NATIONAL CANDY CORN DAY
On October 30th, the country celebrates its favorite vegetable with National Candy Corn Day. Read more...
NATIONAL WICKED DAY
National WICKED Day on October 30 honors one of Broadway's longest running musicals known as WICKED. Millions of theatre fans from around the world are celebrating today as the day the musical WICKED premiered on Broadway. Read more...
SPEAK UP FOR SERVICE DAY
Speak Up For Service Day on October 30th recognizes the importance of young people to be actively involved in community service. Too often, the good deeds of young people go unnoticed by their communities. Speak Up For Service Day gives recognition to the overlooked. It serves as a reminder to tell others about the contributions of young people to their communities. Read more...
NATIONAL PUBLICIST DAY
National Publicist Day recognizes publicists around the country on October 30th and the PR they provide each day. Read more...
On Deck for October 31, 2024
National Days
HALLOWEEN
NATIONAL DOORBELL DAY
NATIONAL CARAMEL APPLE DAY
NATIONAL MAGIC DAY
NATIONAL KNOCK KNOCK JOKE DAY
GIRL SCOUT FOUNDER'S DAY
October 30th Celebrated History
1894
Decades before the advent of the 40-hour workweek had us punching time clocks, Daniel M. Cooper receives the first U.S. patent for a "time recorder." Patent No. 528223 described an apparatus that printed a timestamp onto a card. The invention made calculating wages easier.
1888
John J. Loud receives patent no. 392046 for a ballpoint pen. Though it is the first such device patented in the United States, its purpose was limited to coarse surfaces and never saw any great success.
1938
Orson Welles broadcasts a radio dramatization of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Listeners believed the broadcast to be a real news event and thought aliens were attacking the Earth, causing panic across the country.
2010
With the songs "Speak Now" and "Back to December," Taylor Swift becomes the first artist to debut two singles in the Top 10 in successive weeks.
October 30th Celebrated Birthdays
Andrew Jackson Downing - 1815
The horticulturist is considered to be the father of landscape gardening. During his career, he wrote several books on horticulture and was an editor for the Horticulturist.
Irma S. Rombauer - 1877
In 1931, Bobbs-Merrill Company and Charles Scribner's Son's published Rombauer's cookbook, The Joy of Cooking. It is one of the world's most popular cookbooks.
Marie Van Brittan Brown - 1922
In 1969, Marie Brown and her husband Albert Brown received a patent for their home security system.
Henry Winkler - 1945
The American actor and producer rose to fame playing the role of Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American sitcom Happy Days. He also played Coach Klein in The Waterboy starring Adam Sandler, Barry Zucker in Arrested Development, and Fritz in Monsters at Work.
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