Today is
Friday, Oct. 30, the 303rd day of 2015. There are 62 days left in the
year.
In
1735, the second president of the United States, John Adams, was born
in Braintree, Massachusetts.
In 1905,
Aspirin,developed by the German company Bayer,went on sale in Britain
for the first time
In 1910,
The founder of the International Red Cross,Henri Dunant,died
In
1974, Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of
a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire (zah-EER'), known as the "Rumble
in the Jungle," to regain his world heavyweight title.
In 1984
in Liverpool, the surviving members of the 'Beatles' Pop group were
given the freedom of the City, George Harrison refusing to attend
In 1987,
a cloud of poisonous gas passed over south west Britain,caused by a
fire in Nantes,western France
In 1988,
6,516 couples were married at a mass ceremony in Seoul,Korea
In 1991,
The Queen opened the 'Queen Elizabeth II'bridge over the
Thames,linking Thurrock and Dartford
In
2000, comedian, television host, author and composer Steve
Allen died in Encino, California, at age 78.
In
2007, Patricia Olubunmi Foluke Etteh resigned as the Speaker of the
Nigerian House of Representatives (June-Oct, 2007) after weeks of
calling for her resignation for alleged corruption.
Today's
Birthdays:
1935 Michael
Winner, Film director,'Death Wish', etc
1986
Nigeria's superstar Iceprince Zamani
Thought
for Today: "There are things that are known and things
that are unknown; in between are doors." — William Blake,
English poet (1757-1827).
