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September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 92 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed King of England .1744 – France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo .1791 – The Magic Flute Mozart receives its premiere performance at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna , Austria .1791 – The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as incorruptible patriots.1813 – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla .1860 – Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead , Merseyside .1882 – The world's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton , Wisconsin , United States .1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes .1895 – Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.1901 – Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner .1903 – The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood .1906 – Real Academia Galega , Galician language biggest linguistic authority starts working in Havana .1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season1931 – Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein , South Africa .1935 – The Hoover Dam , astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada , is dedicated.1938 – At 2:00 am, Britain , France , Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement , allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia .1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".1939 – General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.1941 – World War II : Holocaust in Kiev , Ukraine : German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre. According to the Einsatzgruppen Operational Situation Report No. 101, at least 33,771 Jews from Kiev and its suburbs are killed at Babi Yar on September 29 – 30, 1941.1945 – Bourne End rail crash , Hertfordshire , England killed 431947 – The Islamic Republic of Pakistan joins the United Nations .1947 – The World Series , featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers , is televised for the first time.
1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.1955 – Film icon James Dean dies in a road accident at age 24.1962 – Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers .1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi , defying segregation .
1965 – General Suharto rises to power after an alleged coup by the Communist Party of Indonesia . In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists.1966 – The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana . Seretse Khama takes office as the first President .1967 – BBC Radio 1 is launched and Tony Blackburn presents its first show; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory .1970 – Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings .1975 – The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas , now Boeing ) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.1977 – Due to US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.1977 – Philippine political prisoners , Eugenio Lopez, Jr. and Sergio Osmeña III successfully escapes from Fort Bonifacio Maximum Security Prison in the Philippines .1979 – The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line ).1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation .1982 – Cyanide -laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all. The incident is known as the Tylenol murders .1986 – Mordechai Vanunu , who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.1989 – Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher 's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague .1990 – The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada 's capital city of Ottawa .1991 – President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.1993 – An earthquake hits India 's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.1994 – Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closed upon September 30th, after eighty-eight years of service.1999 – Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura , northeast of Tokyo .2004 – The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo .2004 – The AIM-54 Phoenix , the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat , is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
2005 – The Parliament of Catalonia passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New Catalan Statute of Autonomy , proclaiming in its article 1, "Catalonia is a nation".2005 – The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten .
2006 – the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Constitutional Act that proclaimed the new Constitution of Serbia .
Births
