September 30th
Holidays and Festivals
Independence Day (Botswana) * (see below)
Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé & Príncipe)
International Translation Day * (see below)
National Women's Health & Fitness Day
National Mud Pack Day (USA)
Days of Wine and Apples (Boston, USA)
Christian Feast Day of Jerome
* Ibiza Closing Parties Ibiza, Spain - Last 3 weeks of Sept (21-21)
* Pop Montreal Festival Montréal, Canada September 29 - October 3 (2of5) (2010)
* Independence Day (Botswana) celebrating the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.
* International Translation Day, introduced in 1991 by International Federation of Translators.
Toast of The Day
"Here's to good old whiskey...
may those who use it never abuse it."
- Unknown
Drink of The Day
Sloe Gin Fizz
1 Part Sloe Gin
2 PartS Sweet and Sour
Fill With Club Soda
Wine of The Day
Davis Family (2008) Horseshoe Bend Vineyard
Style - Pinot Noir
Russian River Valley
$50
Beer of The Day
- Eastern Hemisphere -
Störtebeker Bio "1402"
Brewer - Stralsunder Brauerei GmbH Stralsund, Germany
Kellerbier/Zwickelbier
- Western Hemisphere -
Raspberry Torte
Brewer - Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant Wilmington, DE
Style - American-Style Sour Ale
Joke of The Day
A man walks into a bar one night. He goes up to the bar and asks for a beer.
"Certainly, sir, that'll be 1 cent."
"ONE PENNY!" exclaimed the guy.
The barman replied, "Yes." So the guy glances over at the menu, and he asks,
"Could I have a nice juicy T-bone steak, with chips, peas, and a fried egg?"
"Certainly sir," replies the bartender, "but all that comes to real money."
"How much money?" inquires the guy.
"4 cents," he replies.
"FOUR cents!" exclaims the guy. "Where's the guy who owns this place?"
The barman replies, "Upstairs with my wife."
The guy says, "What's he doing with your wife?"
The bartender replies, "Same as what I'm doing to his business."
Quote of The Day
"Well you see, Norm, it's like this . . . A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the heard is hunted, it is the lowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members. In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers."
- Episode of "Cheers", Cliff describing the Buffalo Theory to Norm. Cheers was on NBC from September 30, 1982 - May 20, 1993.
Whiskey Of The Day
Price: $45.
September Observances
AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Month
All American Breakfast Month
Apple Month
Atrial Fibrillation Month
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Month
Baby Safety Month
Backpack Safety America Month
Be Kind to Editors and Writers Month
Better Breakfast Month
Bourbon Heritage Month
Bumbershoot Festival (Seattle, Washington, USA)
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Childrens' Good Manners Month
Chili Peppers and Figs Month
Classical Music Month
College Savings Month
Craniofacial Acceptance Month
Eat Chicken Month
Fall Hat Month
Go Wild During California Wild Rice Month
Great American Low-Cholesterol, Low-fat Pizza Bake Month
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month
Happy Cat Month
Healthy Aging Month
Healthy Aging Month
Hunger Action Month
International Guide Dogs Month
International People Skills Month
International Self-Awareness Month
International Square Dancing Month
International Strategic Thinking Month
Library Card Sign-Up Month
Little League Month
Menopause Awareness Month
Million Minute Family Challenge (September-December)
Mold Awareness Month
National 5-A-Day Month
National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Biscuit Month
National Blueberry Popsicle Month
National Campus Safety Month
National Chicken Month
National Child Awareness Month
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
National Cholesterol Education Month
National Civics Awareness Month
National Coupon Month
National Courtesy Month
National DNA, Geonomics & Stem Cell Education Month
National Food Safety Education Month
National Fruit and Veggies Month (Also June)
National Head Lice Prevention Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15-October 15)
National Home Furnishings Month
National Honey Month
National Infant Mortality Awareness Month
National Mushroom Month
National Organic Harvest Month
National Osteopathic Medicine Month
National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month (ovarian.org)
National Pediculosis (Head Lice) Prevention Month
National Piano Month
National Potato Month
National Preparedness Month
National Prime Beef Month
National Prosper Where You Are Planted Month
National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month
National Recovery Month
National Rice Month
National Sickle Cell Month
National Skin Care Awareness Month
National Wilderness Month
One-on-One Month
Passion Fruit and Peach Month
Peas and Radish Month
Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month
Pleasure Your Mate Month
Reunion Planning Month
Save The Koala Month
Sea Cadet Month
Self Improvement Month
Shameless Promotion Month
Southern Gospel Music Month
Sports and Home Eye Health and Safety Month
Subliminal Communications Month
United Planet Month
Update Your Resume Month
Virtual AKC Responsible Dog Ownership Days
Whole Grains Month
Women's Friendship Month
World Animal Remembrance Month
World Leukemia, Lymphoma And Myeloma Awareness Month
Observances this Week
Child Passenger Safety Week, Last Week in SeptemberDeaf Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Adult Immunization Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Prostate Cancer Awareness Week, Last Week in September
Banned Books Week, Last Week in September
National Dog Week, Last Week in September
National Keep Kids Creative Week, Last Week in September
Remember to Register to Vote Week, Last Week in September
