Today in History - History - October 30th

1922Benito Mussolini forms government in Italy

1534English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the Church in England - a role formerly held by the Pope

1961Soviet Party Congress unanimously approves a resolution removing Stalin's body from Lenin's tomb in Red Square

1939German U boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound & Charles Forbes aboard

1940Film premiere of "One Night in the Tropics" first film for Abbott and Costello Paterson New Jersey.

1944Anne Frank is deported from Auschwitz to Belsen

1988Beth Daniel wins Nichirei Ladies Cup US-Japan Team Golf Championship

1945Branch Rickey signs Jackie Robinson to a Montreal Royals

1974California Angel Nolan Ryan throws fastest recorded pitch (100.9 MPH)

1077Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV gives the district of Stavoren to the bishop of Utrecht (Conrad, his former tutor)

1735John Adams, Braintree (Quincy) Massachusetts, 2nd US President (1797-1801)

1885Ezra Loomis Pound, Hailey Idaho, poet (Cantos), (d. 1972)

1960Diego Maradona, Buenos Aires, soccer player (World Cup-hand of god)

1451Christopher Columbus, Genoa Italy on or just before this date. Explorer for Spain of the New World (D. 1506)

2007Robert Goulet, American entertainer (b. 1933)

1915Charles Tupper, sixth Prime Minister of Canada, dies of heart failure at 94

2000Steve Allen, American comedian, author, and composer (b. 1921)

1893John Abbott, 3rd PM of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies of brain cancer at 72