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'''[[October 30]]''': '''[[Double Ninth Festival]]''' in the [[Chinese calendar]] ([[2006]])<!--; '''[[Devil's Night]]''' in [[Metro Detroit|Detroit]], [[United States|USA]]--> |
'''[[October 30]]''': '''[[Double Ninth Festival]]''' in the [[Chinese calendar]] ([[2006]])<!--; '''[[Devil's Night]]''' in [[Metro Detroit|Detroit]], [[United States|USA]]--> |
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{{*mp}} [[1470]] - '''[[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Richard Neville]]''', the [[Earl of Warwick]], restored [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] as the [[List of monarchs of England|King of England]] during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. |
{{*mp}} [[1470]] - '''[[Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick|Richard Neville]]''', the [[Earl of Warwick]], restored [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]] as the [[List of monarchs of England|King of England]] during the [[Wars of the Roses]]. |
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Revision as of 01:01, 31 October 2006
October 30: Double Ninth Festival in the Chinese calendar (2006)
- 1470 - Richard Neville, the Earl of Warwick, restored Henry VI as the King of England during the Wars of the Roses.
- 1831 - African American slave Nat Turner was captured after leading a brutally suppressed slave rebellion.
- 1905 - Russian Revolution: Tsar Nicholas II (pictured) reluctantly signed the "October Manifesto", establishing the State Duma as the elected legislature in Imperial Russia.
- 1938 - The radio drama The War of the Worlds frightened many listeners in the United States into believing that an actual Martian invasion was in progress.
- 1961 - The Soviet hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba was detonated over Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Sea as a test; with a yield of around 50 megatons, it was the largest nuclear weapon ever detonated.
Recent days: October 29 – October 28 – October 27
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