International Women's E-Commerce Days, Last Week in September
National Forest Week (Canada), Last Week in September * CLICK HERE
World Hearing Aid Awareness Week, Last Sunday of September to next Saturday
National Chimney Safety Week, Week before First Full Week in October
Fall Astronomy Week, Week of Fall Astronomy Day (Saturday between mid-September and mid-October so as to be on or close to the first quarter Moon)
Historical Events on September 30th
1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
1399 King Richard II of England abdicates throne. Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
1520 Suleiman I succeeds his father Selam I as sultan of Turkey
1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France
1555 Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic
1619 Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp
1626 Battle between king Bethlen Gabor & earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
1649 Last Swedish troops vacate Prague
1659 Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)
1659 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
1681 Netherlands & Sweden sign treaty
1730 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns
1744 France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
1787 1st US voyage around the world Columbia leaves Boston
1791 The Magic Flute, the last opera composed by Mozart, receives its premiere performance at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
1791 The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as incorruptible patriots.
1805 Napoleons army draws into the Rhine
1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
1813 Battle of Bárbula, Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla
1818 Congress of Aken, Russia, Austria, Prussia, France & England
1841 Samuel Slocum patented the stapler
1846 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth)
1857 US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland & Jarvis Is south of Hawaii
1860 Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
1862 First Battle of Newtonia (American Civil War), Newton County, Missouri
1864 Battle of Preble's Farm VA (Poplar Springs Church)
1864 Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
1867 Midway Islands formally declared a US possession
1868 Spain's Queen Isabella is deposed, flees to France
1877 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)
1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula
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.
1885 Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG)
1887 Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup
1888 Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
1895 France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
1895 Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
1898 City of NY established
1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner.
1903 The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
1904 White Sox lefty Doc White, pitches his 5th shutout in 18 days
1906 The Real Academia Galega, Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
1907 Cards Ed Konetchy steals home twice & Joe Delahanty also steals home for record 3 steals of home (vs Boston)
1908 Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow
1915 Red Sox clinch AL pennant by beating Detroit
1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak
1919 Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers," premieres in NYC
1919 Race riot at Elaine Arkansas
1920 Time Square Theater opens at 217 W 42nd St NYC
1922 Government of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece
1922 Yanks clinch pennant #2, beating Boston 3-1
1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season
1924 Allies stop checking on German navy
1925 General Pangulos disbands Greek parliament
1926 German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes
1927 Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season. Hits 60th (off Tom Zachary)
1928 Le Sifflet publishes 1st precursor of Kuifje (Tintin)
1928 Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
1931 Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
1933 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in NYC
1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
1934 FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1934 St Louis Card clinch pennant as Dizzy Dean wins his 30th of year
1935 Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" premieres in Boston
1935 The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1936 Intl Commission of Straits (Dardanelles & Bosphorus) ends
1936 Pinewood Studios opens in Buckinghamshire England
1937 6th Ryder Cup, US, 8-4 at Southport & Ainsdale, England
1938 At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia, forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany
1938 British premier Chamberlain arrives in Munich
1938 The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
1939 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC)
1939 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton)
1939 Britain first evacuates citizens in anticipation of war.
1939 General Wladyslaw Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.
1939 Germany & Russia agree to partition Poland
1939 White Sox reliever Clint Brown sets record of 61st relief appearance
1940 47 German aircrafts shot down above England
1940 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons)
1941 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine
1941 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons)
1941 German assault on Moscow, operation-Taifun, begins
1941 Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine, German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre in World War II.
