October 30th

1862 - The machine gun is patented by Dr Robert Gatling.

1905 - Aspirin goes on sale in Britain.

1971 - An IRA bomb explodes at the top of the Post Office Tower in London.

1974 - Muhammad Ali becomes the second boxer ever to regain the world heavyweight title when he beats George Foreman in the eighth round at a fight in Zaire.

2000 - The M60 motorway around Manchester is finally completed, after 40 years.

2002 - Run DMC's Jam Master Jay is shot and killed in a New York recording studio.