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What happened in history on this day: October 30?
On October 30 in ...
- 1986 - NBC airs the 100th episode of TV show Cheers.
- 1990 - NBC airs the 100th episode of Matlock TV show.
- 2002 - British digital terrestrial television (DTT) service Freeview starts transmitting throughout parts of the United Kingdom.
Births on October 30
- 1887 - Birth of Eduardo Ciannelli in Italy; actor (Waldo - Johnny Staccato).
- 1896 - Birth of Ruth Gordon in Massachusetts, USA; actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold and Maude).
- 1907 - Birth of Renzo Cesana in Rome, Italy; TV host (First Date, Continental).
- 1917 - Birth of Ruth Hussey in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actress (Another Thin Man, Philadelphia Story).
- 1928 - Birth of Ernest Flatt; choreographer (Carol Burnett Show).
- 1928 - Birth of William Campbell in Newark, New Jersey, USA; actor (Jerry - Cannonball, Luke - Dynasty).
- 1931 - Birth of Dick Gautier in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Hymie - Get Smart, Mr Terrific).
- 1932 - Birth of Louis Malle in France; director (Atlantic City, Black Moon, Viva Maria).
- 1934 - Birth of Hamilton Camp in London, England; actor (Andrew - He and She).
- 1937 - Birth of Claude Lelouch; movie director (A Man and A Woman, Cat and Mouse, Bolero).
- 1940 - Birth of Ed Lauter in Long Beach, New York, USA; actor (Sheriff Cain - BJ and the Bear).
- 1943 - Birth of Joanna Shimkus in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; actress (Marriage of a Young Stockbroker).
- 1945 - Birth of Henry Winkler in New York City, USA; actor (Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzerelli - Happy Days, Night Shift).
- 1946 - Birth of Andrea Mitchell in New York City, New York, USA; newscaster (NBC-TV, Summer Sunday USA).
- 1946 - Birth of Lynne Marta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Love American Style).
- 1951 - Birth of Harry Hamlin in Pasadena, California, USA; actor (Michael Kuzak - L.A. Law).
- 1953 - Birth of Kathleen Cody in Bronx, New York, USA; actress (Charley and the Angel).
- 1965 - Birth of Charnele Brown in East Hampton, New York, USA; actress (Kim - A Different World).
Deaths on October 30
- 1968 - Death of Pert Kelton of a heart attack at age 61; actress (vaudeville, Broadway, movies, Cavalcade of Stars TV show, Alice Kramden - The Honeymooners).
- 1972 - Alan Roth, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at age 68.
- 1984 - Mario Gallo, actor (Delvecchio), dies at age 61.
- 1985 - Kirby Grant Hoon Junior, of Butte, Montana, actor (Sky King), dies in an auto accident at age 74.
- 1996 - Death of John Young; British actor (Monty Python's Flying Circus).
- 2000 - Death of Steve Allen at age 78 from ruptured blood vessel in his heart wall; American comedian, composer, talk show host (The Tonight Show), and author (born 1921).
- 2007 - Death of Robert Goulet AKA Stanley Applebaum at age 73; singer (Cross Canada Hit Parade TV show, Grammy award 1962, "My Love Forgive Me" album (1964)).
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