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October 30

Today in History

  1. 1485Henry VII crowned at Westminster Abbey, founding the Tudor dynasty and ending the Wars of the Roses.
  2. 1905Tsar Nicholas II issues the October Manifesto, ending unlimited autocracy in Russia and opening constitutional monarchy with an elected Duma.
  3. 1961The Soviet Union detonates Tsar Bomba over Novaya Zemlya, the largest nuclear weapon ever set off.
  4. 1974Muhammad Ali knocks out George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa, regaining the world heavyweight title.
October 30

Born today

  1. 1735John Adams, second president of the United States.
  2. 1909Homi Jehangir Bhabha, father of India's nuclear programme.
  3. 1960Diego Maradona, Argentine football legend.
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Diego Maradona

Born 30 October 1960

Born on this day in 1960, Diego Maradona was an Argentine football legend.

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Sunrays shining through trees and weak fog near Walchwil, Switzerland — photographed on 30 October 2016.

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  • …that the hospital fungus Candida auris can copy its entire genome — carrying two to four complete sets of DNA — to defeat last-resort antifungal drugs?
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