1207 – Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi , Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)1530 – Geronimo Mercuriali , Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)1550 – Michael Maestlin , German mathematician (d. 1631)1631 – William Stoughton , American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)1700 – Stanisław Konarski , Polish writer (d. 1773)1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford , British statesman (d. 1771)1715 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac , French philosopher (d. 1780)1732 – Jacques Necker , French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)1765 – José María Morelos , Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)1800 – Decimus Burton , British architect (d. 1881)1811 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar , Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. 1890)1827 – Ellis H. Roberts , American politician (d. 1918)1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford , Irish composer, resident in England (d. 1924)1861 – William Wrigley Jr. , American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company ) (d. 1932)1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin , French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)1870 – Thomas W. Lamont , American banker; father of Corliss Lamont ; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)
1882 – Hans Geiger , German physicist (d. 1945)1883 – Bernhard Rust , Nazi education minister (d. 1945)1887 – Lil Dagover , Dutch-born German actress (d. 1980)1893 – Lansdale Sasscer , American politician (d. 1964)1895 – Lewis Milestone , Russian-born film director (d. 1980)1897 – Alfred Wintle , British WW1 & WW2 soldier; author of "The Last Englishman" (d. 1966)1898 – Renée Adorée , French actress (d. 1933)1898 – Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
1904 – Waldo Williams , Welsh poet (d. 1971)1905 – Nevill Francis Mott , English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)1908 – David Oistrakh , Ukrainian violinist (d. 1974)1912 – Kenny Baker , American singer and actor (d. 1985)1913 – Bill Walsh , American film producer and writer (d. 1975)1915 – Lester Maddox , American businessman, one-time segregationist and Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)1917 – Park Chunghee , President of South Korea (d. 1979)1917 – Buddy Rich , American big band drummer (d. 1987)
1918 – Lewis Nixon , WWII Veteran (d. 1996)1919 – Roberto Bonomi , Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)1919 – Patricia Neway , American soprano
1920 – Aldo Parisot , Brazilian-American musician and cellist1921 – Deborah Kerr , Scottish actress (d. 2007)1922 – Alan Stretton , Australian general1924 – Truman Capote , American author (d. 1984)1926 – Robin Roberts , American baseball player1927 – W. S. Merwin , American poet1928 – Elie Wiesel , Romanian Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1931 – Angie Dickinson , American actress1932 – Shintarō Ishihara , Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)1932 – Johnny Podres , American baseball player (d. 2008)
1933 – Cissy Houston , American gospel/r&b singer1933 – Barbara Knox , English actress
1934 – Udo Jürgens , Austrian singer1934 – Anna Kashfi , Welsh actress
1935 – Johnny Mathis , American singer1935 – Z. Z. Hill , American blues singer (d. 1984)
1937 – Valentin Silvestrov , Ukrainian composer1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn , French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate1942 – Frankie Lymon , American singer (d. 1968)1943 – Johann Deisenhofer , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate1943 – Marilyn McCoo , American singer (The Fifth Dimension )
1943 – Ian Ogilvy , British Actor
1944 – Diane Dufresne , French Canadian singer1945 – Ehud Olmert , twelfth Prime Minister of Israel 1945 – Bob Lassiter , American radio personality
1946 – Paul Sheahan , Australian Test Cricketer 1967-1974
1946 – Héctor Lavoe , Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)1946 – Claude Vorilhon , founder of Raelism , a ufo religion
1947 – Marc Bolan , British musician (d. 1977)1947 – Dave Arneson , American game designer
1947 – Rula Lenska , English actress
1948 – Craig Kusick , American baseball player1950 – Renato Zero , Italian musician1951 – Barry Marshall , Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 – Jack Wild , British actor (d. 2006)1953 – Deborah Allen , American singer1953 – S.M. Stirling , Canadian-born author
1954 – Basia Trzetrzelewska , Polish-born singer and songwriter1954 – Barry Williams , American actor
1954 – Patrice Rushen , American musician
1957 – Fran Drescher , American actress1958 – Marty Stuart , American musician1959 – Ettore Messina , Italian basketball coach1960 – Blanche Lincoln , American politician1961 – Eric Stoltz , American actor1961 – Crystal Bernard , American actress
1961 – Eric van de Poele , Belgian racing driver
1961 – Sally Yeh , Hong Kong singer and actress
1962 – Frank Rijkaard , Dutch football player and manager1962 – Shaan , Indian singer
1963 – David Barbe , American musician (Mercyland ) / (Sugar )1964 – Monica Bellucci , Italian actress1964 – Trey Anastasio , American musician (Phish )
1964 – Robby Takac , American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls )
1965 – Kathleen Madigan , American comedian1966 – Kerry G. Johnson , African American graphic designer and caricaturist1966 – Gary Armstrong , Scotland rugby player
1969 – Chris Von Erich , American professional wrestler (d. 1991)1969 – Mark Smith , English body builder, former Gladiators
