Historical Events on September 30, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on September 30th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007. |
| 2016 | Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002. |
| 2009 | The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead. |
| 2005 | Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper. |
| 2000 | Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada. |
| 1999 | The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident. |
| 1993 | The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000. |
| 1980 | Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation. |
| 1978 | Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland. |
| 1975 | Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60. |
| 1970 | Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings. |
| 1968 | The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time. |
| 1966 | Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. |
| 1965 | Six Indonesian Army generals were assassinated by the September 30 Movement. The PKI was blamed for the latter, resulting in mass killings of suspected leftists. |
| 1954 | The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel. |
| 1949 | The Berlin Airlift ends. |
| 1947 | The 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. |
| 1947 | Pakistan joins the United Nations. |
| 1945 | The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43. |
| 1944 | The Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden. |
| 1943 | The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt. |
| 1941 | World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end. |
| 1939 | World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile. |
| 1939 | NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game. |
| 1938 | Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. |
| 1938 | The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations". |
| 1935 | The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated. |
| 1918 | Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeat the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka. |
| 1915 | World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire. |
| 1909 | The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years. |
| 1907 | The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio. |
| 1906 | The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain. |
| 1888 | Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. |
| 1882 | Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation. |
| 1863 | Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premiered in Paris. |
| 1791 | The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death. |
| 1791 | France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly. |
| 1744 | War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway. |
| 1551 | A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned. |
| 1541 | Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance. |
| 1520 | Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire. |
| 1399 | Henry IV is proclaimed king of England. |
| 1139 | A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people. |
| 737 | The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train. |
| 489 | The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. |
Famous People Born on September 30
Here is a random list who born on September 30. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1987 | Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano |
| 2002 | Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress |
| 1956 | Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager |
| 1927 | W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator (d. 2019) |
| 1947 | Rula Lenska, English actress |
| 1945 | Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel |
| 1975 | Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician, and composer |
| 1979 | Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer and coach |
| 1912 | Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985) |
| 1942 | Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968) |
Famous People Deaths On September 30
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on September 30. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1959 | Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877) |
| 1626 | Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (b. 1559) |
| 1977 | Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924) |
| 1487 | John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400) |
| 1897 | Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873) |
| 1946 | Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887) |
| 2004 | Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (b. 1936) |
| 1581 | Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518) |
| 1986 | Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-British economist (b. 1908) |
| 2012 | Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (b. 1922) |
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