https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/ Major events, famous birthdays and notable deaths for every day of the year. en https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-30/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-30/ What happened on this day in history? 2023: First rescue of a prisoner during the Israeli invasion of Gaza. 2022: A pedestrian suspension bridge collapses in the city of Morbi, Gujarat, leading to the deaths of at least 135 people. 2020: A magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes the Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey, triggering a tsunami. At least 119 people die mainly due to collapsed buildings. Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-29/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-29/ 2022: At least 156 die at a crowd crush during a Halloween celebration in Itaewon district, Seoul, South Korea. 2022: At least 100 people are killed and over 300 are injured by a double car bombing in Mogadishu, Somalia. Thu, 29 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-28/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-28/ 2026: Two high-speed trains collide in Los Yébenes, south of Madrid, Spain, killing at least 74 passengers and injuring nearly 200. 2025: Hurricane Melissa makes landfall near Black River, Jamaica, killing over 30 people, as well as tying the 1935 Labor Day hurricane as the most intense landfall in the North Atlantic. Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-27/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-27/ 2019: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant founder and leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi kills himself and three children by detonating a suicide vest during the U.S. military Barisha raid in northwestern Syria. 2018: A gunman opens fire on a Pittsburgh synagogue killing eleven and injuring six, including four police officers. Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-26/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-26/ 2015: A 7.5 magnitude earthquake strikes in the Hindu Kush mountain range in South Asia, killing 399 people and leaving 2,536 people injured. 2012: Microsoft made a public release of Windows 8 and made it available on new PCs. Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-25/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-25/ 2025: Vipul Patel performed the first telesurgery between two United States hospitals, AdventHealth Celebration and AdventHealth Minneola. 2023: A mass shooting occurs in two locations in Lewiston, Maine. 18 people are killed and 13 more injured. Sun, 25 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-24/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-24/ 2024: A 14 year old resident from Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina initiated a terrorist attack on the local police station, killing one police officer and injuring another. 2018: The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic. Sat, 24 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-23/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-23/ 2022: Xi Jinping is elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term of the paramount leader of China. 2022: Myanmar Air Force airstrikes a concert in Hpakant Township, Kachin state killing at least 80 people, including senior Kachin Independence Organisation officials, in the Hpakant massacre. Fri, 23 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-22/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-22/ 2019: Same-sex marriage is legalised, and abortion is decriminalised in Northern Ireland as a result of the Northern Ireland Assembly not being restored. 2015: Anton Lundin Pettersson attacks a school in Trollhättan, killing three people and injuring two others. Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-21/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-21/ 2021: A shooting occurs on the set of the film Rust, in which actor Alec Baldwin discharged a prop weapon which had been loaded, killing the director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, and injuring director Joel Souza. 2019: Thirty people are killed in a fiery bus crash in western Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-20/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-20/ 2022: Liz Truss steps down as British Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party amid the country's political crisis, serving for the least time of any British Prime Minister (49 days). 2018: The BepiColombo spacecraft is launched on an Ariane 5 rocket to study Mercury. Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-19/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-19/ 2025: Pieces of the French Crown Jewels are successfully stolen during a heist on the Louvre Museum in Paris. 2019: Members of Parliament met at the House of Lords to discuss the United Kingdom's Brexit deal, this was the first Saturday sitting in Parliament since 3 April 1982 during the Falklands War. Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-18/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-18/ 2019: NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk when they venture out of the International Space Station to replace a power controller. 2019: Riots in Chile's capital Santiago escalate into open battles, with attacks reported at nearly all of the city's 164 Metro stations. President Sebastián Piñera later announces a 15-day state of emergency in the capital. Sun, 18 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-17/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-17/ 2023: An explosion at Al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza kills hundreds of Palestinians during the Gaza war. 2019: Drug dealers in Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico force the government to back down on an arrest. Sat, 17 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-16/ https://whathappenedtoday.kiveo.org/en/october-16/ 2017: Storm Ophelia strikes the U.K. and Ireland causing major damage and power loss. 2013: Lao Airlines Flight 301 crashes on approach to Pakse International Airport in Laos, killing 49 people. Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:35 GMT