1942 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons)
1942 Admiral Nimitz B-17 finds Guadalcanal using National Geographic map
1942 SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period
1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit
1944 Failed attack on German officers near Putten Neth
1944 Calais reoccupied by Allies
1944 Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms
1945 Bourne End rail crash, Hertfordshire, England killed 43
1945 Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennant for Tigers
1945 The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
1946 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg. Von Ribbentrop & Goering sentence to death.
1947 The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
1947 The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time. Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest World Series crowd 73,365.
1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
1949 Pirates Ralph Kiner hits his 54th HR & NL record 16th in September
1950 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
1950 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
1950 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Auguste, Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record)
1953 Earl Warren appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
1953 Robert Anderson's "Tea & Sympathy," premieres in NYC
1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins
1954 "Boy Friend" opens at Royale Theater NYC for 483 performances
1954 Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy
1954 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
1955 Film icon James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR
1956 White Sox Jim Derrington, 16, is youngest to start a game (he loses)
1957 French government of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria
1957 WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 French Guinee becomes independent republic Guinea
1958 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1960 Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show)
1960 On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
1960 West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
1961 Bill for Boston Tea Party is paid by Mayor Snyder of Oregon who wrote a check for $196, the total cost of all tea lost
1962 A's Bill Fischer ends 84 1/3 consec innings pitched without a walk
1962 JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
1962 James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
1962 KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting
1962 KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1962 Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open
1962 NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play & beat NY 5-1
1963 "Student Gypsy" opens at 84th St Theater NYC for 16 performances
1963 56th Postmaster General, John A Gronouski of Wis takes office
1964 "Oh What a Lovely War" opens at Broadhurst Theater NYC for 125 perfs
1965 Donovan's 1st US TV appearance (Shindig)
1965 General Suharto rises to power after an alleged coup by the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists.
1965 LA Dodger Don Drysdale (23-12) wins 13th straight game, 7 by shutouts
1966 The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President (National Day).
1966 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1967 BBC Radio 1 is launched and Tony Blackburn presents its first show, the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.
1967 Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)
1967 USSR's Kosmos 186 & 188 complete 1st automatic docking
1968 1st Boeing 747 rolls out
1968 AL & NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires
1968 Sharon Miller wins LPGA Seven Lakes Golf Invitational
1968 Supremes release "Love Child"
1968 The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
1969 Atlanta's 10th straight win, clinches NL West pennant
1970 Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
1970 New American Bible published
1971 3rd bishop synod, Rome
1971 Last Washington Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
1972 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)
1972 Roberto Clemente is 11th to records 3,000 hits, final hit of his career.
1973 3rd NYC Women's Marathon won by Nina Kuscsik in 2:57:07
1973 4th NYC Marathon won by Tom Fleming in 2:21:54
1973 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
1973 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Cameron Park Golf Open
1973 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1973 Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5, Ralph Houk resigns as manager
1974 Gen Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds Gen Spinola as pres of Portugal
1975 5 drown in flash flood of sewer & water tunnel (Niagara Falls NY)
1975 The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.
1977 Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
1977 Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns
1977 Philippine political prisoners, Eugenio Lopez, Jr. and Sergio Osmeña III escape from Fort Bonifacio Maximum Security Prison in the Philippines.
1977 Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album
1977 USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1978 Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati
1978 Phillies clinch NL East title
1979 Milwaukee Brewers lose 5-0 ending 213 straight games without a shutout
1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Mary Kay Golf Classic
1979 The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
1980 A's Rickey Henderson sets AL stolen base record at 98 en route to 100
1980 Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
1980 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 Last game at Minnesota's Metropolitan Stadium, lose to KC 5-2
1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics
1982 Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
1982 National railroad strike in Belgium
1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
1984 Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), KC wins 10-6
1984 California Angels Michael Witt is 11th to pitch a perfect baseball game (over Texas Rangers, 1-0)
1984 NY Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
1985 Howard Stern gets fired from WNBC AM (NY)
1986 Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel covert nuclear program to British media, was kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1986 US releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
1987 Suriname constitution ratified
1988 Andrei A Gromyko retires
1988 Dave Stieb, loses 2nd consecutive no hitter bid with 2 outs in 9th
1988 IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
1988 LA Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings
1988 Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
1988 Robin Givens & Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show
1989 Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague.
