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 273^rd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 92 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 17, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 488,664 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 ‘dihectaheptacontatrigon’ 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 140 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 4,666 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 30 Historical Events

• 1895 –
  Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
• 1903 –
  The new Gresham’s School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
• 1931 –
  Start of “Die Voortrekkers” youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1968 –
  The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
• 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.
• 1979 –
  The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
• 1986 –
  Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel’s covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad.

Who were born on September 30?

• 1530 –
  Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
• 1811 –
  Queen Augusta of Saxe-Weimar of Prussia (d. 1890)
• 1933 –
  Ben Cooper, American actor
• 1939 –
  Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel laureate
• 1939 –
  Len Cariou, Canadian actor
• 1965 –
  Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian and actor
• 1980 –
  Camilla D’Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
• 1982 –
  Ryan Stout, American comedian
• 1984 –
  Keisha Buchanan, British singer and songwriter (Sugababes)
• 1986 –
  Cemil Mengi, Turkish footballer

Who died on September 30?

• 1101 –
  Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
• 1560 –
  Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
• 1772 –
  James Brindley, English engineer (b. 1716)
• 1977 –
  Mary Ford, American singer (Les Paul and Mary Ford) (b. 1924)
• 1985 –
  Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
• 1989 –
  Virgil Thomson, American composer (b. 1896)
• 1998 –
  Marius Goring, British Actor (b. 1912)
• 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)