October 30

Today in History
• 1503 - Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against Indians in the Americas
• 1629 - King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath
• 1739 - Great Britain declares war on Spain: War of Jenkins' Ear
• 1766 - St. Paul's Chapel in New York is consecrated
• 1768 - First Methodist church in North American colonies initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
• 1772 - Captain James Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Cape Town, South Africa
• 1864 - Helena, Montana's capital, founded
• 1868 - John Menard of Louisiana is 1st African American elected to US Congress


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• British Summertime Ends
• Haunted Refrigerator Night
• Mischief Night
• National Candy Corn Day
• National Checklist Day
• National Speak Up For Service Day
• National Treat Your Pet Day
• October Bank Holiday

Birthdays
• 1218 - Emperor Chukyo, 85th emperor of Japan
• 1391 - Edward [Dom Duarte], King of Portugal (1433-38)
• 1451 - Christopher Columbus, Italian explorer and navigator, discovered the "New World"
• 1735 - John Adams, 2nd US President (1797-1801)
• 1829 - Roscoe Conkling, American politician (U.S. Senator from New York 1867-81)
• 1857 - Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French neurologist and namesake of Tourette's syndrome
• 1859 - Karl von Stürgkh, Austrian nobleman and politician (Prime Minister, 1911-16)
• 1873 - Francisco I. Madero, Mexican revolutionary and 33rd President of Mexico (1911-13)