October 30 in history: Tsar Bomba, Whitey Bulger assassinated and more
| Updated: Oct 30, 2020, 08:38 AM IST
From mass shooting in Ireland on Halloween to NASA's STS-61-A mission — here's what happened on this day in history
1961
USSR detonates largest nuclear weapon Tsar Bomba
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1985
NASA's Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A
(Photograph:WION)
1993
Loyalists carry out mass shooting at Halloween party in Ireland, kill 8
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2014
Sweden becomes first EU member to recognise the State of Palestine
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2018
American crime boss Whitey Bulger beaten to death by fellow inmates