What Happened on October 30, 1896

Historical Events

Music History

Amy Beach's "Gaelic Symphony" debuts by the Boston Symphony Orchestra; the first major work by an American female composer receives "public and journalistic acclaim."

Famous Birthdays

Anatoly Novikov, Russian-Soviet composer (Red Spider; The Hymn of Democratic Youth of the World), choral conductor, and pedagogue, born in Skopin, Russia (d. 1984)
Kostas Karyotakis, Greek poet, born in Tripoli, Greece (d. 1928)
Rex Cherryman, American actor (Camille, The Sunshine Trail, In for Thirty Days), born in Grand Rapids, Michigan (d. 1928)
Ruth Gordon, American actress (Rosemary's Baby, Harold & Maude), born in Quincy, Massachusetts (d. 1985)

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