September 30......

September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 92 days remaining.

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.

● 1788 - The Pennsylvania Legislature elected the first two members of the U.S. Senate - William Maclay of Harrisburg and Robert Morris of Philadelphia.

● 1791 - Mozart's opera ''The Magic Flute'' premiered in Vienna, Austria.

● 1813 - Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.

● 1846 - Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time, at the office of Boston dentist William Morton.

● 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.

● 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 season breaking his own major-league record.

● 1935 - The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated (named the Boulder Dam at dedication, later changed to honor Hubert Hoover, lead engineer when dam construction began).

● 1938 - British, French, German and Italian leaders agreed at a meeting in Munich that Nazi Germany would be allowed to annex Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland. 'Peace for our time' – Chamberlain; The British Prime Minister is hailed as bringing "peace to Europe" after signing a pact with Germany.

● 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.

● 1946 - An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes.

● 1947 - The Islamic Republic of Pakistan joined the United Nations; Public holiday.

● 1947 - Baseball: The World Series, featuring New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

● 1949 - The Berlin airlift, which delivered 2.3 million tons of food and fuel to West Berliners while circumventing a Soviet blockade, came to an end.

● 1951 - Festival closes to applause; Big crowds have attended the final ceremonies which marked the official end of the Festival of Britain.

● 1954 - The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.

● 1962 - Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.

● 1962 - Black student James Meredith succeeded on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.

● 1962 - Last episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar broadcast on CBS Radio, marking the end of 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 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 as UK's first legal pop music station; 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.

● 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.

● 1971 - British Foreign Office names Soviet superspy; The British Government names Oleg Lyalin as the Soviet defector who last week exposed dozens of Russians alleged to be spying in the UK.

● 1975 - The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.

● 1979 - The Hong Kong MTR commenced service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).

● 1980 - Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

● 1982 - Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven were killed in all. The incident is known as the Tylenol murders.

● 1984 - Mike Witt of the California Angels pitched a perfect game in a 1-0 victory over the Texas Rangers.

● 1988 - 'SAS killed lawfully' - Gibraltar jury; The killing of three unarmed IRA suspects by British soldiers was lawful, a Gibraltar court finds.

● 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, the country's first freely-elected president is forced from office by military overthrow.

● 1992 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals reached 3,000 career hits during a game against the California Angels.

● 1993 - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving 22,000 people dead and many more homeless.

● 1994 - Sleepy (most likely hung over) Boris 'snubs' Irish leader; A meeting between two international statesmen in Ireland is cancelled - because one of them overslept.

● 1997 - France's Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.

● 1999 - The San Francisco Giants played the Los Angeles Dodgers in the last Major League baseball game at 3Com Park (formerly Candlestick Park); the Dodgers won 9-4.

● 1999 - Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. Workers overload a container with uranium, exposing workers and local residents to very high radiation levels.

● 2000 - Shocking images of boy shot in Gaza; There is a shocked and angry reaction to images of the death of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy caught in Israeli-Palestinian crossfire.

● 2002 - New Jersey Sen. Robert Torricelli abruptly ended his scandal-tainted re-election campaign just five weeks before the election.

● 2003 - The FBI began a criminal investigation into whether White House officials had illegally leaked the identity of an undercover CIA officer (Valerie Plame).

● 2004 - Bombs killed 34 children in Baghdad as U.S. troops handed out candy at a government-sponsored celebration.

● 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 are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.

● 2004 - Vioxx, the heavily promoted arthritis drug, was pulled from the market by its maker after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

● 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 daytime train, The Overlander express between the cities of Auckland and Wellington is discontinued due to lack of patronage by Tranz Scenic NZ.

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, psychologist, logician and economist (d. 1780)

● 1732 - Jacques Necker, French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)

● 1800 - Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)

● 1801 - Zacharias Frankel, Bohemian rabbi and theologian; founded Conservative Judaism (d. 1875)

● 1802 - Antoine-Jerome Balard, French chemist; discovered the element bromine (d. 1876)

● 1852 - Sir Charles Stanford, Irish-born English composer, conductor and teacher (d. 1924)

● 1861 - William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (d. 1932)

● 1870 - Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (1926) (d. 1942)

● 1870 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)

● 1882 - Hans Geiger, German physicist; introduced the Geiger Counter (d. 1945)

● 1883 - Nora Stanton Barney, American civil engineer, architect and suffragist (d. 1971)

● 1895 - Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)

