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September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 92 days remain until the end of the year.

This article is about the important events, famous people born, and notable deaths that happened on September 30th throughout history. It's a day filled with many interesting moments!

Historical Events on September 30
Famous Births on September 30
Notable Deaths on September 30
Holidays and Celebrations
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Historical Events on September 30

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

489 – The Ostrogoths, led by Theoderic the Great, won a big battle against Odoacer's army near Verona. This was their second victory.
737 – The Turgesh people successfully pushed back an invasion by the Umayyad army in a battle called the Battle of the Baggage. They even captured the enemy's supplies!
1139 – A very strong earthquake, measuring 7.7, hit the Caucasus mountains. It caused huge damage and sadly, up to 300,000 people lost their lives.
1399 – Henry IV was officially declared the new King of England.
1520 – Suleiman the Magnificent became the new sultan, or ruler, of the powerful Ottoman Empire.
1541 – The Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his soldiers entered the land of the Tula people in what is now Arkansas. They faced strong resistance from the Tula.

Events from 1601 to 1900

1744 – In the War of the Austrian Succession, France and Spain defeated Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo. However, they soon had to leave Sardinia.
1791 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's famous opera, The Magic Flute, was performed for the very first time. This happened just two months before he passed away.
1791 – France's National Constituent Assembly finished its work. A new group, the National Legislative Assembly, took its place the next day.
1863 – Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles (The Pearl Fishers) had its first performance in Paris.
1882 – Thomas Edison opened his first commercial power plant that used water to make electricity. It was called the Appleton Edison Light Company.

Modern Events (1901-Present)

1906 – The Royal Galician Academy began its work in Spain. This group is the most important authority for the Galician language.
1907 – The McKinley National Memorial was dedicated in Ohio. This is where U.S. President William McKinley, who was assassinated, and his family are buried.
1909 – The famous ship RMS Mauretania set a new record for crossing the Atlantic Ocean from east to west. This record stood for 20 years!
1915 – World War I: A soldier named Radoje Ljutovac made history. He was the first soldier ever to shoot down an enemy airplane using a weapon fired from the ground.
1918 – During the Ukrainian War of Independence, forces led by Nestor Makhno defeated the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.
1935 – The huge Hoover Dam was officially opened. It sits on the border between Arizona and Nevada in the U.S.
1938 – Britain, France, Germany, and Italy signed the Munich Agreement. This agreement allowed Germany to take over the Sudetenland area of Czechoslovakia.
1938 – The League of Nations (a group of countries working for peace) made a rule against "intentional bombings of civilian populations."
1939 – World War II: General Władysław Sikorski became the prime minister of the Polish government that was operating from outside Poland.
1939 – NBC broadcast the first televised American football game.
1943 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy, a school for training merchant marine officers, was officially opened by President Roosevelt.
1947 – The 1947 World Series baseball championship began. It was the first one to be shown on TV and the first to have an African-American player.
1947 – Pakistan officially joined the United Nations.
1949 – The Berlin Airlift came to an end. This was when planes flew supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blocked all ground routes.
1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus was put into service. It was the world's very first ship powered by nuclear energy.
1966 – Bechuanaland declared its independence and became the Republic of Botswana.
1968 – The amazing Boeing 747 jumbo jet was shown to the public for the first time.
1970 – Jordan made a deal with a group called the PFLP to release the remaining people who had been taken hostage during the Dawson's Field hijackings.
1975 – Malév Flight 240 crashed into the Mediterranean Sea near Beirut, Lebanon, and 60 people died.
1980 – The rules for Ethernet were published by Xerox, Intel, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Ethernet is a common way for computers to connect in a network.
1993 – A strong earthquake, measuring 6.2, hit Maharashtra, India. It caused a lot of damage, killing 9,748 people and injuring 30,000.
1999 – The Tokaimura nuclear accident in Japan caused the deaths of two technicians. It was Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
2009 – A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.6, hit Sumatra, leaving 1,115 people dead.
2016 – Hurricane Matthew became a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
2016 – Two valuable paintings, worth about $100 million, were found. They had been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

Famous Births on September 30

Born Before 1600

1207 – Rumi, a famous Persian mystic and poet.
1227 – Pope Nicholas IV, who became the leader of the Catholic Church.
1530 – Girolamo Mercuriale, an Italian scholar and doctor.
1550 – Michael Maestlin, a German astronomer and mathematician.