1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii & Ascension
1989 Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout
1989 Senegambia separates back into Gambia & Senegal
1989 Toronto Blue Jays wins AL East title
1990 Pittsburgh Pirates wins NL East title
1990 The Chicago White Sox defeat the Seattle Mariners 2-1 at the final game at Comiskey Park.
1990 The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
1991 President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.
1992 26th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins
1992 KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits
1992 Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars
1993 A 6.4 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.
1993 General Colin Powell retires at 56
1993 MS Dos 6.2 released
1994 Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years of service.
1994 NHL goes on strike
1994 Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit
1994 Sylvestre Ntibantunganya elected president of Burundi
1994 Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election
1995 Cleveland Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1997 1st time 3 cons HRs in post season-Raines, Jeter, O'Neill (NY Yankees)
1997 Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits
1997 Microsoft Corp releases Internet Explorer 4.0
1997 Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter & Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)
1999 Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokai-mura, northeast of Tokyo.
2004 The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
2004 The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
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".
2005 The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
2006 the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia adopted the Constitutional Act that proclaimed the new Constitution of Serbia.
2012 Car bomb blasts kill at least 32 people across Iraq
2012 Europe defeat the US 14.5-13.5 in the 39th Ryder Cup
2012 Melbourne Storm defeat the Canterbury Bulldogs in the 2012 NRL Grand Final
2012 Two opposition Venezuelan politicians are shot dead a week before the presidential election
2013 54 people are killed by a series of car bombs in Baghdad, Iraq
2014 A case of Ebola Virus reaches Dallas, Texas
Born on September 30th
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)
1550 Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
1622 Johann Sebastiani, composer
1627 Robinson Crusoe, fictional character according to Daniel Defoe
1631 William Stoughton, American judge at the Salem witch trials (d. 1701)
1685 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus, composer
1700 Stanislaw 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)
1743 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer
1752 Justin Heinrich Knecht, composer
1765 José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
1800 Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)
1805 Samuel Peter Heintzelman, Major General (Union volunteers)
1808 Lambertus GC Ledeboer, Dutch vicar (Folies-old Calvinist communities)
1811 Augusta of Saxe-Weimar, Queen of Prussia and German Empress (d. 1890)
1824 Peter Milne, composer
1827 Carlo A Alfieri, Italian MP (Liberal)
1827 Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
1827 Kenner Garrard, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1832 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts, Brit gov of Natal (Ireland-Boer war)
1833 Ferdinand von Saar, writer
1840 Johan Severin Svendsen, composer
1847 Wilhelmina E Drucker (Lensing), Dutch feminist
1852 Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, organist (d. 1924)
1856 Andrejs Jurjans, composer
1857 Hermann Sudermann, German writer (Honor, That Ehre, Frau Sorge)
1861 William Wrigley Jr., American industrialist (Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company) (d. 1932)
1862 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer
1863 Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (WW I)
1869 Ernest Jones, cricket pace bowler (marvellous Aust at turn of century)
1870 Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
1870 Jean Perrin, France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)
1870 Thomas W. Lamont, American banker; father of Corliss Lamont; great-grandfather of Ned Lamont (d. 1948)
1871 John Fabricius, Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet)
1871 Ruben Mattias Liljefors, composer
1876 Katherine Griffith, SF CA, actress (Pollyanna, Fast Company)
1879 Ernst Isler, composer
1880 Henri G Casadesus, French altviolist, composer (Viola d'amour)
1882 George Bancroft, Phila, actor (Underworld)/wife of Octavia Brooke
1882 Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)
