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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_30" title="October 30">October 30</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischief_Night" title="Mischief Night">Mischief Night</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1806" title="1806">1806</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_Fourth_Coalition" title="War of the Fourth Coalition">War of the Fourth Coalition</a>: Believing that they were outnumbered, the German garrison at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szczecin" title="Szczecin">Stettin</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitulation_of_Stettin" title="Capitulation of Stettin">surrendered to a much smaller French force</a></b> without a fight.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a> – Seventeen-year-old Vilhelm, Prince of Denmark, arrived in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a> to become King <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_I_of_Greece" title="George I of Greece">George I of Greece</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a> – King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobengula" title="Lobengula">Lobengula</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matabeleland" title="Matabeleland">Matabeleland</a> granted the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudd_Concession" title="Rudd Concession">Rudd Concession</a></b> to agents of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil_Rhodes" title="Cecil Rhodes">Cecil Rhodes</a>, leading to the creation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_South_Africa_Company" title="British South Africa Company">British South Africa Company</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960" title="1960">1960</a> – At the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Infirmary_of_Edinburgh" title="Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh">Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Woodruff" title="Michael Woodruff">Michael Woodruff</a></b> performed the first successful <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_transplantation" title="Kidney transplantation">kidney transplantation</a> in the United Kingdom.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965" title="1965">1965</a> – English model <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Shrimpton" title="Jean Shrimpton">Jean Shrimpton</a> wore <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_shift_dress_of_Jean_Shrimpton" title="White shift dress of Jean Shrimpton">a controversially short minidress</a></b> to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Derby" title="Victoria Derby">Derby Day</a> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flemington_Racecourse" title="Flemington Racecourse">Flemington Racecourse</a> in Melbourne, Australia – a pivotal moment of the introduction of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniskirt" title="Miniskirt">miniskirt</a> to women's fashion.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Hayley" title="Mary Hayley">Mary Hayley</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1728); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilja_Riipinen" title="Hilja Riipinen">Hilja Riipinen</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1883); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Warlock" title="Peter Warlock">Peter Warlock</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1894)</p>
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