What happened on 30 October?

8 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1918 Ottoman armistice (Mudros) Ottoman Empire signs armistice with the Allies.
2. 1735 Born: John Adams Founding Father, principal author of the Massachusetts Constitution, diplomat who helped negotiate the Treaty of Paris (1783), and second President of the United States (1797-1801)
3. 1995 Quebec referendum of 1995 Sovereignty fails by 54,288 votes — 50.58 to 49.42 — the night Canada nearly ended; no referendum has been risked since.
4. 1944 Copland's Appalachian Spring Aaron Copland's ballet score - definitive sound of mid-century American classical music.
5. 1974 The Rumble in the Jungle Muhammad Ali reclaims the heavyweight title from George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire, one of the most famous bouts in sport.
6. 1960 Born: Diego Maradona Argentine footballer whose 1986 World Cup defined a generation.
7. 1938 War of the Worlds radio broadcast Orson Welles's realistic radio drama of a Martian invasion reportedly sparks panic, a parable of media power.
8. 1928 Lala Lajpat Rai beaten at the Simon Commission protest Leading a silent protest against an all-British constitutional commission, Rai is baton-charged at Lahore and dies weeks later.