September, 30th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 30, 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.

Tuesday 30, 1997:
Origin Systems Inc. releases Ultima online, a massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new video gaming genre.

Thursday 30, 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.

Monday 30, 1991:
President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.

Saturday 30, 1989:
Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague.

Thursday 30, 1982:
The TV sitcom Cheers premieres.

Tuesday 30, 1980:
Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Tuesday 30, 1975:
The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.

Saturday 30, 1967:
BBC Radio 1 is launched; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names. Tony Blackburn presents the first show.

Friday 30, 1966:
The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.

Thursday 30, 1965:
Civil unrest follows a failed coup attempt by Indonesia Communist Party (PKI). More than a million people died.

Sunday 30, 1962:
James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.

Friday 30, 1960:
The last episode of "The Howdy Doody Show" airs on NBC.

Friday 30, 1955:
James Dean dies in a car crash.

Thursday 30, 1954:
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.

Friday 30, 1949:
The Berlin Airlift ends.

Tuesday 30, 1947:
Baseball: The World Series, featuring New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

Saturday 30, 1939:
General W?adys?aw Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.

Friday 30, 1938:
The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations"

Monday 30, 1935:
"The Adventures of Dick Tracy" is first heard on the Mutual Radio Network.

Monday 30, 1895:
Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.

Sunday 30, 1888:
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Saturday 30, 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.

Thursday 30, 1813:
Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.

Monday 30, 1399:
Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 30

1990:
Tobi Atkins, Australian actor (b: September 30, 1990) (Biography of Tobi Atkins)

1982:
Lacey Chabert, American actress (b: September 30, 1982) (Biography of Lacey Chabert)
Kieran Culkin, American actor (b: September 30, 1982) (Biography of Kieran Culkin)

1980:
Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player (b: September 30, 1980) (Biography of Martina Hingis)

1972:
Ari Behn, Norwegian author (b: September 30, 1972) (Biography of Ari Behn)

1971:
Jenna Elfman, American actress (b: September 30, 1971) (Biography of Jenna Elfman)

1964:
Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish) (b: September 30, 1964) (Biography of Trey Anastasio)
Monica Bellucci, Italian actress (b: September 30, 1964) (Biography of Monica Bellucci)

1962:
Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager (b: September 30, 1962) (Biography of Frank Rijkaard)

1961:
Eric Stoltz, American actor (b: September 30, 1961) (Biography of Eric Stoltz)

1957:
Fran Drescher, American actress (b: September 30, 1957) (Biography of Fran Drescher)

1954:
Barry Williams, American actor (b: September 30, 1954) (Biography of Barry Williams)
Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter (b: September 30, 1954) (Biography of Basia Trzetrzelewska)

1953:
S.M. Stirling, Canadian-American author (b: September 30, 1953) (Biography of S.M. Stirling)

1952:
Jack Wild, English actor (b: September 30, 1952) (Biography of Jack Wild)

1951:
Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine (b: September 30, 1951) (Biography of Barry Marshall)

1947:
Marc Bolan, English musician (b: September 30, 1947 ; d: September 16, 1977) (Biography of Marc Bolan)

1946:
Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b: September 30, 1946 ; d: June 29, 1993) (Biography of Héctor Lavoe)

1942:
Frankie Lymon, American singer (b: September 30, 1942 ; d: February 27, 1968) (Biography of Frankie Lymon)

1935:
Johnny Mathis, American singer (b: September 30, 1935) (Biography of Johnny Mathis)

1934:
Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer (b: September 30, 1934) (Biography of Udo Jürgens)

1931:
Angie Dickinson, American actress (b: September 30, 1931) (Biography of Angie Dickinson)

1928:
Elie Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor, author, and lecturer, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b: September 30, 1928) (Biography of Elie Wiesel)

1924:
Truman Capote, American author (b: September 30, 1924 ; d: August 25, 1984) (Biography of Truman Capote)

1922:
Alan Stretton, Australian general (b: September 30, 1922) (Biography of Alan Stretton)

1921:
Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (b: September 30, 1921) (Biography of Deborah Kerr)

1917:
Buddy Rich, American drummer (b: September 30, 1917 ; d: April 2, 1987) (Biography of Buddy Rich)
Park Chunghee, President of South Korea (b: September 30, 1917) (Biography of Park Chunghee)

1915:
Lester Maddox, Governor of Georgia (b: September 30, 1915 ; d: June 25, 2003) (Biography of Lester Maddox)

1913:
Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (b: September 30, 1913 ; d: January 27, 1975) (Biography of Bill Walsh (producer))

1912:
Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (b: September 30, 1912) (Biography of Kenny Baker (1912-1985))

1908:
David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b: September 30, 1908 ; d: October 24, 1974) (Biography of David Oistrakh)

1905:
Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 30, 1905 ; d: August 8, 1996) (Biography of Nevill Francis Mott)

1904:
Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (b: September 30, 1904 ; d: May 20, 1971) (Biography of Waldo Williams)

1898:
Renée Adorée, French actress (b: September 30, 1898 ; d: October 5, 1933) (Biography of Renée Adorée)
Princess Charlotte of Monaco (b: September 30, 1898) (Biography of Princess Charlotte of Monaco)

1895:
Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (b: September 30, 1895 ; d: September 25, 1980) (Biography of Lewis Milestone)

1882:
Hans Geiger, German physicist (b: September 30, 1882) (Biography of Hans Geiger)

1870:
Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 30, 1870) (Biography of Jean Baptiste Perrin)

1800:
Decimus Burton, English architect (b: September 30, 1800) (Biography of Decimus Burton)

1732:
Jacques Necker, French diplomat, finance minister of Louis XVI (b: September 30, 1732 ; d: April 9, 1804) (Biography of Jacques Necker)

1700:
Stanis?aw Konarski, Polish writer (b: September 30, 1700 ; d: August 3, 1773) (Biography of Stanis?aw Konarski)

1631:
William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (b: September 30, 1631 ; d: July 7, 1701) (Biography of William Stoughton (Massachusetts))

1530:
Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (b: September 30, 1530 ; d: November 13, 1606) (Biography of Geronimo Mercuriali)

1227:
Pope Nicholas IV (b: September 30, 1227 ; d: April 4, 1292) (Biography of Pope Nicholas IV)

1207:
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (b: September 30, 1207 ; d: December 17, 1273) (Biography of Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/30-september/births.html