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Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing Service) was an influential early time-sharing operating system.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multics

The "War of the Worlds" was broadcast on the 30 October 1938
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t21851574/war-of-the-worlds/



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U-559 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Nazi German Kriegsmarine for service during World War II. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-559

Kosmos 186 and Kosmos 188 made the first fully automated space docking on October 30, 1967.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos_186

Venera 13 was launched on the 30th October 1981
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45871169/venera-13/

Progress M-13M/45P launch, 30th October, 2011
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45798859/progress-m-13m45p/

STS-61-A (also known as D-1) was the 22nd Space Shuttle mission. (1985)
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t39072169/sts-61-a/



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People

Ronald John Garan, Jr. (born October 30, 1961) is a NASA astronaut
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_J._Garan,_Jr.

Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson (born October 30, 1946) is a retired NASA astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Gibson

Robert Channing Seamans, Jr. (October 30, 1918 - June 28, 2008) was a NASA Deputy Administrator and MIT professor.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._Seamans,_Jr.

William Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946 - August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45871231/william-paul-thurston/

Louis Winslow Austin (October 30, 1867 - June 27, 1932) was an American physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Winslow_Austin

Homi Jehangir Bhabha (30 October 1909 - 24 January 1966) was an Indian nuclear physicist
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homi_J._Bhabha



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The Tsar Bomba hydrogen bomb was tested on October 30, 1961
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45871281/tsar-bomba/

The originally planned components of the Three Gorges Dam project were completed on October 30, 2008
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t7046085/three-gorges-dam/

The Struve Telescope is the McDonald Observatory's original telescope was dedicated in 1939
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Struve_Telescope



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NGC Discovered

NGC 15 is a magnitude +13.9 spiral galaxy discovered by Albert Marth on the 30th October 1864. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55400010/ngc-15/

NGC 30 is a magnitude +14.8 and +15.0 double star discovered by Albert Marth on the 30th October 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55399656/ngc-30/

NGC 41 is a magnitude +13.7 spiral galaxy discovered by Albert Marth on the 30th October 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58889287/ngc-41/

NGC 42 is a magnitude +13.8 elliptical galaxy discovered by Albert Marth on the 30th October 1864.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58889281/ngc-42/

NGC 973 is a magnitude +12.8 spiral galaxy discovered by Lewis Swift on the 30th October 1885. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55400077/ngc-973/

NGC 6190 is a magnitude +12.6 spiral galaxy discovered by Lewis Swift on the 30th October 1883. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58889279/ngc-6190/

NGC 7312 is a magnitude +13.4 barred spiral galaxy discovered by Albert Marth on the 30th October 1863.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55400161/ngc-7312/

NGC 7507 is a magnitude +10.4 elliptical galaxy discovered by William Herschel on the 30th October 1783. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t55400241/ngc-7507/

NGC 7789 is a magnitude +6.7 open star cluster discovered by Caroline Herschel on the 30th October 1783.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58889277/ngc-7789/



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Asteroid 69230 Hermes passed Earth on the 30th October 1937
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45871265/asteroid-69230-hermes/



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Meteorites

The Grayton (H5) meteorite was discovered in Florida, USA on the 30th October 1983.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t58889302/grayton-beach-meteorite/

The Los Angeles Meteorite was discovered in California on the 30th October 1999.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t31926517/los-angeles-meteorite/

The Valdavur (H6) meteorite fell in Pondicherry, India, on the 30th October, 1944.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45871388/valdavur-meteorite/

The Adzhi-Bogdo (LL3-6, stone) meteorite fell in Govi-Altay, Mongolia, on the 30th October, 1949.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45871380/adzhi-bogdo-meteorite/

The Devri-Khera (L6) meteorite fell in Madhya Pradesh, India, on the 30th October, 1994.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t45871367/devri-khera-meteorite/

The Lohawat (Howardite) meteorite fell in Rajasthan, India, on the 30th October, 1994. Ahttp://astronomy.activeboard.com/t3339182/kakat-meteorites/

The Addison (chondrite?) meteorite fell in Alabama, USA, on the 30th October, 2012.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t51384553/tennessee-meteor/



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