1883 Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)
1883 Robert H Lightfoot, English theologist/exegetist (St John's Gospel)
1887 Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (d. 1980)
1893 Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (d. 1964)
1894 Dirk J Bush, Dutch/US mathematician (Concise History of Mathematics)
1895 Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)
1897 Alfred Wintle, British WW1 & WW2 soldier; author of "The Last Englishman" (d. 1966)
1897 Lil Dagover, (Marta-Maria Lillits), Pati Java, actress (Spiders)
1898 Felix Kersten, Baltic-German/Finnish masseuse (Heinrich Himmler)
1898 Johannes Rontgen, composer
1898 Orestis Makris, Greek actor (d. 1975)
1898 Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
1898 Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)
1899 Hendrik Marsman, Dutch poet/writer/critic
1900 Otto Roesch, paleontologist
1902 Piet(er J) "Piet" Lieftinck, Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52)
1904 Frank Lawton, London England, actor (Devil Doll, Invisible Ray)
1904 Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (d. 1971)
1905 Michael Powell, English director/screen writer/producer (Red Shoes)
1905 Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist (Nobel Prize laureate) (d. 1996)
1905 Ralph Forbes, London England, actor (Romeo & Juliet, Daniel Boone)
1906 Eamonn O Gallagher, composer
1906 (Michael) John I(nnes) M(ackintosh) Stewart (Innes), British detective writer (Comedy of Terrors)
1907 Arnold Elston, composer
1908 David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist, proffesor (Moscow Conservatory) (d. 1974)
1908 Edzard H Schaper, German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist
1912 Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back) (d. 1985)
1912 Oliver Charles Anderson, novelist
1913 Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (d. 1975)
1915 Lester (Garfield) Maddox, segregationist and Governor of Georgia (Gov-D-Ga), Restaurant Owner
1915 Robert Morris, lawyer
1917 Buddy Rich, American big band drummer and leader (Buddy Rich Band) (d. 1987)
1917 Chung Hee Park, General, President of South Korea (1961-79), assassinated (d. 1979)
1917 Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov, USSR, director (Taganka)
1918 Lewis Nixon, WWII Veteran (d. 1996)
1919 Patricia Neway, American soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia) (d. 2012)
1919 Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, professor of occupational health
1919 Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)
1920 Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American musician and cellist
1920 Donald Keech, entrepreneur
1920 Ghazar Saryan, composer
1921 Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (King & I, Night of Iguana) (d. 2007)
1921 Eileen Zhang Ailing Chang, writer
1922 Alan Stretton, Australian general
1922 Allan Rae, cricketer (prolific WI opening batsman 1948-53)
1924 Charles Quinlivan, Jersey City NJ, actor (7 Guns to Mesa)
1924 Truman Capote, American author (In Cold Blood) (d. 1984)
1925 Gwyn A Williams, historian/socialist
1926 Peder Holm, composer
1926 Robin Roberts, American baseball player, pitcher (Phillies, Won 28 in 1952)
1927 W. S. Merwin, American poet
1928 Elie Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor, author (Souls on Fire), and lecturer (Recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize 1986)
1929 Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist
1930 Ben Cooper, Hartford CT, actor (Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders)
1931 Angie Dickinson (Angeline Brown), American actress (Police Woman)
1931 Ray Willsey, Regina Sask, WLAF def coordinator (Frankfurt, Scotland)
1932 Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)
1932 Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)
1933 Barbara Knox, English actress
1933 Cissy Houston, American gospel/r&b singer
1933 Mars Zakirovich Rafikov, Russian cosmonaut
1934 Alan A'Court, English footballer (d. 2009)
1934 Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress
1934 Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer
1935 Jill Corey, Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade)
1935 Johnny Mathis, American singer (Chances Are, 12th of Never)
1935 Z. Z. Hill, American blues singer (d. 1984)
1936 Butler Derrick, (Rep-D-SC, 1974)
1936 James R Sasser, (Sen-D-Tenn, 1977)
1937 Jurek Becker, German author
1937 Valentin Vasil'yevich Sil'vestrov, Ukrainian composer
1938 Salvatore Michael Caruana, Mass, criminal (FBI Most Wanted List)
1939 Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1939 Len Cariou, Canadian actor (Four Seasons-Sherry)
1939 Piet M Blauw, Dutch MP (VVD)
1940 Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1940 Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and professor
