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"Sense and Sensibility" is Published

"Sense and Sensibility" is Published

1811

On October 30, 1811, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is published anonymously. A small circle of people, including the Prince Regent, learned Austen’s identity, but most of the British public knew only that the popular book had been written “by a Lady.”

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Muhammad Ali Wins the Rumble in the Jungle

Muhammad Ali Wins the Rumble in the Jungle

1974

On October 30, 1974, 32-year-old Muhammad Ali becomes the heavyweight champion of the world for the second time when he knocks out 25-year-old champ George Foreman in the eighth round of the “Rumble in the Jungle,” a match in Kinshasa, Zaire.

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The Soviet Union Detonated the Tsar Bomba

The Soviet Union Detonated the Tsar Bomba

1961

Tsar Bomba, Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean on October 30, 1961. The largest nuclear weapon ever set off, it produced the most powerful human-made explosion ever recorded.

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