● 1898 - Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)

● 1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)

● 1904 - Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (d. 1971)

● 1905 - Sir Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

● 1908 - David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1974)

● 1912 - Kenny Baker, American movie and radio singer and actor (d. 1985)

● 1913 - 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 novelist, short-story writer, playwright and author of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "In Cold Blood" (d. 1984)

● 1926 - Robin Roberts, Major League Baseball player and Hall of Fame member

● 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)

● 1932 - Johnny Podres, baseball player

● 1933 - Cissy Houston, Singer

● 1934 - Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer

● 1935 - Johnny Mathis, American singer

● 1937 - Valentin Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer

● 1939 - Len Cariou, Actor

● 1939 - Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

● 1942 - Frankie Lymon, American singer (d. 1962)

● 1942 - Dewey Martin, Rock musician (Buffalo Springfield)

● 1943 - Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

● 1943 - Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The Fifth Dimension)

● 1944 - Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer

● 1945 - Nader Angha, 42nd Present Sufi Master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi order

● 1945 - Ehud Olmert, twelfth Prime Minister of Israel.

● 1946 - Sylvia Peterson, Singer (The Chiffons)

● 1946 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)

● 1947 - Marc Bolan, British musician (d. 1977)

● 1950 - Renato Zero, Italian musician

● 1951 - Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

● 1952 - John Lombardo, Rock musician (10,000 Maniacs)

● 1952 - Jack Wild, British actor

● 1953 - S.M. Stirling, Canadian-born author

● 1953 - Deborah Allen, Country singer

● 1954 - Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter

● 1954 - Barry Williams, American actor (''The Brady Bunch'')

● 1954 - Patrice Rushen, Singer

● 1954 - Calvin Levels, Actor

● 1956 - Vondie Curtis-Hall, Actor

● 1957 - Fran Drescher, American actress (''The Nanny'')

● 1958 - Marty Stuart, Country singer

● 1959 - Deborah Farentino, Actress

● 1960 - Blanche Lincoln, U.S. senator, D-AR

● 1961 - Eric Stoltz, American actor

● 1961 - Crystal Bernard, American actress (''Wings'')

● 1962 - Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager

● 1962 - Marley Marl, Rapper-producer

● 1964 - Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)

● 1964 - Monica Bellucci, Italian actress

● 1964 - Robby Takac, American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls)

● 1966 - Lisa Thornhill, Actress

● 1967 - Andrea Roth, Actress

● 1968 - Monica Bellucci, Actress (''Matrix'' movies)

● 1969 - Chris Von Erich, Professional wrestler

● 1970 - Mark Smith, former Gladiator

● 1970 - Tony Hale, Actor

● 1971 - Jenna Elfman, American actress (''Dharma and Greg'')

● 1972 - Ari Behn, Norwegian author

● 1974 - Ashley Hamilton, Actor

● 1975 - Marion Cotillard, French actress

● 1977 - Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer

● 1977 - Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer

● 1978 - Candice Michelle, American female wrestler

● 1979 - Mike Damus, Actor

● 1979 - Andy Van der Meyde, Dutch footballer

● 1980 - Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player

● 1981 - Brandon Watson, Baseball player

● 1982 - Lacey Chabert, American actress (''Party of Five'')

● 1982 - Kieran Culkin, American actor

● 1982 - Michelle Marsh, British model

● 1982 - Ryan Stout, American comedian

● 1980-something - Tripper, Kiwi

● 1984 - Keisha Buchanan, British singer (Sugababes)

● 1984 - Megan Ewing, American supermodel

● 1984 - Alexander Reinhart, American Athlete

● 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 - Reginald 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)

● 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, Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873)

● 1910 - Maurice Lévy, French enegineer (b. 1838)

● 1913 - Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (b. 1858)

● 1943 - Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)

● 1955 - James Dean, American actor killed when his sports car is involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. (b. 1931)

● 1961 - Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Québec (b. 1888)

● 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)

● 1989 - Virgil Thompson, American composer (b. 1896)

● 1990 - Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)

● 1994 - Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (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 (b. 1936)

● 2004 - Michael Relph, British film producer and director (b. 1915)

HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES

● RC Saints - Saint Jerome

● Botswana - Independence Day (1966)

● São Tomé and Príncipe - Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day

● French Republican Calendar - Panais (Parsnip) Day, ninth day in the Month of Vendémiaire

● Also see September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)


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Additional facts taken from:

The BBC Take on the day

On this day in the New York Times