1942 Dewey Martin, Canadian rock vocalist/drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
1942 Frankie Lymon, American singer (The Teenagers) (d. 1968)
1942 Gus Dudgeon, British pop producer (Joan Armatrading, David Bowie)
1942 Sture Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
1943 Ian Ogilvy, British Actor
1943 Jody Powell, press mouthpiece (Jimmy Carter)
1943 Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1943 Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The 5th Dimension), host (Solid Gold)
1944 Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer
1944 Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
1945 Bob Lassiter, American radio personality
1945 Ehud Olmert, twelfth Prime Minister of Israel
1946 Claude Vorilhon, founder of Raelism, a UFO religion
1946 Fran Brill, American actress, voice actress and puppeteer
1946 Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
1946 Paul Sheahan, Australian test cricketer (1967-1974)
1946 Sylvia Peterson, US vocalist (Chiffons-He's So Fine)
1946 William Thurston, Washington, mathematician (Fields Medal, 1982), (d. 2012)
1947 Dave Arneson, American game designer (d. 2009)
1947 Marc Bolan, British musician, vocalist (T-Rex-Bang a Gong) (d. 1977)
1947 Rula Lenska, English actress (Friends from Europe are here)
1948 Craig Kusick, American baseball player, MLB
1949 Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut (Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS 93)
1950 Renato Zero, Italian musician
1950 Victoria Tennant, London England (All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War)
1951 Barry Marshall, Australian physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1951 Catie Ball, US, 100 m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-4X4 gold-1968)
1951 Nicholas Yermakov, US, sci-fi author (Epiphany, Jehad, Clique)
1952 Darrell Hair, cricketer (Australian Test umpire since 1993-94)
1952 Frank Zincavage, rocker (Romeo Void)
1952 Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006)
1953 Deborah Allen, American country singer (Jim Stafford Show)
1953 S. M. Stirling, Canadian-born author
1954 Barry Williams, American actor (Greg-Brady Bunch)
1954 Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish-born singer and songwriter
1954 Calvin Levels, Cleveland Ohio, actor (Knightwatch)
1954 Patrice Rushen, American musician, vocalist
1955 Frankie Kennedy, flute player
1956 Maria Esmeralda, Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels
1957 Fran Drescher, American actress (Cadillac Man, Nanny)
1957 Gladys Portugues, NYC, Mrs Jean-Claude Van Damme/actr (It's Alive 3)
1957 William Christian, Wash DC, actor (Derek Frye-All My Children)
1958 Christopher Cass, Cold Spring Harbor NY, actor (Jack Forbes-Loving)
1958 Marty Stuart, American musician, country singer (Hillbilly Rock)
1958 Nona Garson, equestrian show jumper (Olympics-96)
1958 Rodwell Biggie Tembo Marasha, musician
1959 Basia Trzetrzelevska, Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life)
1959 Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach
1959 Hans Werdekker, Dutch soccer player (Ajax, RKC/Amsterdam Admirals)
1959 Kim Bauer, New Orleans LA, LPGA golfer (1993 Minn LPGA Classic-30th)
1960 Blanche Lincoln, American politician
1960 Mike Herbert, Rogers Ark, kayak (alt-Olympics-96)
1960 Susan Keith, actress (Shana Vochek-Loving)
1961 Chandrakant Pandit, Indian cricket wicket-keeper (late 80's)
1961 Crystal Bernard, American actress (Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings)
1961 Eric Stoltz, American actor (Anaconda, Pulp Fiction, Mask)
1961 Eric van de Poele, Belgian racing driver
1961 Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
1962 Dave Magadan, Tampa FL, 1st baseman (NY Mets, Chicago Cubs)
1962 Frank Rijkaard, Dutch footballer (Ajax, AC Milan) and manager
1962 George Jamison, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1962 Leon Hutten, soccer player (RKC)
1962 Shaan, Indian singer
1963 Cristina Marsillach, Madrid Spain, actress (Barocco)
1963 David Barbe, American musician (Sugar)
1963 Ed Drakich, Windsor Ontario, volleyball player (Olympics-96)
1963 Reb Beach, rocker (Winger)
1964 Michael McKay, Australian rower (Olympics-96)
1964 Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
1964 Robby Takac, American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls)
1964 Stephen N Frick, Pitts PA, Lt Cmdr USN/astronaut
1964 Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish, Oysterhead)
1965 Kathleen Madigan, American comedian
1965 Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian and actor
1966 Gary Armstrong, Scotland rugby player
1966 Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
1967 Nadine Handford, Adelaide Aust, golfer (1993 T77 Alpine Aust Ladies)
