TodayOn this dayOctober 30
On this day
Good news on October 30.
Positive things that happened on October 30, with 2 verified milestones. Each milestone links to the source it was checked against.
Verified milestones
Scientific firsts, civil-rights wins, conservation, medicine, kindness, and other good news. Checked against the linked source.
1735
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Braintree, Massachusetts. He later signed the Declaration of Independence and served as the first vice president and the second president of the United States.
For a read-aloud. John Adams was born, and he later became the second president of the United States.
1815
Jose Manuel Gallegos was born on October 30, 1815, in Abiquiu, in what was then Spanish colonial New Mexico. His people were Hispanos, descendants of early Spanish settlers.
For a read-aloud. Jose Manuel Gallegos was born in a Hispano community in New Mexico.
For the classroom
Two questions a teacher can use as a warm-up. This page is for an adult to read with a class.
- What is one job a young person could grow into that helps a whole country?
- Whose family story from your community should be remembered?
From the archive
Stories published on October 30 will show up here. The archive is still young.
No archive story for this date yet.
When a story is published on October 30, it will be listed here with the milestones above.