1926 - Nebraska defeated Cockeye State 31-6.
1937 - #11 Nebraska defeated Indiana 7-0.
1943 - Missouri defeated Nebraska 54-20.
1948 - UCLA defeated Nebraska 27-15.
1954 - Nebraska defeated Missouri 25-19.
1954 - The 24-second shot clock was used for the first time in the NBA, in a game between Rochester and Boston.
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeated Missouri 16-14.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeated #9 Colorado 31-7.
1974 - Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (the "Rumble in the Jungle") to regain his world heavyweight title.
1976 - #9 Nebraska defeated Kansas 31-3.
1982 - #6 Nebraska defeated Kansas 52-0.
1988 - The New York Jets defeated 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.
1993 - #6 Nebraska defeated #20 Colorado 21-17.
1997 - Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game. The game was between the Dallas Mavericks and the Vancouver Grizzlies.
1999 - #8 Nebraska defeated Kansas 24-17.
2001 - In New York City, 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 as a player with the Washington Wizards after a 3 1/2 year retirement. (Jordan and the Wizards lost to the New York Knicks 93-91 in his return game.)
2003 - Lebron James made his NBA debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2004 - Nebraska defeated Missouri 24-3.
2010 - #14 Nebraska defeated #7 Missouri 31-17.
2013 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win the World Series.
2019 - The Washington Nationals defeated 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 English church.
1735 - John Adams, the second president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts.
1912 - Vice President James S. Sherman, running for a second term with President William Howard Taft, died six days before Election Day. (Sherman was replaced with Nicholas Murray Butler, but Taft, the Republican candidate, ended up losing in an Electoral College landslide to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.)
1938 - The radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners who that its portrayal of a Martian invasion of Earth was true.
1953 - George C. Marshall, who, as secretary of state following World War II, engineered a massive economic aid program for Europe, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1961 - The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb.
1961 - The Soviet Party Congress unanimously approved a resolution ordering the removal of Josef Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb.
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.
1997 - A jury in Cambridge, Massachusetts, convicted British au pair Louise Woodward of second-degree murder in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen. The judge later reduced the verdict to manslaughter and set Woodward free.
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 former Soviet Union.
2005 - Civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks became the first woman to lie in honor in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda.
2010 - President Barack Obama implored voters to resist a Republican tide, warning that if the GOP prevailed in midterm elections, all the progress of his first two years in office could be “rolled back.”
2019 - New York City lawmakers passed a bill banning restaurants and grocery stores from selling foie gras, the fattened liver of a duck or goose; animal welfare activists said the methods used to produce it were cruel.
Birthdays
22 - Tallia Storm (singer)
24 - Kennedy McMann (actor)
27 - Marcus Mariota (football player)
28 - Tequan Richmond (actor)
31 - Nastia Liukin (gymnast)
31 - Vanessa White (singer)
32 - Becca Tilley (reality star)
32 - Janel Parrish (actress)
33 - Ashley Graham (model)
36 - Eva Marcille (model)
37 - Tasso Feldman (actor)
39 - Shaun Sipos (actor)
39 - Fiona Dourif (actress)
39 - Ivanka Trump (daughter of President Donald Trump/political adviser)
42 - Matthew Morrison (actor)
42 - Gael Garcia Bernal (actor)
44 - Kassidy Osborn (country singer)
47 - Adam "Edge" Copeland (professional wrestler)
50 - Nia Long (actress)
50 - Billy Brown (actor)
50 - Ben Bailey (comedian)
52 - Jack Plotnick (actor)
57 - Michael Beach (actor)
63 - Kevin Pollak (actor)
66 - T. Graham Brown (country singer)
67 - Charles Martin Smith (actor)
69 - Harry Hamlin (actor)
71 - Leon Rippy (actor)
74 - Andrea Mitchell (broadcast journalist)
75 - Henry Winkler (actor)
77 - Joanna Shimkus (actress)
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Today in Sports History - October 30
1897 - Nebraska defeated Missouri 41-0.
1909 - Nebraska defeated Doane 12-0.
1915 - Nebraska defeated Cockeye State 21-0.
1919 - Major League Baseball banned spitballs and shineballs.
1926 - Nebraska defeated Cockeye State 31-6.
1937 - #11 Nebraska defeated Indiana 7-0.
1943 - Missouri defeated Nebraska 54-20.
1948 - UCLA defeated Nebraska 27-15.
1954 - Nebraska defeated Missouri 25-19.
1954 - The 24-second shot clock was used for the first time in the NBA, in a game between Rochester and Boston.
1965 - #3 Nebraska defeated Missouri 16-14.
1971 - #1 Nebraska defeated #9 Colorado 31-7.
1974 - Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (the "Rumble in the Jungle") to regain his world heavyweight title.
1976 - #9 Nebraska defeated Kansas 31-3.
1982 - #6 Nebraska defeated Kansas 52-0.
1988 - The New York Jets defeated 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.
1993 - #6 Nebraska defeated #20 Colorado 21-17.
1997 - Violet Palmer became the first woman to officiate an NBA game. The game was between the Dallas Mavericks and the Vancouver Grizzlies.
1999 - #8 Nebraska defeated Kansas 24-17.
2001 - In New York City, 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 as a player with the Washington Wizards after a 3 1/2 year retirement. (Jordan and the Wizards lost to the New York Knicks 93-91 in his return game.)
2003 - Lebron James made his NBA debut with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
2004 - Nebraska defeated Missouri 24-3.
2010 - #14 Nebraska defeated #7 Missouri 31-17.
2013 - The Boston Red Sox defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in six games to win the World Series.
2019 - The Washington Nationals defeated the Houston Astros in seven games to win their first World Series.