October 30



Events


 * 1745 - Invention of the Leyden jar (the first capacitor) by Dean Ewald Jurgen von Kleist of the Cathedral of Cammin
 * 1938 - Radio Mercury Theater performs The War of the Worlds; panics listeners
 * 1986 - The first fibre-optic cable across the English Channel began service.

Births


 * 1914 –, American composer (d. 1986)
 * 1922 –, American actress and singer
 * 1930 –, American musician (d. 1956)
 * 1934 –, Dutch musician
 * 1939 –, Jr., American singer
 * 1946 –, Welsh drummer (Asia)
 * 1947 –, American musician (Eagles)
 * 1967 –, English musician
 * 1969 –, Japanese composer
 * 1989 –, British singer (The Saturdays)