Editing October 30 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[637]] &ndash; [[Arab–Byzantine wars]]: [[Antioch]] surrenders to the [[Rashidun Caliphate]] after the [[Battle of the Iron Bridge]].
* [[758]] &ndash; [[Guangzhou]] is sacked by Arab and Persian pirates.
*[[1137]] &ndash; [[Ranulf of Apulia]] defeats [[Roger II of Sicily]] at the [[Battle of Rignano]], securing his position as duke until his death two years later.
*[[1270]] &ndash; The [[Eighth Crusade]] ends by an agreement between [[Charles I of Anjou]] (replacing his deceased brother [[King Louis IX of France]]) and the [[Hafsid dynasty]] of [[Tunis]], Tunisia.
*[[1340]] &ndash; ''[[Reconquista]]'': [[Portugal|Portuguese]] and [[Crown of Castile|Castilian]] forces halt a Muslim invasion at the [[Battle of Río Salado]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1657]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660)|Anglo-Spanish War]]: Spanish forces fail to retake [[Jamaica]] at the [[Battle of Ocho Rios]].
*[[1806]] &ndash; [[War of the Fourth Coalition]]: Convinced that he is facing a much larger force, Prussian General [[Friedrich Gisbert Wilhelm von Romberg|von Romberg]], commanding 5,300 men, [[Capitulation of Stettin|surrenders the city of Stettin]] to 800 French soldiers.
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Simón Bolívar]] becomes President of the [[Third Republic of Venezuela]].
*[[1831]] &ndash; [[Nat Turner]] is arrested for leading the bloodiest [[Nat Turner's slave rebellion|slave rebellion]] in United States history.
*[[1863]] &ndash; Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as [[George I of Greece|George I]], King of the Hellenes.
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Second War of Schleswig]]: The [[Treaty of Vienna (1864)|Treaty of Vienna]] is signed, by which Denmark relinquishes one province each to [[Prussia]] and [[Austria]].
*[[1858]] &ndash; Approximately 20 people die in [[Bradford]], [[England]], UK, after being [[1858 Bradford sweets poisoning|poisoned]] from ingesting [[Candy|sweets]] that had been accidentally [[Adulterant|adulterated]] with [[arsenic trioxide]].{{sfnm|1a1=Sheeran|1y=1992|1pp=16–18|2a1=Emsley|2y=2005|2p=101}}
*[[1888]] &ndash; The [[Rudd Concession]] is granted by [[Matabeleland]] to agents of [[Cecil Rhodes]].

===1901–present===
*[[1905]] &ndash; [[Tsar Nicholas II]] issues the [[October Manifesto]], nominally granting the Russian peoples basic civil liberties and the right to form a [[duma]]. (October 17 in the Julian calendar)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The Ottoman Empire signs the [[Armistice of Mudros]] with the Allies.
*  1918   &ndash; World War I: [[Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen]], a state union of [[Kingdom of Hungary]] and [[Triune Kingdom]] of Croatia, Slavonia and Dalmatia is abolished with decisions of [[Croatian parliament|Croatian]] and [[Hungarian parliament]]s
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Communist Party of Australia]] is founded in Sydney.
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Orson Welles]] broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's ''[[The War of the Worlds (1938 radio drama)|The War of the Worlds]]'', causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|President Roosevelt]] approves $1&nbsp;billion in [[Lend-Lease]] aid to the Allied nations.
*  1941   &ndash; [[Holocaust]]: Fifteen hundred Jews from [[Pidhaytsi]] are sent by Nazis to [[Bełżec extermination camp]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Lt. [[Tony Fasson]] and Able Seaman [[Colin Grazier]] drown while taking code books from the sinking [[German submarine U-559]].
*[[1944]] &ndash; Holocaust: [[Anne Frank|Anne]] and [[Margot Frank]] are deported from [[Auschwitz concentration camp|Auschwitz]] to the [[Bergen-Belsen concentration camp]], where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Jackie Robinson]] of the [[Kansas City Monarchs]] signs a contract for the [[History of the Brooklyn Dodgers|Brooklyn Dodgers]], breaking the baseball color line.
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade]] (GATT), the foundation of the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO), is founded.
*[[1948]] &ndash; A ''[[luzzu]]'' fishing boat overloaded with passengers [[1948 Gozo luzzu disaster|capsizes and sinks]] in the [[Gozo Channel]] off [[Qala, Malta|Qala]], [[Gozo]], [[Crown Colony of Malta|Malta]], killing 23 of the 27 people on board.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Attard |first1=Eddie |title=The 1948 Ħondoq ir-Rummien tragedy |url=https://timesofmalta.com/articles/view/the-1948-ondoq-ir-rummien-tragedy.443026 |access-date=25 January 2020 |work=[[Times of Malta]] |date=28 October 2012}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[President Eisenhower]] approves the top-secret document [[NSC 162/2]] concerning the maintenance of a strong nuclear deterrent force against the Soviet Union.
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]]: The [[Governments of Imre Nagy|government of Imre Nagy]] recognizes newly established revolutionary workers' councils. Army officer [[Béla Király]] leads anti-Soviet [[militia]]s in an attack on the headquarters of the [[Hungarian Working People's Party]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Piedmont Airlines Flight 349]] crashes on approach to [[Charlottesville–Albemarle Airport]] in [[Albemarle County, Virginia]], killing 26 of the 27 on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19591030-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas C-47A-90-DL (DC-3) N55V Bucks Elbow Mountain, VA|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-09-07}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] detonates the [[Tsar Bomba]], the most powerful explosive device ever detonated.
