TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS MONDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2017

On this day in history:

1817 - The independent government of Venezuela was established by Simon Bolivar. 1831 - Escaped slave Nat Turner was apprehended in Southampton County, VA, several weeks after leading the bloodiest slave uprising in American history.

1875 - The constitution of Missouri was ratified by popular vote.

1890 - Oodnadatta, in far north South Australia, is surveyed and declared a township, ahead of becoming a significant railway terminus 1893 - The U.S. Senate gave final approval to repeal the Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890.

1894 - The time clock was patented by Daniel M. Cooper of Rochester, NY.

1943 - In Moscow, a declaration was signed by the governments of the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and China called for an early establishment of an international organisation to maintain peace and security. The goal was supported on December 1, 1943, at a meeting in Teheran.

1944 - Martha Graham’s ballet “Appalachian Spring” premiered at the Library of Congress.

1945 - The U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing.

1953 - General George C. Marshall was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1961 - The Soviet Union tested a hydrogen bomb with a force of approximately 58 megatons. 1961 - The Soviet Party Congress unanimously approved an order to remove Joseph Stalin’s body from Lenin’s tomb.

1972 - In Illinois, 45 people were killed when two trains collided on Chicago’s south side.

1982 - Portugal’s constitution was revised for the first time since it was ratified on April 25, 1976.

1984 - In Poland, police found the body of kidnapped pro-Solidarity priest Father Jerry Popieluszko. His death was blamed on four security officers.

2015 - 64 people are killed and more than 147 injuries after a fire in a nightclub in the Romanian capital Bucharest.