Today in History

October 30

1918 - Czechoslovakia is proclaimed an independent republic.

1928 - Experimental transmission of still photographs by television begins in Britain.

1961 - The Soviet Union tests a hydrogen bomb with a force estimated at 58 megatons.

1963 - Algeria and Morocco sign a peace agreement in a border dispute. 1973 - The Bosphorus Bridge opens in Istanbul, Turkey.

1983 - A powerful earthquake hits eastern Turkey killing more than 1,300 people in Erzurum and Kars provinces.

2010 - A suicide bomber targets an Iraqi cafe near Baghdad, killing at least 30 people.

2012 - Bahrain bans all rallies and public gatherings.