*  1961   &ndash; Due to "violations of [[Vladimir Lenin]]'s precepts", it is decreed that [[Joseph Stalin]]'s body be removed from its place of honour inside [[Lenin's tomb]] and buried near the [[Kremlin Wall]] with a plain granite marker.
*[[1968]] &ndash; A squad of 120 [[Korean People's Army|North Korean Army]] commandos [[Uljin–Samcheok Landings|land in boats]] along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of [[Park Chung Hee]] and bring about the [[Korean reunification|reunification of Korea]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Scenes from an Unfinished War: Low-Intensity Conflict in Korea 1966–1969|author=Daniel P. Bolger|publisher=Leavenworth Papers Vol. 19|year=1991|page=86|isbn=9781780390055}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; The [[Bosphorus Bridge]] in Turkey is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the second time.
*[[1975]] &ndash; Prince [[Juan Carlos I of Spain]] becomes acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. [[Francisco Franco]].
*  1975   &ndash; Forty-five people are killed when [[Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 450]] crashes into [[Suchdol (Prague)|Suchdol]], [[Prague]], while on approach to Prague Ruzyně Airport (now [[Václav Havel Airport Prague]]) in [[Czechoslovakia]] (present-day [[Czech Republic]]).<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 YU-AJO Praha-Ruzyne International Airport (PRG)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19751030-0|access-date=2021-10-30|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1980]] &ndash; [[El Salvador]] and [[Honduras]] agree to put the border dispute fought over in 1969's [[Football War]] before the [[International Court of Justice]].
*[[1983]] &ndash; The first [[1983 Argentine general election|democratic elections in Argentina]], after seven years of military rule, are held.
*  1983   &ndash; A [[1983 Erzurum earthquake|magnitude 6.6 earthquake]] in the Turkish provinces of [[Erzurum Province|Erzurum]] and [[Kars Province|Kars]] leaves approximately 1,340 people dead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-quake-major-idUSTRE79Q2GP20111027|title=Timeline: Major earthquakes in Turkey|date=2011-10-27|work=Reuters|access-date=2022-11-30|language=en}}</ref>
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Challenger|Space Shuttle ''Challenger'']] lifts off for mission [[STS-61-A]], its final successful mission.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|The Israeli-Palestinian conflict]]: The [[Madrid Conference of 1991|Madrid Conference]] commences in an effort to revive [[peace negotiations]] between [[Israel]] and [[Palestinian territories|Palestine]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mideastweb.org/madridconference.htm|title=Invitation to Madrid Conference|website=www.mideastweb.org|access-date=2018-10-30}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Quebec]] citizens narrowly vote (50.58% to 49.42%) in favour of remaining a [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province of Canada]] in their [[1995 Quebec referendum|second referendum]] on national sovereignty.
*[[2005]] &ndash; The rebuilt [[Dresden Frauenkirche]] (destroyed in the [[firebombing of Dresden]] during World War II) is reconsecrated after a thirteen-year rebuilding project.
*[[2013]] &ndash; Forty-five people are killed and seven injured after a [[2013 Mahabubnagar bus accident|bus catches fire]] in [[Mahabubnagar district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]] (present-day [[Telangana]]), India.<ref>{{cite web|website=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra-pradesh/2013/oct/31/45-charred-in-bangalore-hyderabad-bus-fire-532320.html|title=45 charred in Bangalore-Hyderabad bus fire|access-date=19 December 2022|date=31 October 2013}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; Sweden becomes the first [[European Union]] member state to officially [[International recognition of the State of Palestine|recognize]] the [[State of Palestine]].
*  2014   &ndash; Four people are killed when a [[Beechcraft Super King Air]] [[2014 Wichita King Air crash|crashes]] at [[Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport]] in [[Wichita, Kansas]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Beechcraft B200 King Air N52SZ Wichita-Mid-Continent Airport, KS (ICT)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20141030-0|access-date=2021-10-25|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; A [[Colectiv nightclub fire|fire in a nightclub]] in the Romanian capital of [[Bucharest]] kills sixty-four people and leaves more than 147 injured.<ref>{{cite web |title=Romania's deadly nightclub blaze is still an open wound five years on |url=https://www.euronews.com/2020/10/30/colectiv-fire-romania-s-deadly-nightclub-blaze-is-still-an-open-wound-five-years-on |website=euronews |access-date=20 October 2021 |language=en |date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; A [[2020 Aegean Sea earthquake|magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea]] between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings.<ref name=usgs>{{cite web|url=https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000c7y0/executive|title=M 7.0 – 15 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece|access-date=30 October 2020|work=USGS|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030161600/https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000c7y0/executive|archive-date=30 October 2020}}</ref>
*[[2022]] &ndash; A pedestrian suspension bridge [[2022 Morbi bridge collapse|collapses]] in the city of [[Morbi]], [[Gujarat]], leading to the deaths of at least 135 people.<ref>{{cite web|website=Reuters Graphics|url=https://graphics.reuters.com/INDIA-ACCIDENT/BRIDGE/akpeqgjawpr/|title=India bridge collapse: Death toll rises|access-date=3 November 2022|date=2 November 2022}}</ref>