September 30
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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.
[edit] 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. 1781 - American War of Independence: The French defeat the British at the Battle of Chesapeake Capes. 1791 - The Magic Flute, the last opera composed by Mozart premiered at Theater an der Wien in Vienna, Austria. 1791 - The Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as incorruptible patriots. 1813 - Battle of Bárbula: Simón BolÃvar 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 - New Gresham's School 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 season 1931 - 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 - Britain first evacuates citizens in anticipation of war. 1939 - General WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile. 1945 - Bourne End rail crash, Hertfordshire, England killed 43 1947 - The Islamic Republic of Pakistan joins the United Nations. 1947 - The World Series, 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. 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 of Indonesian suspected as 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; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names. Tony Blackburn presents the first show. 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. 1972 - Roberto Clemente gets his 3000th base hit becoming just the 11th player to do so. 1975 - The J. Edgar Hoover Building is dedicatred by President Gerald Ford. 1975 - The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. 1977 - Due to US budget cuts, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down. 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. 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 TÅkai-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, retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat retires. 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.
[edit] 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 - StanisÅ‚aw 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 MarÃa 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 cellist 1921 - Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007) 1922 - Alan Stretton, Australian general 1924 - Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984) 1926 - Robin Roberts, American baseball player 1927 - W. S. Merwin, American poet 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, American baseball player (d. 2008) 1933 - Cissy Houston, American gospel/r&b singer 1933 - Barbara Knox, English actress 1934 - Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer 1934 - Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress 1935 - Johnny Mathis, American singer 1935 - Z. Z. Hill, American blues singer (d. 1984) 1937 - Valentin Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer 1939 - Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1942 - Frankie Lymon, American singer (d. 1968) 1943 - Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate 1943 - Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) 1943 - Ian Ogilvy, British Actor 1944 - Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer 1945 - Salaheddin Ali Nader Shah Angha, 42nd Present Sufi Master of the Oveyssi-Shahmaghsoudi order 1945 - 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 Player 1950 - Renato Zero, Italian musician 1951 - Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1952 - Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006) 1953 - Deborah Allen, American singer 1953 - S.M. Stirling, Canadian-born author 1954 - Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter 1954 - Barry Williams, American actor 1954 - Patrice Rushen, American musician 1957 - Fran Drescher, American actress 1958 - Marty Stuart, American musician 1959 - Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach 1960 - Blanche Lincoln, American politician 1961 - Eric Stoltz, American actor 1961 - 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 manager 1962 - Shaan, Indian singer 1964 - Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish) 1964 - Robby Takac, American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls) 1965 - Kathleen Madigan, American comedian 1966 - Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist 1968 - Monica Bellucci, Italian actress 1969 - Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1991) 1970 - Mark Smith, English body builder, former Gladiators player 1971 - Jenna Elfman, American actress 1972 - Ari Behn, Norwegian author 1972 - Jamal Anderson, American football player 1974 - Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player 1975 - Marion Cotillard, French actress 1975 - Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player 1977 - Maia Brewton, American actress 1977 - Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer 1977 - Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer 1978 - Candice Michelle, American female wrestler 1979 - Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer 1979 - Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist 1979 - Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter 1980 - Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player 1981 - Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast 1981 - Brandon Watson, American baseball 1982 - 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 gymnast 1985 - T-Pain, American rapper/singer 1987 - Denise Laurel, Filipine actress and singer
[edit] Deaths
420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible 653 - 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 politician 1487 - 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 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, 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) 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)
[edit] Holidays and observances
RC Saints - Saint Jerome Botswana - Independence Day (1966) São Tomé and PrÃncipe - Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day French Republican Calendar - Panais (Parsnip) Day, ninth day in the Month of Vendémiaire International Translation Day, introduced in 1991 by International Federation of Translators September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) Nietzschean New Year - In The Anti-Christ, Friederich Nietzsche declared September 30th, 1888 to be the "the day of salvation, on the first day of the Year One"