What happened this day in history September 30

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, 28,794,240 minutes 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.

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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

  • 1399
    Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
  • 1895
    Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
  • 1903
    The new Gresham’s School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
  • 1907
    McKinley National Memorial, final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
  • 1927
    Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
  • 1938
    At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
  • 1941
    World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.
  • 1947
    The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
  • 1986
    Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel’s covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad.
  • 1994
    Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years of service.

Who were born on September 30?

  • 1905
    Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
  • 1923
    Donald Swann, member of the group Flanders and Swann (d. 1994)
  • 1924
    Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)
  • 1931
    Angie Dickinson, American actress
  • 1944
    Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
  • 1946
    Claude Vorilhon, French UFO advocate
  • 1951
    Barry Marshall, Australian physician, Nobel laureate
  • 1967
    Andrea Roth, Candian actress
  • 1974
    Eli Cottonwood, American professional wrestler and former basketball player.
  • 1984
    Keisha Buchanan, British singer and songwriter (Sugababes)

Who died on September 30?

  • 1101
    Anselm IV, Archbishop of Milan
  • 1246
    Yaroslav II of Russia (b. 1191)
  • 1891
    Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (b. 1837)
  • 1961
    Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (b. 1888)
  • 1985
    Charles Richter, American seismologist (b. 1900)
  • 1985
    Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
  • 1990
    Alice Parizeau, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1930)
  • 1990
    Patrick White, Australian writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1912)
  • 1991
    Toma Zdravković, Serbian folk singer (b. 1938)
  • 2008
    Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean politician, former Secretary-General of Workers’ Party of Singapore (b. 1926)

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