September 30Birthdays & History

On this day: September 30 in history

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1. 489The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.Europe
2. 737The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.Middle East
3. 1061Election of pope Alexander II following the death of pope Nicholas II two months prior.Europe
4. 1139A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.Middle East
5. 1342Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.Europe
6. 1399Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.Europe
7. 1520Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.Middle East
8. 1541Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.EuropeNorth America
9. 1551A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.Asia
10. 1687The Venetians under Girolamo Corner take the city of Herceg Novi from the Ottoman Empire.Middle East
11. 1736The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.Middle East
12. 1744War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.Europe
13. 1791The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.Europe
14. 1791France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.Europe
15. 1863Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris.Europe
16. 1882Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation.North America
17. 1888Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.Europe
18. 1906The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain.Europe
19. 1907The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.North America
20. 1909The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.EuropeNorth America
21. 1915World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.Europe
22. 1918Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.Europe
23. 1919The Elaine massacre in Arkansas commences.North America
24. 1935The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.North America
25. 1936American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.North America
26. 1938Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.Europe
27. 1938The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".Europe
28. 1939World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.Europe
29. 1939NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.North America
30. 1941World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.Europe
31. 1943The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.North America
32. 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.Europe
33. 1945The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.Europe
34. 1947Pakistan joins the United Nations.Asia
35. 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.AfricaNorth America
36. 1949The Berlin Airlift ends.Europe
37. 1954The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.North America
38. 1960The Flintstones animated sitcom premieres on ABC television.North America
39. 1966Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.Africa
40. 1968The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.North America
41. 1970Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.Middle East
42. 1975Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.Middle East
43. 1978Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.Europe
44. 1980Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.North America
45. 1993The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.Asia
46. 1994Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.North America
47. 1999The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.Asia
48. 2000Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.Middle East
49. 2005Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.Europe
50. 2009The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.Asia
51. 2016Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.Latin America
52. 2016Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.Europe

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