What are the important events that happened on September 30? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 30: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 30 is the 274th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 92 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 17, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 479,904 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaheptacontatetragon’ day.
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 121 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,301 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 30 Historical Events
- 1813 –Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.
- 1907 –McKinley National Memorial, final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
- 1935 –The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
- 1954 –The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world’s first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
- 1955 –Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
- 1962 –Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers.
- 1965 –The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
- 1967 –BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched with Tony Blackburn presenting the first show.
- 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.
- 1982 –Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
Who were born on September 30?
- 1227 –Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
- 1898 –Orestis Makris, Greek actor (d. 1975)
- 1924 –Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)
- 1927 –W. S. Merwin, American poet
- 1933 –Barbara Knox, English actress
- 1961 –Eric Stoltz, American actor
- 1964 –Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
- 1972 –Shaan, Indian singer
- 1974 –Eli Cottonwood, American professional wrestler and former basketball player.
- 1982 –Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player
Who died on September 30?
- 420 –Saint Jerome, translator of the Vulgate Bible
- 653 –Saint Honorius, Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1101 –Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
- 1626 –Nurhaci, Manchurian chief (b. 1559)
- 1897 –Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, Roman Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1873)
- 1941 –Alice de Janzé, American heiress (b. 1899)
- 1942 –Hans-Joachim Marseille, German fighter pilot (b. 1919)
- 1943 –Franz Oppenheimer, German sociologist (b. 1864)
- 1985 –Charles Richter, American seismologist (b. 1900)
- 1998 –Marius Goring, British Actor (b. 1912)
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