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.
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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
- 1791 –The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as “incorruptible patriots”.
- 1907 –McKinley National Memorial, final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
- 1962 –Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers.
- 1966 –The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
- 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.
- 1977 –Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program’s ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
- 1986 –Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel’s covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad.
- 1993 –An 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.
- 2005 –The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
Who were born on September 30?
- 1813 –John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)
- 1870 –Thomas W. Lamont, American banker (d. 1948)
- 1938 –Alan Hacker, English clarinettist and professor of the Royal Academy of Music
- 1943 –Ian Ogilvy, British Actor
- 1951 –Barry Marshall, Australian physician, Nobel laureate
- 1954 –Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish singer and songwriter
- 1962 –Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
- 1977 –Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
- 1982 –Tory Lane, American nude model and pornographic actress
- 1984 –Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek-Cypriot footballer
Who died on September 30?
- 1551 –Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese warlord (b. 1507)
- 1560 –Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)
- 1572 –St. Francis Borgia, Jesuit priest (b. 1510)
- 1961 –Onésime Gagnon, French Canadian politician, lieutenant-governor of Quebec (b. 1888)
- 1985 –Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)
- 1991 –Toma Zdravković, Serbian folk singer (b. 1938)
- 2003 –Yusuf Bey, Black Muslim leader (b. 1935)
- 2004 –Michael Relph, British film producer and director (b. 1915)
- 2008 –Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam, Singaporean politician, former Secretary-General of Workers’ Party of Singapore (b. 1926)
- 2011 –Anwar al-Awlaki, American-born terrorist and islamist militant (b. 1971)
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