Sunday, October 30, 2016 is a Sunday. It is day 304 of 2016 (83.1% through the year), ISO week 43, in Q4.
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Sunday, October 30, 2016 combines practical calendar facts with a wider view of the day: 2020: A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami and causing 119 deaths.. Use it to check the date, plan across time zones, and scan the observances and historical markers attached to October 30.
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Historical Milestones
A magnitude-7.0 earthquake occurred in the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami and causing 119 deaths.
2020 Aegean Sea earthquake →American comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert hosted the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C.
Jon Stewart →After his terminal-cancer diagnosis, Warren Zevon made his last public appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman, giving the advice to "enjoy every sandwich".
Warren Zevon →Michael Jackson released Invincible, his final studio album and the most expensive album ever produced.
Michael Jackson →The Troubles: Three members of the Ulster Defence Association opened fire in a crowded pub during a Halloween party, killing eight people and wounding nineteen others.
The Troubles →The Madrid Conference, an attempt by the international community to revive the Israeli–Palestinian peace process through negotiations, convened.
Madrid Conference of 1991 →As the military dictatorship came to an end, Argentina's first democratic election in a decade resulted in Raúl Alfonsín being elected president.
National Reorganization Process →A squad of 120 North Korean Army commandos landed in boats along a 25-mile long section of the eastern coast of South Korea in a failed attempt to overthrow the dictatorship of Park Chung Hee and reunify Korea.
Korean People's Army →English model Jean Shrimpton wore a controversially short minidress to Derby Day at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the miniskirt to women's fashion.
Jean Shrimpton →At the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Michael Woodruff performed the first successful kidney transplantation in the United Kingdom.
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh →A luzzu (Maltese fishing boat) overloaded with passengers capsized and sank in the Gozo Channel off Qala, killing 23 of the 27 people on board (monument pictured).
Luzzu →CBS Radio broadcast "The War of the Worlds", a radio drama that newspapers accused of tricking Americans into believing there was an actual Martian invasion.
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Questions & Answers
Sunday, October 30, 2016 falls on a Sunday.
3,605 days ago (9 years, 10 months, 14 days ago). It is day 304 of 2016 with 62 days remaining in the year.
In Roman numerals, Sunday, October 30, 2016 is written as XXX.X.MMXVI (Day.Month.Year format).
The moon phase for this date is New Moon (approx. 0% illuminated). The astrological sun sign is Scorpio.