Born Between 1601 and 1900

1622 – Johann Sebastiani, a German composer.
1700 – Stanisław Konarski, a Polish monk, poet, and playwright.
1732 – Jacques Necker, a Swiss-French politician who served as Prime Minister of France.
1765 – José María Morelos, a Mexican priest and general who fought for independence.
1800 – Decimus Burton, an English architect who designed many famous buildings.
1813 – John Rae, a Scottish doctor and explorer.
1832 – Ann Jarvis, an American activist who helped start Mother's Day.
1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, an Irish composer and conductor.
1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., an American businessman who founded the Wrigley Company, famous for chewing gum.
1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, a French-American physicist and chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
1882 – Hans Geiger, a German physicist known for the Geiger counter.
1883 – Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, an American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist (someone who fought for women's right to vote).
1895 – Lewis Milestone, a Moldovan-American director and producer.

Born After 1900

1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, an English physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
1905 – Michael Powell, an English film director.
1908 – David Oistrakh, a Ukrainian-Russian violinist.
1917 – Buddy Rich, a famous American drummer and bandleader.
1921 – Deborah Kerr, a Scottish-English actress.
1924 – Truman Capote, a well-known American novelist and playwright.
1928 – Elie Wiesel, a Romanian-American author and activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize.
1931 – Angie Dickinson, an American actress.
1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, a Japanese author and politician who was the Governor of Tokyo.
1933 – Cissy Houston, an American singer.
1935 – Johnny Mathis, a famous American singer.
1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, a French chemist who won a Nobel Prize.
1942 – Frankie Lymon, an American singer-songwriter.
1943 – Monica Bellucci, an Italian actress and model.
1946 – Héctor Lavoe, a Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter.
1947 – Marc Bolan, an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1950 – Laura Esquivel, a Mexican author and screenwriter.
1951 – Barry Marshall, an Australian doctor who won a Nobel Prize for his work on stomach ulcers.
1954 – Patrice Rushen, an American singer-songwriter and producer.
1954 – Barry Williams, an American actor.
1957 – Fran Drescher, an American actress, producer, and screenwriter.
1958 – Marty Stuart, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1961 – Crystal Bernard, an American actress and singer-songwriter.
1961 – Eric Stoltz, an American actor and director.
1964 – Trey Anastasio, an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
1965 – Omid Djalili, an English comedian and actor.
1970 – Tony Hale, an American actor and producer.
1971 – Jenna Elfman, an American actress and producer.
1975 – Marion Cotillard, a French actress and singer.
1979 – Martina Hingis, a famous Swiss tennis player.
1981 – Cecelia Ahern, an Irish author.
1981 – Dominique Moceanu, an American gymnast.
1982 – Lacey Chabert, an American actress.
1982 – Kieran Culkin, an American actor.
1984 – T-Pain, an American rapper and producer.
1986 – Olivier Giroud, a French footballer.
1986 – Ki Hong Lee, an American actor.
1992 – Ezra Miller, an American actor and singer.
1994 – Aliya Mustafina, a Russian gymnast.
1997 – Max Verstappen, a Dutch race car driver.
2002 – Maddie Ziegler, an American dancer and actress.

Notable Deaths on September 30

Died Before 1600

420 – Jerome, a Roman priest and saint.
653 – Honorius of Canterbury, an Italian archbishop and saint.
954 – Louis IV of France, a king of France.
1246 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir, a Russian prince.
1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, an English politician.
1572 – Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, a Spanish priest and saint.

Died Between 1601 and 1900

1626 – Nurhaci, a Chinese emperor.
1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, an English poet and politician.
1770 – George Whitefield, an English-American priest and preacher.
1897 – Thérèse of Lisieux, a French nun and saint.

Died After 1900

1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, a German pilot known for his skills in World War II.
1955 – James Dean, a famous American actor.
1977 – Mary Ford, an American singer and guitarist.
1978 – Edgar Bergen, an American actor and ventriloquist.
1985 – Charles Francis Richter, an American scientist who created the Richter scale for measuring earthquakes.
1985 – Simone Signoret, a French actress.
1990 – Patrick White, an Australian novelist and playwright who won a Nobel Prize in Literature.
1994 – André Michel Lwoff, a French microbiologist who won a Nobel Prize.
1998 – Dan Quisenberry, an American baseball player and poet.
2003 – Robert Kardashian, an American lawyer and businessman.
2011 – Ralph M. Steinman, a Canadian-American immunologist who won a Nobel Prize.
2012 – Barbara Ann Scott, a Canadian-American figure skater.
2014 – Martin Lewis Perl, an American physicist who won a Nobel Prize.
2017 – Monty Hall, an American game show host.
2018 – Sonia Orbuch, a Polish resistance fighter during World War II and a Holocaust educator.
2019 – Victoria Braithwaite, a British scientist who proved that fish can feel pain.

Holidays and Celebrations

Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
Birth of Morelos (Mexico)
Boy's Day (Poland)
Christian feast day for:
Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates when Botswana became independent from the United Kingdom in 1966.
International Translation Day (celebrated by the International Federation of Translators)
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day (Canada)