October 30

Mischief Night

 Mischief Night (or Devil’s Night or Hell Night or Cabbage Night or Gate Night or Mizzy Night or Miggy Night or Goosing Night or Egg Nyte or Angels’ Night) is an annual tradition when people (youngsters) take a degree of license to play pranks and do mischief in their neighbor hoods.

 The earliest reference to the night is from 1790 when fellows of St John’s College, Oxford, studied a headmaster who had encouraged a school play which ended in “an Ode to Fun which praises children’s tricks on Mischief Night in most approving terms”. 

 Popular tricks include toilet papering yards and buildings, powder-bombing and egging cars, people, and homes, using soap to write on windows, “forking” yards, setting off consumer fireworks, and smashing pumpkins and jack-o’-lanterns. Among younger children, the practice of trick-or-treating on Halloween night itself traditionally carried the implied threat of “tricks” in the absence of the requested “treats”; in modern times, however, this threat is rarely if ever acted upon.

Birthdays 

John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the second President of the United States (1797–1801), having earlier served as the first Vice President of the United States. An American Founding Father, he was a statesman, diplomat, and a leader of American independence from Great Britain. Well educated, he was an Enlightenment political theorist who promoted republicanism

 

Elizabeth Madox Roberts (October 30, 1881 - March 13, 1941) was a Kentucky novelist and poet, primarily known for her novels and stories about the Kentucky mountain people, including The Time of Man (1926), The Great Meadow (1930) and A Buried Treasure (1931). All of her writings are characterized by her distinct, rhythmic prose. While she was a major influence on Robert Penn Warren and a contemporary of the Southern Renaissance writers, Roberts has been neglected by critics in recent years

Fleet Admiral William Frederick Halsey, Jr., United States Navy, (October 30, 1882 – August 16, 1959), was a U.S. Naval officer. He commanded the South Pacific Area during the early stages of the Pacific War against Japan. Later he was commander of the Third Fleet through the duration of hostilities

Ruth Gordon Jones (October 30, 1896 – August 28, 1985), better known as Ruth Gordon, was an American actress and writer. She was perhaps best known for her film roles such as Minnie Castevet, Rosemary's overly solicitous neighbor in Rosemary's Baby, as the eccentric Maude in Harold and Maude and as the mother of Orville Boggs in the Clint Eastwood film Every Which Way but Loose. In addition to her acting career, Gordon wrote numerous well-known plays, film scripts and books. Gordon won an Academy Award, an Emmy and two Golden Globe awards for her acting, as well as three Academy Award nominations for her writing

Jane White (October 30, 1922 – July 24, 2011) was an actress of African-American and European descent. Born in New York City, she attended Smith College and The New School. In 1945, she made her Broadway debut in Strange Fruit. This performance was followed by roles in Razzle Dazzle, The Insect Comedy, The Climate of Eden, Take a Giant Step, Jane Eyre, and The Power and The Glory. In 1959, she opened the acclaimed musical, Once Upon a Mattress, originating the role of Queen Aggravain alongside Carol Burnett and Joseph Bova. She won an Obie Award in 1971 for sustained achievement