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This day in history: 30 September

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360 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 30 September.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
1939: World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

Holidays and observances

Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

Birth of Morelos (Mexico)

Boy's Day (Poland)

Christian feast day: Blessed Federico Albert

Christian feast day: Gregory the Illuminator

Christian feast day: Honorius of Canterbury

Christian feast day: Jerome

Christian feast day: September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.

International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators)

National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day (Canada)

Events

1939World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

1915World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

1947Pakistan joins the United Nations.

1888Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. - Friedrich Nietzsche finished writing The Antichrist, with the 7 propositions Law Against Christianity, marked by him as a Day of Salvation, Day a

1968The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.

1399Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.

1882Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation.

1520Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

1966Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.

2000Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.

1935The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

1960The Flintstones, the first prime-time animated sitcom, premieres on ABC television.

1938The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

1970Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

1791The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

1999The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

1938Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

1744War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.

1980Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

1954The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.

1941World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.

489The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.

1909The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

1949The Berlin Airlift ends.

1541Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

2005Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.

1994Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.

1863Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris.

1943The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.

1918Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.

2016Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.

1993The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

2016Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

1919The Elaine massacre in Arkansas commences.

1791France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.

1947The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

1944World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.

1139A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.

1342Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.

1907The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

Born on this day

1997Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver

2002Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress

2002Levi Miller, Australian actor and model

1998Landon Dickerson, American football player

1998Trevi Moran, American YouTuber and singer

1996Aaron Holiday, American basketball player

2003Alberto Moleiro, Spanish footballer

1997Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast

1998Yui Imaizumi, Japanese actress, singer, model, and television personality

1994Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast

1992Bria Hartley, French-American basketball player

1992Ezra Miller, American actor and singer

1991David Bakhtiari, American football player

1991Joffrey Lauvergne, French basketball player

1991Thomas Röhler, German javelin thrower

1989Jasmine Thomas, American basketball player

1988Natalie Eggermont, Belgian politician

1987Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano

1987Kenley Jansen, Curaçaoan baseball player

1986Ben Lovett, Welsh musician and songwriter

1986Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer

1986Jarron Gilbert, American footballer

1986Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer

1986Olivier Giroud, French footballer

1985Adam Cooney, Australian footballer

1985Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer

1985Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author

1984T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor

1983Adam Jones, American football player and analyst

1983Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast

1982Andrew Hastie, Australian politician

1982Kieran Culkin, American actor

1982Lacey Chabert, American actress

1982Ryane Clowe, Canadian ice hockey player

1982Seth Smith, American baseball player

1981Cecelia Ahern, Irish author

1981Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast

1980Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player

1980Milagros Sequera, Venezuelan tennis player

1980Toni Trucks, American actress

Died on this day

2024Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (born 1966)

2024Gavin Creel, American actor, singer and songwriter (born 1976)

2024Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader (born 1947)

2024Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (born 1954)

2024Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)

2021Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and orchestrator (born 1931)

2019Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (born 1967)

2018Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (born 1942)

2018Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (born 1945)

2018Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (born 1925)

2017Monty Hall, American game show host (born 1921)

2017Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (born 1966)

2015Claude Dauphin, French businessman (born 1951)

2015Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (born 1947)

2015Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (born 1941)

2014Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)

2013Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (born 1942)

2012Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (born 1928)

2012Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (born 1917)

2012Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (born 1948)

2012Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (born 1956)

2012Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (born 1913)

2012Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (born 1922)

2011Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (born 1971)

2011Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-American immunologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1943)

2010Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (born 1941)

2008J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (born 1926)

2004Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (born 1936)

2004Jacques Levy, American director and songwriter (born 1935)

2004Michael Relph, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1915)

Quote of the day

“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”

Seneca

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