By a bare majority of 50.

On October 30, 1991, the so-called “perfect storm” intensifies in the North Atlantic, producing remarkably large waves along the New England and Canadian coasts.

On October 30, 1948, killer smog hovering over Donora, Pennsylvania claims its first two victims.

Caroline Schermerhorn Astor, wife of businessman and racehorse breeder William Backhouse Astor, Jr.

On October 30, George Bernard Shaw’s play Mrs.

On October 30, 1864, the town of Helena, Montana, is founded by four gold miners who struck it rich at the appropriately named “Last Chance Gulch.

On October 30, 1811, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is published anonymously.

A 15-year-old boy entered a soldiers’ training school in Paris on this day. He was to become the military genius and great commander known as Napoléon Bonaparte.

On October 30, 1735, John Adams, the son of a farmer and a descendant of Plymouth Rock pilgrims, is born in Braintree, Massachusetts.