'''September_30''' is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian_calendar, with 92 days remaining. It is the last day of September.
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== Events ==
*1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King_of_England.
*1813 - Battle_of_Bárbula: Simón_Bolívar defeats Santiago_Bobadilla.
*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.
*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, 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 League_of_Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations"
*1939 - General Władysław_Sikorski becomes Commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.
*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.
*1962 - Mexican-American labor leader César_Chávez founds the United_Farm_Workers.
*1962 - James_Meredith enters the University_of_Mississippi, defying segregation.
*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.
*1975 - The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64_Apache makes its first flight.
*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.
*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.
* 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".
== Births ==
*1207 - Jalal_al-Din_Muhammad_Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)
*1227 - Pope_Nicholas_IV (d. 1292)
*1530 - Geronimo_Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
*1631 - William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)
*1700 - Stanisław_Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
*1710 - John_Russell,_4th_Duke_of_Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
*1715 - Étienne_Bonnot_de_Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)
*1732 - Jacques_Necker, French finance minister of Louis_XVI (d. 1804)
*1800 - Decimus_Burton, British architect (d. 1881)
*1870 - Jean_Baptiste_Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)
*1882 - Hans_Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)
*1895 - Lewis_Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)
*1898 - Renée_Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)
*1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
*1904 - Waldo_Williams, Welsh poet (d. 1971)
*1905 - Nevill_Francis_Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (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)
*1915 - Lester_Maddox, Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)
*1917 - Park_Chunghee, President_of_South_Korea (d. 1979)
* 1917 - Buddy_Rich, American drummer (d. 1987)
*1921 - Deborah_Kerr, Scottish actress
*1922 - Alan_Stretton, Australian general
*1924 - Truman_Capote, American author (d. 1984)
*1928 - Elie_Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer, recipient of the Nobel_Peace_Prize
*1931 - Angie_Dickinson, American actress
*1932 - Shintaro_Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (governor of Tokyo)
*1934 - Udo_Jürgens, Austrian singer
*1935 - Johnny_Mathis, American singer
*1939 - Jean-Marie_Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
*1942 - Frankie_Lymon, American singer (d. 1962)
*1943 - Johann_Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
*1946 - Héctor_Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
*1947 - Marc_Bolan, British musician (d. 1977)
*1951 - Barry_Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine
*1952 - Jack_Wild, British actor
*1953 - S.M._Stirling, Canadian-born author
*1954 - Basia_Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter
*1954 - Barry_Williams, American actor
*1957 - Fran_Drescher, American actress
*1961 - Eric_Stoltz, American actor
*1962 - Frank_Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
*1964 - Trey_Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
* 1964 - Monica_Bellucci, Italian actress
*1971 - Jenna_Elfman, American actress
*1977 - Sun_Jihai, Chinese footballer
*1979 - Andy_Van_der_Meyde, Dutch footballer
*1980 - Martina_Hingis, Swiss tennis player
*1982 - Ari_Behn, Norwegian author
*1982 - Lacey_Chabert, American actress
* 1982 - Kieran_Culkin, American actor
*1990 - Tobi_Atkins, Australian actor
== Deaths ==
*420 - Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
*653 - Saint_Honorius, Archbishop_of_Canterbury
*1246 - Yaroslav_II_of_Russia (b. 1191)
*1440 - Reginald_Grey,_3rd_Baron_Grey_de_Ruthyn, English soldier and politician
*1487 - John_Sutton,_1st_Baron_Dudley, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)
*1551 - Ouchi_Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (b. 1507)
*1560 - Melchior_Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
*1572 - St. Francis_Borgia, Jesuit priest (b. 1510)
*1581 - Hubert_Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
*1626 - Nurhaci, Manchurian chief (b. 1559)
*1628 - Fulke_Greville,_1st_Baron_Brooke, English poet (b. 1554)
*1770 - Thomas_Robinson,_1st_Baron_Grantham, English politician and diplomat
*1770 - George_Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (b. 1714)
*1772 - James_Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)
*1891 - Georges_Boulanger, French general and politician (b. 1837)
*1913 - Rudolf_Diesel, German inventor (b. 1858)
*1943 - Franz_Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)
*1955 - James_Dean, American actor (automobile accident) (b. 1931)
*1976 - Mary_Ford, American singer (b. 1928)
*1985 - Simone_Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
*1990 - Patrick_White, Australian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)
*1994 - Andre_Michael_Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine (b. 1902)
*1998 - Dan_Quisenberry, baseball player (b. 1953)
*2002 - Hans-Peter_Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1913)
*2003 - Yusuf_Bey, Black_Muslim leader (b. 1935)
*2004 - Gamini_Fonseka Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (b. 1936)
== Holidays and observances==
*RC Saints - Saint Jerome
Also see September_30_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)
*Botswana - Independence_Day (1966)
*São Tomé and Príncipe - Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day
*International_Translation_Day
== External links ==
* BBC: On This Day
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