Daily Calendar for Monday, October 30, 2023

Born

  • John Adams (2nd U.S. president)
  • Gertrude Atherton (author)
  • Ezra Pound (poet)
  • Charles Atlas (bodybuilder)
  • Ruth Gordon (actress)
  • Grace Slick (singer)
  • Joanna Shimkus (actress)
  • Henry Winkler (actor, director)
  • Andrea Mitchell (newscaster)

Died

  • Henri Dunant (founder of the Red Cross)
  • Steve Allen (comedian)
  • Robert Goulet (singer & actor)
  • Al Molinaro (actor)
  • Bernard Slade (television writer and playwright)

Events

  • Patent granted to Daniel Cooper for “workman’s time recorder”
  • The broadcast of Orson Welles’ radio drama, War of the Worlds, caused a national panic
  • Toronto’s first street vacuum debuted
  • The 24-second shot clock made its NBA debut
  • First Lamborghini car debuted
  • The film The Lion in Winter debuted, starring Katharine Hepburn and Peter O’Toole
  • Elton John appeared in a Royal Command Performance for the Queen of England
  • Mohammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in 8 rounds for the World Heavyweight Boxing championship title
  • Spectacular Northern Lights display was seen as far south as Florida
  • The Boston Red Sox won the World Series vs the St. Louis Cardinals. It marked the first time since 1918 that the Red Sox won a World Series on home turf at Fenway Park.
  • The Washington Nationals won the World Series (against the Houston Astros) for the first time in the club’s history

Weather

  • Buffalo Barracks, New York, received 30 inches of snow in a three-day storm
  • The Perfect Storm reached maximum intensity

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