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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.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 were 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, was 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.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 )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 )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 - Shintaro 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 , former Major League 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 singer1963 - 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 caricaturist1969 - Chris Von Erich , American professional wrestler (d. 1991 )1970 - 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
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
1980 - Camilla D’Errico , Canadian comic book artist and painter1980 - Martina Hingis , Swiss tennis player
1981 - Cecilia 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 - Ryan Stout , American comedian
1983 - Andreea Răducan , Romanian gymnast1983 - Adam Jones , American football player
1984 - T-Pain , American rapper/singer1985 - Adam Cooney , AFL footballer player1987 - 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 )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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