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September 30
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{{PAGENAME}} is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the
Gregorian calendar, with 92 days remaining.
Events
*
1399 -
Henry IV of England Henry IV is proclaimed
King of England.
*
1813 -
Battle of Bárbula:
Simón BolÃvar defeats
Santiago Bobadilla.
*
1882 - The world's first commercial
hydroelectric power plant (later known as
Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the
Fox River (Wisconsin) Fox River in
Appleton, Wisconsin Appleton,
Wisconsin,
United States.
*
1888 -
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims,
Elizabeth Stride and
Catherine Eddowes.
*
1895 -
Madagascar becomes a
France French protectorate.
*
1906 -
Real Academia Galega,
Galicia (Spain) Galician Galician language language biggest linguistic authority starts working in
Havana.
*
1935 - The
Hoover Dam, astride the border between the
U.S. states of
Arizona and
Nevada, is dedicated.
* 1935 - "The Adventures of
Dick Tracy" is first heard on the
Mutual Radio Network.
*
1938 - The
League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
*
1939 - General
Władysław Sikorski becomes
commander-in-chief of the
Poland Polish Government in exile.
*
1947 - The
Islamic Republic of Pakistan joined the
United Nations.
* 1947 -
Baseball: The
World Series, featuring
New York Yankees and the
Brooklyn Dodgers, is
television televised for the first time.
*
1949 - The
Berlin Airlift ends.
*
1954 - The
U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus (SSN-571) USS ''Nautilus'' is commissioned as the world's first
nuclear reactor powered vessel.
*
1955 -
James Dean dies in a car crash.
*
1960 - The last episode of "
Howdy Doody The Howdy Doody Show" airs on
NBC.
*
1962 -
Mexican-American labor leader
César Chávez founds the
United Farm Workers.
* 1962 -
James Meredith enters the
University of Mississippi, defying
Racial segregation segregation.
* 1962 – Last episodes of ''
Suspense'' and ''
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar'' broadcast on
CBS Radio, marking the end of
old-time radio The Golden Age of Radio.
*
1965 - Civil unrest follows a failed coup attempt by
Indonesia Communist Party (PKI). More than a million people died.
*
1966 - The
United Kingdom British protectorate of
Bechuanaland Protectorate Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the
Botswana Republic of Botswana.
Seretse Khama takes office as the first
Heads of state of Botswana President.
*
1967 -
BBC Radio 1 is launched; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.
Tony Blackburn presents the first show.
* 1967 -
Ceylon Broadcasting Corporation is launched in Colombo; the station was formerly known as
Radio Ceylon.
*
1975 - The
Hughes Helicopters Hughes (later
McDonnell-Douglas, now
Boeing)
AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.
*
1980 -
Ethernet specifications published by
Xerox working with
Intel and
Digital Equipment Corporation.
*
1982 -
Cyanide-laced
Tylenol kills six people in the
Chicago, Illinois Chicago area. Seven were killed in all. The incident is known as the
Tylenol scare.
* 1982 - The TV
Situation comedy sitcom ''
Cheers ''premieres.
*
1989 - Foreign Minister of
West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in
Prague.
*
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.
*
1997 -
Origin Systems Inc. releases
Ultima Online, a
MMORPG massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new
video games video gaming genre.
*
1999 - Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in
Tokai, Ibaraki Tokai-mura, northeast of
Tokyo. Workers overload a container with uranium, exposing workers and local residents to very high radiation levels.
*
2004 -
AIM-54 Phoenix which became the primary missile for the
Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat retired from U.S. Navy.
* 2004 - The first images of a live
giant squid in its natural habitat is taken 600 miles south of
Tokyo.
*
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
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the
Denmark Danish newspaper
Jyllands-Posten.
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)
*
1631 -
William Stoughton (Massachusetts) 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 of France Louis XVI (d.
1804)
*
1800 -
Decimus Burton, British architect (d.
