September 30

Events

 * - is proclaimed.
 * - and  defeat the  at the.
 * - : The French defeat the at the.
 * -, the last opera composed by premiered at  in ,.
 * - The in  is dissolved; Parisians hail  and  as incorruptible patriots.
 * - : defeats.
 * - Britain's first service begins in,.
 * - The world's first commercial power plant (later known as ) begins operation on the  in, ,.
 * - kills his third and fourth victims,  and.
 * - becomes a  protectorate.
 * - patents the.
 * - New officially opened by.
 * -,  biggest linguistic authority starts working in.
 * - becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season
 * - Start of youth movement for s in,.
 * - The, astride the border between the s of and , is dedicated.
 * - At 2:00 am,, , and  sign the , allowing  to occupy the  region of.
 * - The unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
 * - first evacuates citizens in anticipation of.
 * 1939  - General  becomes  of the  in exile.
 * - The joins the.
 * 1947  - The, featuring  and the , is  for the first time.
 * - The ends.
 * - The  '' is commissioned as the world's first  powered vessel.
 * - labor leader  founds the.
 * 1962  -  enters the, defying.
 * - General Suharto after an alleged coup by the . In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million of Indonesian suspected as communists.
 * - The  of  declares its independence, and becomes the .  takes office as the first.
 * - is launched; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.  presents the first show.
 * - makes a deal with the  (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the.
 * - The (later, now )  makes its first flight.


 * - Due to US budget cuts, the program's  experiment packages left on the  are shut down.
 * - The  commenced service with the opening of its  (aka. ).
 * - specifications published by  working with  and.
 * - -laced kills six people in the  area.  Seven were killed in all. The incident is known as the.
 * -, who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, was kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
 * - Foreign Minister of 's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in.
 * - The unveils the  in 's capital city of.
 * - President of  is forced from office.
 * - An earthquake hits 's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada ( division) in state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
 * - Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in, northeast of.
 * - The first images of a live in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of.
 * 2004 - The, the primary missile for the , retires from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat retires.
 * - The passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New, proclaiming in its article 1, "Catalonia is a nation".
 * 2005  - The  are printed in the  newspaper.
 * - the adopted the Constitutional Act that proclaimed the.

Births

 * -, Persian and poet (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, Italian philologist and physician (d. )
 * -, German mathematician (d. )
 * -, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. )
 * -, Polish writer (d. )
 * -, British statesman (d. )
 * -, French philosopher (d. )
 * -, French finance minister of (d. )
 * -, Mexican revolutionary (d. )
 * -, British architect (d. )
 * -, Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, American industrialist (d. )
 * -, French physicist, laureate (d. )
 * 1870  -, American banker; father of ; great-grandfather of  (d. )
 * -, German physicist (d. )
 * -, American politician (d. )
 * -, Russian-born film director (d. )
 * -, French actress (d. )
 * 1898  -  (d. )
 * -, Welsh poet (d. )
 * -, English physicist, laureate (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian violinist (d. )
 * -, American singer and actor (d. )
 * -, American film producer and writer (d. )
 * -, Governor of Georgia (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * 1917  -, American drummer (d. )
 * -, WWII Veteran (d. )
 * -, Argentine racing driver (d. )
 * 1919 -, American soprano
 * -, Brazilian-American musician and cellist
 * -, Scottish actress (d. )
 * -, Australian general
 * -, American author (d. )
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American poet
 * -, Romanian Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer, recipient of the
 * -, American actress
 * -, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)
 * 1932  -, American baseball player
 * -, American gospel/r&b singer
 * -, Austrian singer
 * 1934  -, Welch actress
 * -, American singer
 * 1935  -, American blues singer (d. )
 * -, Ukrainian composer
 * -, French chemist, laureate
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * -, German chemist, laureate
 * 1943  -, American singer
 * -, French Canadian singer
 * -, 42nd Present Master of the  order
 * 1945  -, twelfth Prime Minister of Israel
 * 1945  -, American radio personality
 * -, Puerto Rican singer (d. )
 * 1946  -, founder of , a ufo religion
 * -, British musician (d. )
 * 1947  -, American game designer
 * -, Italian musician
 * -, Australian physician, recipient of the
 * -, British actor (d. )
 * -, Canadian-born author
 * -, Polish-born singer and songwriter
 * 1954  -, American actor
 * 1954  -, American musician
 * -, American actress
 * -, Country Music Singer
 * -, American politician
 * -, American actor
 * 1961  -, American actress
 * 1961  -, Belgian racing driver
 * 1961  -, Hong Kong singer and actress
 * -, Dutch football player and manager
 * -, American musician
 * 1964  -, Italian actress
 * 1964  -, American singer and bassist
 * -, American comedian
 * -, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
 * -, American professional wrestler (d. )
 * -, English body builder, former  player
 * -, American actress
 * -, Norwegian author
 * 1972  -, American football player
 * -, French actress
 * 1975  -, American baseball player
 * -, Northern Irish footballer
 * 1977   -, American actress
 * 1977  -, Chinese footballer
 * -, American female wrestler
 * -, Dutch footballer
 * -, Swiss tennis player
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, American actress
 * 1982  -, American actor
 * 1982  -, British model
 * 1982  -, American comedian
 * 1982  -, American actress
 * 1982  -, American nude model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress
 * -, Romanian gymnast

Deaths

 * - Saint, translator of the Vulgate Bible
 * - (b. )
 * -, English soldier and politician
 * -, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. )
 * -, Japanese warlord (b. )
 * -, Spanish theologian (b. )
 * - St., Jesuit priest (b. )
 * -, French diplomat and reformer (b. )
 * -, Manchurian chief (b. )
 * -, English poet (b. )
 * -, English politician and diplomat
 * 1770  -, English-born Methodist leader (b. )
 * -, English engineer (b. )
 * -, Italian-Jewish scholar (b. )
 * -, widely believed to be the third victim of (b. )
 * 1888  -, widely believed to be the fourth victim of  (b. )
 * -, French general and politician (b. )
 * -,  and  (b. )
 * -, French engineer (b. )
 * -, German inventor (b. )
 * -, German fighter pilot (b. )
 * -, German sociologist (b. )
 * -, American actor (automobile accident) (b. )
 * -, French Canadian politician, (b. )
 * -, Inuit photographer and author (b. )
 * -, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of
 * -, American singer (Les Paul and Mary Ford) (b. )
 * -, American actor and (b. )
 * -, French actress (b. )
 * 1985  -, American seismologist (b. )
 * -, American composer (b. )
 * -, Australian writer, (b. )
 * 1990  -, Quebec writer and journalist (b. )
 * -, French microbiologist, (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. )
 * 2003  -,  lawyer (b. )
 * -, leader (b. )
 * -, Sri Lankan actor (b. )
 * 2004  -, British film producer and director (b. )
 * -, Sri Lankan actor (b. )
 * 2004  -, British film producer and director (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * - Saint
 * - Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day
 * - Day, ninth day in the
 * , introduced in by
 * , introduced in by