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30 September is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar , with 92 days remaining.
Events
- 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King Of England .
- 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 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
- 1935 - The Hoover Dam , astride the border between the U.S. State s of Arizona and Nevada , is dedicated.
- 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.
- 1947 - The Islamic Republic Of Pakistan joined the United Nations .
- 1947 - , featuring 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.
- 1962 - Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers .
- 1962 - James Meredith enters 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; 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 (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 area. Seven were killed in all. The incident is known as the Tylenol Murders .
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Controversial Drawings Of Muhammad are printed in the 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 , 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 )
- 1800 - Decimus Burton , British architect (d. 1881 )
- 1870 - Jean Baptiste Perrin , French physicist, 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 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 , 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 )
- 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 laureate
- 1942 - Frankie Lymon , American singer (d. 1962 )
- 1943 - Johann Deisenhofer , German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1945 - Ehud Olmert , twelfth Prime Minister of Israel.
- 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
- 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 , 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 - 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 )
- 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 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
See also
External links
September 29 - October 1 - August 30 - October 30 – more Historical Anniversaries
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