1881)
*
1870 -
Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1942)
*
1882 -
Hans Geiger, German physicist (d.
1945)
*
1895 -
Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d.
1980)
*
1898 -
Renée Adorée, French actress (d.
1933)
* 1898 -
Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d.
1977)
*
1904 -
Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (d.
1971)
*
1905 -
Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist,
Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1996)
*
1908 -
David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (d.
1974)
*
1912 -
Kenny Baker (singer/actor) Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d.
1985)
*
1913 -
Bill Walsh (producer) Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (d.
1975)
*
1915 -
Lester Maddox, Governor of Georgia (d.
2003)
*
1917 -
Park Chunghee,
President of South Korea (d.
1979)
* 1917 -
Buddy Rich, American drummer (d.
1987)
*
1921 -
Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress
*
1922 -
Alan Stretton, Australian general
*
1924 -
Truman Capote, American author (d.
1984)
*
1927 -
Babe Ruth, Becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 homeruns in a season
*
1928 -
Elie Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer, recipient of the
Nobel Peace Prize
*
1931 -
Angie Dickinson, American actress
*
1932 -
Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (governor of Tokyo)
*
1934 -
Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer
*
1935 -
Johnny Mathis, American singer
*
1939 -
Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate
*
1942 -
Frankie Lymon, American singer (d.
1962)
*
1943 -
Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist,
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize laureate
*
1946 -
Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d.
1993)
*
1947 -
Marc Bolan, British musician (d.
1977)
*
1951 -
Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
*
1952 -
Jack Wild, British actor
*
1953 -
S.M. Stirling, Canadian-born author
*
1954 -
Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter
*
1954 -
Barry Williams, American actor
*
1957 -
Fran Drescher, American actress
*
1960 -
Vincent Waller, American Cartoonist, Writer, Director
*
1961 -
Eric Stoltz, American actor
* 1961 -
Crystal Bernard, American actress
*
1962 -
Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
*
1964 -
Trey Anastasio, American musician (
Phish)
* 1964 -
Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
*
1971 -
Jenna Elfman, American actress
*
1972 -
Ari Behn, Norwegian author
*
1977 -
Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
* 1977 -
Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer
*
1979 -
Andy Van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
*
1980 -
Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
*
1982 -
Lacey Chabert, American actress
* 1982 -
Kieran Culkin, American actor
* 1982 -
Michelle Marsh (model) Michelle Marsh, British model
*
1990 -
Tobi Atkins, Australian actor
Deaths
*
420 - Saint
Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
*
653 -
Saint Honorius,
Archbishop of Canterbury
*
1246 -
Yaroslav II of Russia (b.
1191)
*
1440 -
Regld Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
*
1487 -
John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b.
1400)
*
1551 -
Ouchi 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 diplomat
* 1770 -
George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (b.
1714)
*
1772 -
James Brindley, English engineer (b.
1716)
*
1891 -
Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (b.
1837)
*
1913 -
Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (b.
1858)
*
1943 -
Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b.
1864)
*
1955 -
James Dean, American actor (automobile accident) (b.
1931)
*
1976 -
Mary Ford, American singer (b.
1928)
*
1985 -
Simone Signoret, French actress (b.
1921)
*
1990 -
Patrick White, Australian writer,
Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1912)
*
1994 -
Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b.
1902)
*
1998 -
Dan Quisenberry, baseball player (b.
1953)
*
2002 -
Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (b.
1913)
*
2003 -
Yusuf Bey,
Black Muslim leader (b.
1935)
*
2004 -
Gamini Fonseka Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (b.
1936)
Holidays and observances
*
Calendar of Saints RC Saints - Saint
Jerome
*
Botswana -
Independence Day (
1966)
*
Holidays in São Tomé and PrÃncipe São Tomé and PrÃncipe - Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day
*
International Translation Day
See also
*
September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
External links
-
BBC: On This Day
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September 29 -
October 1 -
August 30 -
October 30 – more
historical anniversaries
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