1967 Yorkis Perez, Bajos de Haina Dom Rep, pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1968 Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
1969 Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1991)
1969 Mark Smith, English body builder, former Gladiators player
1970 Eric Piatkowski, NBA guard/forward (LA Clippers)
1970 Tony Hale, American actor
1971 Brentson Buckner, NFL defensive end (Pittsburgh Steelers)
1971 Jenna Elfman, American actress (Townies, Dharma & Greg)
1971 Ron Collins, WLAF tackle (Frankfurt Galaxy)
1972 Ari Behn, Norwegian author
1972 Cedric Saunders, NFL tight end (Tampa Bay Bucs, Scotland Claymores)
1972 Jamal Anderson, American football player, NFL running back (Atlanta Falcons)
1972 John Campbell, American musician (Lamb Of God)
1972 Shaan, Indian singer
1972 Troy Dumas, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
1974 Daniel Wu, American-born Chinese film actor, director, and producer
1974 Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player
1975 Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
1975 Georges-Alain Jones, French singer
1975 Marion Cotillard, French actress
1976 Adita Linares, Miami Fla, spanish actress (Clueless, Cookie)
1977 Maia Brewton, American actress (Margaret-Lime Street)
1977 Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
1977 Stacey Storey, Eagle River Alaska, Miss America-Alaska (1996)
1977 Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer
1978 Candice Michelle, American female wrestler
1978 Róbinson Zapata, Colombian footballer (goalkeeper)
1979 Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
1979 Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer
1979 Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist
1979 Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter
1980 Camilla D'Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
1980 Martina Hingis, Slovak tennis player (1997 Aust/US/Wimb)
1981 Brandon Watson, American baseball
1981 Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
1981 Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast (World-silver-95, Olympics-gold-96)
1982 Kieran Culkin, American actor
1982 Lacey Chabert, American actress (Party of Five)
1982 Michelle Marsh, British model
1982 Ola Jordan, Professional dancer
1982 Ryan Stout, American comedian
1982 Ryane Clowe Canadian ice hockey player
1982 Seth Smith, American baseball player
1982 Teal Redmann, American actress
1982 Tory Lane, American nude model, exotic dancer, and pornographic actress
1982 Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player
1983 Adam Jones, American football player
1983 Andreea Raducan, Romanian gymnast
1984 T-Pain, American rapper, singer
1985 Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
1986 Christian Zapata, Colombian footballer
1986 Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
1987 Denise Laurel, Filipine actress and singer
1991 Michael Lange, American Heavy Metal Guitarist
1992 Marina CAK Windsor, granddaughter of English prince Edward
Died on September 30th
420 Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
653 Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury
739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao, Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher
1101 Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
1246 Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
1351 Muso Soseki, Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji
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 Francisco Borgia, theologist, saint, Jesuit priest (b. 1510)
1581 Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)
1612 Ercole Bottrigari, composer
1626 Nurhaci, Manchurian chief (b. 1559)
1628 Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet (b. 1554)
1630 John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged
1712 Johann Michael Zacher, composer
1716 Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer
1755 Francesco Durante, composer
1770 George Whitefield, English-born Methodist leader (b. 1714)
1770 Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat
1772 James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)
1803 Charles Broche, composer
1811 Thomas Percy, English bishop of Dromore
1819 Nicolas Roze, composer
1862 Isaac Peace Rodman, banker/Union brig-gen
1865 Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian-Jewish scholar (b. 1800)
1877 Toohoolhoolzote, prophet of Nez Perce indians, dies in battle
1884 Louis Lacombe, composer
1885 Maria J Small-Gartmann, actress
1888 Catherine Eddowes, widely believed to be the fourth victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1842)
1888 Elizabeth Stride, widely believed to be the third victim of Jack the Ripper (b. 1843)
1891 Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (b. 1837)
