Daily Almanac: October 30, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 8:13 a.m.
SET: 6:49 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 46 °F
LOW: 37 °F

Today is…:
• Buy a Doughnut Day
• Mischief Night
• Checklist Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 2014 Sweden Recognizes Palestine. By doing so, it became the first EU country in Western Europe to recognize the State of Palestine. Yasser Arafat declared an independent Palestine on November 15, 1988. The UN General Assembly recognized it a month later.

• 1961 Biggest Bomb in History is Detonated. The Soviet Union detonated Tsar Bomba or Big Ivan over the Mityushikha Bay test range on the Novaya Zemlya Island in the Arctic Circle. The 57 Megatons nuclear bomb was one-of-a-kind and the flash of light when it exploded at a height of 13,000 feet was visible over 1000 kilometers away.

• 1905 Russian Tsar Issues the October Manifesto. The manifesto, which was issued by Nicholas II, was a response to the Russian Revolution of 1905 in which there were widespread strikes and protests directed towards the government. The key features of the manifesto included the creation of an elected legislative body called Duma and universal suffrage for men. It also paved the way for a new constitution in 1906.

Births On This Day:

• 1882 William Halsey, Jr.

American Admiral

• 1735 John Adams

American politician, 2nd President of the United States

Deaths On This Day:

• 2006 Clifford Geertz

American anthropologist
• 1987 Joseph Campbell

American author