Born on 30 October 1940

At A Glance

30 October 1940 at a glance

Day of the week

30 October 1940 was a Wednesday.

Top Film of 1940

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1940 was Pinocchio.

Star sign

The star sign for 30 October is Scorpio.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 30 October 1940 fell in the Year of the Dragon.

Birthstone

The birthstone for October is Opal.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 30 October 1940 was New Moon.

On this day: 30 October

• 1938 Orson Welles broadcasts a radio adaptation of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing a massive panic in some of the audience in the United States.
• 1941 President Roosevelt approves $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.
• 1941 Holocaust: Fifteen hundred Jews from Pidhaytsi are sent by Nazis to Bełżec extermination camp.
• 1944 Holocaust: Anne and Margot Frank are deported from Auschwitz to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where they die from disease the following year, shortly before the end of WWII.
• 1947 The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the foundation of the World Trade Organization (WTO), is founded.

Famous people born on 30 October

• Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, director, and producer (born 1945)
• John Adams, American lawyer and politician, 2nd President of the United States (1735–1826)
• Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman (born 1981)
• Diego Maradona, Argentinian footballer, coach, and manager (1960–2020)

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