What Happened in Oct 1930

1930 World Series

In the 1930 World Series, the Philadelphia Athletics defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in six games, 4–2. Philadelphia's pitching ace Lefty Grove... Read more

Passfield White Paper issued

The Passfield White Paper, issued by the colonel secretary Lord Passfield (Sidney Webb), was a formal statement of British policy in Palestine made... Read more

The British Airship R101 Crashes and Kills 48 in the Ensuing Fire

R101 was a British rigid airship completed in 1929 as part of the Imperial Airship Scheme. After initial flights, and two enlargements to the... Read more

'As I Lay Dying' Is Published

As I Lay Dying is a novel by the American author William Faulkner. The novel was written in six weeks while Faulkner was working at a power plant,... Read more