Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays 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 420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible 1581 - Hubert Languet, French diplomat 1913 - Rudolf Diesel, German inventor 1955 - James Dean, American actor 1976 - Mary Ford, singer 1985 - Simone Signoret, French actress 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 This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.