After Seven Years of Silence, Argentina Votes
On October 30, 1983, Argentines voted in their first free election in a decade, choosing Raul Alfonsin and ending seven years of military dictatorship.
On October 30
'Ali, Bomaye!': The Rumble in the Jungle
On October 30, 1974, 32-year-old underdog Muhammad Ali knocked out the unbeaten George Foreman in Kinshasa to reclaim the world heavyweight title.
50 Million Tons of TNT: The Tsar Bomba Detonates
On October 30, 1961, the Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built over Novaya Zemlya, a blast thousands of times stronger than Hiroshima.