1971 – Jenna Elfman , American actress1972 – Ari Behn , Norwegian author1972 – Jamal Anderson , American football player
1974 – Jeremy Giambi , American baseball player1975 – Marion Cotillard , French actress1975 – Carlos Guillén , Venezuelan baseball player
1975 – Georges-Alain Jones , French singer
1977 – Maia Brewton , American actress1977 – Roy Carroll , Northern Irish footballer
1977 – Sun Jihai , Chinese footballer
1978 – Candice Michelle , American female wrestler1978 – Róbinson Zapata , Columbian footballer (goalkeeper)
1979 – Andy van der Meyde , Dutch footballer1979 – Clio-Danae Othoneou , Greek actress, musician and pianist
1979 – Vince Chong , Malaysian singer-songwriter
1979 – Cameron Bruce , AFL player
1980 – Camilla D’Errico , Canadian comic book artist and painter1980 – Martina Hingis , Swiss tennis player
1981 – Cecelia Ahern , Irish author1981 – Dominique Moceanu , American gymnast
1981 – Brandon Watson , American baseball
1982 – Lacey Chabert , American actress1982 – Kieran Culkin , American actor
1982 – Tory Lane , American nude model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress
1982 – Michelle Marsh , British model
1982 – Teal Redmann , American actress
1982 – Yan Stastny , Canadian ice hockey player
1982 – Ryan Stout , American comedian
1982 – Ryane Clowe Canadian Hockey plays for NHL's San Jose Sharks
1983 – Andreea Răducan , Romanian gymnast1983 – Adam Jones , American football player
1985 – T-Pain , American rapper/singer1985 – Adam Cooney , Australian footballer
1986 – Christian Zapata , Colombian footballer1986 – Martin Guptill , New Zealand Cricketer
1987 – Denise Laurel , Filipino actress and singer
Deaths
420 – Saint Jerome , translator of the Vulgate Bible653 – Saint Honorius , Archbishop of Canterbury 1101 – Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan 1246 – Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)1440 – Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn , English soldier and politician1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley , Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)1551 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka , Japanese warlord (b. 1507)1560 – Melchior Cano , Spanish theologian (b. 1525)1572 – St. Francis Borgia , Jesuit priest (b. 1510)1581 – Hubert Languet , French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)1626 – Nurhaci , Manchurian chief (b. 1559)1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke , English poet (b. 1554)1770 – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham , English politician and diplomat1770 – George Whitefield , English-born Methodist leader (b. 1714)
1772 – James Brindley , English engineer (b. 1716)1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto , Italian-Jewish scholar (b. 1800)1888 – Elizabeth Stride , widely believed to be the third victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)1888 – Catherine Eddowes , widely believed to be the fourth victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1842)
1891 – Georges Boulanger , French general and politician (b. 1837)1897 – St Therese of Lisieux , Roman Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873)1910 – Maurice Lévy , French engineer (b. 1838)1913 – Rudolf Diesel , German inventor (b. 1858)1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille , German fighter pilot (b. 1919)1943 – Franz Oppenheimer , German sociologist (b. 1864)1955 – James Dean , American actor (automobile accident) (b. 1931)1961 – Onésime Gagnon , French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Québec (b. 1888)1965 – Six generals of Indonesian National Army assassinated by counter-coup action known as 30 September Movement 1973 – Peter Pitseolak , Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)1974 – Carlos Prats , Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor 1977 – Mary Ford , American singer (Les Paul and Mary Ford) (b. 1924)1978 – Edgar Bergen , American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)1985 – Simone Signoret , French actress (b. 1921)1985 – Charles Richter , American seismologist (b. 1900)
1988 – Al Holbert , American race car driver and team owner (b. 1946)1989 – Virgil Thompson , American composer (b. 1896)1990 – Patrick White , Australian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)1990 – Alice Parizeau , Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1930)
1994 – Andre Michael Lwoff , French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)1998 – Dan Quisenberry , American baseball player (b. 1953)2002 – Hans-Peter Tschudi , Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1913)2002 – Göran Kropp , Swedish adventurer and mountaineer (b. 1966)2003 – Robert Kardashian , Armenian-American lawyer (b. 1944)
2003 – Yusuf Bey , Black Muslim leader (b. 1935)2004 – Gamini Fonseka , Sri Lankan actor (b. 1936)2004 – Michael Relph , British film producer and director (b. 1915)
2008 – Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam , Singapore Opposition Leader & former Secretary-General of Singapore's Worker's Party (b. 1926)
Holidays and observances
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