October 30 - Shopping, Anyone?

Shopping, Anyone?

This Day In History

1470

Henry VI of England returns to the English throne after Earl of Warwick defeats the Yorkists in battle.

1864

Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch".
1900
First ever US auto show opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1925

John Logie Baird creates Britain's first television transmitter.

1938

Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.

1945

Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier.

1960

Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant in the United Kingdom at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.

1985

Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.

Famous Birthdays

1735

John Adams, second President of the United States (d. 1826)

1821

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian writer (d. 1881)

1882

William Halsey, Jr, American admiral (d. 1959)

1885

Ezra Pound, American poet (d. 1972)

1893

Charles Atlas, Italian-born bodybuilder (d. 1972)

1936

Dick Vermeil, American football coach

1945

Henry Winkler, American actor

1947

Timothy B. Schmit, American musician (Eagles)

1957

Kevin Pollak, American actor

1970

Ben Bailey, American game show host