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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 30th October 2022   
   30 Oct 22 03:08:55   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1503 - Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against Indians in the Americas   
      
   1944 - Aaron Copland's ballet score "Appalachian Spring" premieres in   
   Washington, D.C. with Martha Graham dancing lead role   
      
   1947 - Darius Milhaud's 3rd Symphony "Hymnus Ambrosianus," premieres in Paris   
      
   1967 - Dolly Parton releases her debut single with Porter Wagoner "The Last   
   Thing On My Mind"   
      
   2011 - "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" based on the book by   
   Stephenie Meyer, directed by Bill Condon, starring Kristen Stewart and Robert   
   Pattinson, premieres at the Rome Film Festival   
      
   2021 - World Leader agree historic corporate tax agreement of at least 15% at   
   G20 summit in Rome   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1739 - Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader, statesman and favorite of   
   Catherine the Great, born in Chizhovo near Smolensk (d. 1791)   
      
   1840 - William Graham Sumner, American sociologist (Folkways), born in   
   Paterson, New Jersey (d. 1910)   
      
   1904 - Alfred Gradstein, Polish composer, born in CzÄ™stochowa, Poland (d.   
   1954)   
      
   1961 - Hans Segers, Dutch soccer goalkeeper and coach (Wimbledon), born in   
   Eindhoven, Netherlands   
      
   1970 - James Pedro, American lightweight judoka (Olympic bronze 1992, 96),   
   born in Danvers, Massachusetts   
      
   1979 - Yukie Nakama, Japanese actress, born in Urasoe, Okinawa, Japan   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1932 - Paul S Methuen, English baron/fieldmarshal/gov of Natal, dies at 87   
      
   1969 - George "Pops" Foster, American jazz double bassist, tuba player, and   
   trumpeter (Louis Armstrong; Sidney Bechet; Earl Hines), dies at 77   
      
   1979 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini,   
   dies at 89   
      
   1991 - Johan Mekkink, painter, dies   
      
   2007 - John Woodruff, American athlete (Olympic gold 1936), dies at 92   
      
   2017 - M V Sridhar, Indian cricketer (scored 366 for Hyderabad v Andhra   
   Pradesh 1994), dies of a heart attack at 51   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/october/30   
      
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