ON THIS DAY
What happened on October 30?
October 30 links a famous radio drama with the largest nuclear explosion ever conducted, an iconic boxing match and a major agreement between Canada and the European Union.
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The War of the Worlds radio drama aired
Orson Welles and the Mercury Theatre broadcast a dramatic adaptation of H. G. Wells’s novel using the style of breaking news reports.
The Soviet Union tested the Tsar Bomba
The Soviet Union detonated the most powerful nuclear weapon ever tested over Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic.
Muhammad Ali defeated George Foreman
Ali regained the world heavyweight boxing title in Kinshasa using a strategy later known as the rope-a-dope.
Canada and the European Union signed CETA
Canadian and European Union leaders signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement in Brussels.
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