30 September
September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining.
Events
- 1399 - Henry IV proclaimed King of England
- 1452 - First printed book, the Johann Gutenberg Bible
- 1867 - United States takes control of Midway Island
- 1882 - The world's first hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin.
- 1888 - Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
- 1895 - Madagascar becomes a French protectorate
- 1935 - The Hoover Dam is dedicated
- 1935 - "The Adventures of Dick Tracy" first heard on the Mutual Radio Network.
- 1947 - World Series, featuring New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
- 1949 - Berlin Airlift ends
- 1954 - Submarine USS Nautilus commissioned as the first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
- 1960 - The last episode of "The Howdy Doody Show" on NBC.
- 1961 - Mayor Snyder of Oregon writes a check for $1.96 to cover the cost of the tea lost in the Boston Tea Party.
- 1962 - Cesar Chavez founds the United Farm Workers
- 1962 - James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation
- 1966 - Botswana declares its independence
- 1967 - Launch of BBC Radio 1; other national BBC radio stations also adopt numeric names
- 1980 - Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
- 1982 - Cyanide laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago, Illinois area
- 1982 - The popular TV sitcom Cheers premiere.
- 1991 - President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office
- 1997 - Origin Systems Inc. releases Ultima Online, the first true massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new video gaming genre.
- 1999 - Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokaimura, northeast of Tokyo, Japan. Workers overload a container with uranium, exposing workers and local residents to very high radiation levels.
- 2003 - The extradition hearing of Robert Angleton will be held by the Dutch. He committed crimes in both the Netherlands and the United States by passport fraud. He was earlier indicted by the Department of Justice for conspiring to murder wife Doris Angleton, along with weapons charges.
Births
- 1732 - Jacques Necker, french diplomat, finance minister of Louis XVI
- 1800 - Decimus Burton, architect († 1881)
- 1882 - Hans Geiger, German physicist († 1945)
- 1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco
- 1895 - Lewis Milestone, Russian/American movie director († 1980)
- 1913 - Bill Walsh, American movie producer and writer († 1975)
- 1917 - Buddy Rich, drummer († 1987)
- 1921 - Deborah Kerr, actress
- 1924 - Truman Capote, author († 1984)
- 1928 - Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor, author, lecturer
- 1931 - Angie Dickinson, actress
- 1933 - Cissy Houston, singer, mother of Whitney Houston
- 1935 - Johnny Mathis, singer
- 1942 - Dewey Martin, drummer
- 1942 - Frankie Lymon, singer († 1968)
- 1943 - Marilyn McCoo, singer
- 1947 - Marc Bolan, musician († 1977)
- 1954 - Barry Williams, actor
- 1961 - Eric Stoltz, actor
- 1980 - Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
Deaths
Holidays
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
September 29 - October 1 - August 30 - October 30 - more historical anniversaries
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