October 30

Sunday 30, 1988:

Philip Morris buys Kraft Foods for US$13.1 billion.

Thursday 30, 1975:

Prince Juan Carlos becomes King of Spain after dictator Francisco Franco concedes that he is too ill to govern.

Friday 30, 1953:

Cold War: US President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally approves the top secret document National Security Council Paper No. 162/2, which states that the United States' arsenal of nuclear weapons must be maintained and expanded to counter the communist threat.

Thursday 30, 1941:

World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves US$1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 30, 1894:

Domenico Menegatti obtains a patent for a procedure to be applied in producing pandoro industrially.