Saturday, October 30, 2010

October 30

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1501 Ballet of Chestnuts – a banquet held by Cesare Borgia in the Papal Palace where fifty prostitutes or courtesans are in attendance for the entertainment of the guests. Glenn Miller & His Orchestra with Marion Hutton The Chestnut Tree The Great Glenn Miller
2. 1864 Helena, Montana is founded after four prospectors discover gold at "Last Chance Gulch". Unwed Sailor Golden Cities The Faithful Anchor
3. 1894 Domenico Melegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially. On!Air!Library Bread On!Air!Library
4. 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. Prefuse 73 Radio Attack (Pt2-Re-Edit) Urban Renewal Program
5. 1945 Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier. Os Mutantes Tecnicolor Tecnicolor
6. 1961 Because of "violations of Lenin's precepts", it is decreed that Joseph Stalin's body be removed from its place of honour inside Lenin's tomb and buried near the Kremlin wall with a plain granite marker instead. The Animals Bury My Body Best of the Animals
7. N/A Mischief Night (United States) Devil's Night (Michigan) The Traveling Wilburys The Devil's Busy Traveling Wilburys Complete Collection

(Historical facts about October 30 are from Wikipedia.)

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