1897 St Therese of Lisieux, Roman Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873)
1904 Sigurd Lie, composer
1910 Maurice Lévy, French engineer (b. 1838)
1912 Mary Frances Allitsen, composer
1913 Rudolf Diesel, German inventor (b. 1858)
1921 Oskar Panizza, writer
1922 Paul Barth, German philosopher, sociologist
1925 Philip Hutchinson, cricketer (2 Tests for S Afr 1889)
1929 Charles E Bonin, French explorer/diplomat (China)
1940 Walter Kollo, composer
1941 Alice de Janzé, American heiress (b. 1899)
1942 Hans-Joachim Marseille, German fighter pilot (b. 1919)
1943 Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)
1952 Waldorf Astor, House of Lords & Commons/owner of Observer
1954 Percie Charlton, cricketer (2 Tests for Australia 1890)
1955 James Dean, American actor (Rebel Without a Cause), automobile accident (b. 1931)
1955 Michael Chekhov, actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose)
1958 Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation)
1959 John H Kliegl, developer of Klieg light
1959 Taylor Holmes, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
1960 Harry St John Philby (sheik Abdullah), British explorer
1961 Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Québec (b. 1888)
1963 Arnold Foster, composer
1965 E(dward) E(lmer) "Doc" Smith, sci-fi author (Triplanetary)
1965 Six generals of Indonesian National Army assassinated by counter-coup action known as 30 September Movement
1970 Patrick Aherne, actor (Bwana Devil, Botany Bay)
1973 Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer and author (b. 1902)
1974 Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the frame of Operation Condor (b. 1915)
1976 Louis Fourestier, composer
1977 Mary Ford, American singer (Les Paul and Mary Ford) (b. 1924)
1978 Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist(Charlie McCarthy)(b. 1903)
1983 Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin)
1983 William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12)
1984 Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam)
1985 Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R)
1985 Charles Richter, American seismologist (b. 1900)
1985 Heleb MacInnes, US spy writer (Affiliate in place)
1985 Simone Signoret, French actress (Room at Top, Gina) (b. 1921)
1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth)
1988 Al Holbert, American race car driver and team owner (b. 1946)
1988 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37)
1989 Virgil Thomson, American composer, critic (4 saints in 3 acts) (b. 1896)
1990 Alice Parizeau, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1930)
1990 Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du
1990 Michel Levis, French cultural anthropologist/writer
1990 Patrick White, Australian writer (Nobel laureate 1973) (b. 1912)
1990 Rob Moroso, American NASCAR driver (b. 1968)
1991 Nancy Welford, entertainer
1993 Alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83)
1993 Gordon Douglas, actor, director (Tony Rome)
1993 Paul Nowee, writer (Arendsoog.. premiejager)
1993 Reizl Bozyk, Polish/US actress (Crossing Delancey)
1993 Tony Brafa, actor (Enrico Pallazzo-Naked Gun)
1994 Alex Scott, trainer, Horses
1994 Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1902)
1994 Lina Basquette, actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre)
1994 Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981)
1995 Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat
1995 George Kirby, comedian/impressionist (Pearl Bailey)
1996 Aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer
1996 Elizabeth Gille, writer translator/editor
1996 Frances Lear, writer
1996 Kenneth Muir, english scholar
1996 Udom Patpongsiri, property developer
1997 Male alligator, largest in Florida (14 feet), killed
1998 Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player (b. 1953)
2002 Göran Kropp, Swedish adventurer and mountaineer (b. 1966)
2002 Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1913)
2003 Robert Kardashian, Armenian-American lawyer (b. 1944)
2003 Yusuf Bey, Black Muslim leader (b. 1935)
2004 Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor (b. 1936)
2004 Jacques Levy, Jewish American songwriter, theatre director, and clinical psychologist (b. 1935)
2004 Michael Relph, British film producer and director (b. 1915)
2008 Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singapore Opposition Leader & former Secretary-General of Singapore's Worker's Party (b. 1926)
2011 Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born terrorist and islamist militant (b. 1971)
2012 Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian figure skater
2012 Turhan Bey, Austrian born actor
2014 Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and Nobel Laureate