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.
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Births [change]
- 1207 – Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273).
- 1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292).
- 1530 – Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist (d. 1606).
- 1550 – Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631).
- 1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771).
- 1715 – Etienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780).
- 1732 – Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician (d. 1804).
- 1743 – Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German composer (d. 1813).
- 1765 – Jose Maria Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815).
- 1811 – Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Queen of Prussia and Empress of Germany (d. 1890).
- 1813 – John Rae, Orcadian physician and explorer of the Canadian Arctic (d. 1893)
- 1827 – Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918).
- 1832 – Ann Jarvis, American labor activist (d. 1905).
- 1833 – Ferdinand von Saar, Austrian writer (d. 1906).
- 1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., American industrialist (d. 1932).
- 1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist (d. 1942).
- 1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945).
- 1883 – Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, British-born American engineer, architect and Women's Rights activist (d. 1945).
- 1883 – Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945).
- 1887 – Lil Dagover, Dutch-born actress (d. 1980).
- 1891 – Otto Schmidt, Russian politician, mathematician, geophysicist and Arctic explorer (d. 1956).
- 1895 – Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980).
- 1898 – Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977).
- 1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist (d. 1996).
- 1905 – Michael Powell, British screenwriter, film director and producer (d. 1990).
- 1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer, composer and actress (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).
- 1914 – Baby Ray, American football player (d. 1986).
- 1915 – Lester Maddox, American politician, Governor of Georgia (d. 2003).
- 1917 – Pak Chong Hui, President of South Korea (d. 1979).
- 1917 – Buddy Rich, American big band jazz drummer (d. 1987).
- 1920 – Eileen Chang, Chinese writer (d. 1995).
- 1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007).
- 1922 – Oscar Pettiford, American jazz musician and composer (d. 1960).
- 1924 – Truman Capote, American writer (d. 1984).
- 1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born Holocaust survivor, activist and writer.
- 1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress.
- 1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician.
- 1934 – Udo Juergens, Austrian singer.
- 1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer.
- 1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist.
- 1942 – Frankie Lymon, American Rock'n'Roll musician (d. 1968).
- 1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist.
- 1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (d. 2006).
- 1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli politician, former Prime Minister of Israel.
- 1947 – Marc Bolan, English rock musician (d. 1977).
- 1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress.
- 1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician.
- 1956 – Frank Arnesen, Danish footballer.
- 1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician.
- 1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor.
- 1962 – Frank Rijkaard, Dutch footballer.
- 1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress.
- 1965 – Omid Djalili, British comedian and actor.
- 1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player.
- 1966 – Steve Kean, Scottish football manager.
- 1971 – Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia, Italian actor.
- 1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress.
- 1972 – Ari Behn, Norwegian author.
- 1975 – Marion Cotillard, French actress.
- 1975 – Carlos Guillen, Venezuelan baseball player.
- 1977 – Sun Juhai, Chinese footballer.
- 1977 – Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer.
- 1978 – Candice Michelle, American female wrestler.
- 1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer.
- 1979 – Primoz Kozmus, Slovenian hammer thrower.
- 1980 – Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player.
- 1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author.
- 1982 – Kieran Culkin, American actor.
- 1982 – Ola Jordan, Polish-British ballroom dancer.
- 1982 – Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player.
- 1984 – Keisha Buchanan, English singer (Sugababes)
- 1985 – T-Pain, American rapper.
- 1985 – Cristian Rodriguez, Uruguayan footballer.
- 1986 – Cristian Zapata, Colombian footballer.
- 1992 – Ezra Miller, American actor.
- 1994 – Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast.
Deaths [change]
- 653 – Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 954 – King Louis IV of France (b. 920)
- 1101 – Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
- 1246 – Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
- 1572 – Saint Francis of Borgia, Jesuit priest (b. 1510)
- 1626 – Taizu Emperor, Chinese Emperor (b. 1559)
- 1888 – Elizabeth Stride, victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)
- 1888 – Catherine Eddowes, victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)
- 1891 – Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (b. 1837)
- 1897 – Therese of Liseaux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)
- 1910 – Maurice Levy, French engineer (b. 1838)
- 1943 – Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)
- 1955 – James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)
- 1974 – Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General (b. 1915)
- 1977 – Mary Ford, American singer (b. 1924)
- 1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
- 1985 – Charles Richter, American seismologist (b. 1900)
- 1990 – Patrick White, Australian writer (b. 1912)
- 1994 – Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist (b. 1902)
- 2002 – Goran Kropp, Swedish mountaineer (b. 1966)
- 2002 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councillor (b. 1913)
- 2003 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer (b. 1944)
- 2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American television producer (b. 1941)
- 2011 – Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born terrorist and Islamist militant (b. 1971)
- 2011 – Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian immunologist (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater (b. 1928)
- 2012 – Barry Commoner, American biologist (b. 1917)
Events [change]
- 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 – First performance of The Magic Flute: This is the last opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to have its premiere.
- 1791 – The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jerome Petion as 'incorruptible patriots'.
- 1813 – Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.
- 1860 – The UK's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
- 1867 – The US takes control of the Midway Islands in the Pacific Ocean.
- 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.
- 1885 – Bechuanaland, in present-day Botswana, becomes a British Protectorate.
- 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.
- 1911 – The dam of the Austin Reservoir in Pennsylvania bursts, killing 78 people.
- 1927 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a single season.
- 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 Munich Pact is signed.
- 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 – The Bourne End rail crash in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43 people.
- 1947 – The Islamic Republic of Pakistan joined the United Nations.
- 1947 – Baseball: 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 – James Dean dies in a car crash.
- 1960 – The last episode of "The Howdy Doody Show" airs on NBC.
- 1960 – The first episode of The Flintstones is shown on television.
- 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.
- 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
- 1975 – The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.
- 1976 – Muhammad Ali defends his Heavyweight Boxing Title, against Ken Norton.
- 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 scare.
- 1982 – The TV sitcom Cheers premieres.
- 1986 – Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed Israel's covert nuclear programme to British media, is kidnapped in Rome by the Israeli Mossad.
- 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 massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new video gaming genre.
- 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.
- 2009 – A magnitude 7.6 earthquake strikes western Sumatra, killing over 1,000 people.
- 2012 – Europe wins the Ryder Cup golf tournament, with a comeback against the United States.
Observances [change]
- Independence Day (Botswana)
