September 30

Thursday 30, 1999:

Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. Workers overload a container with uranium, exposing workers and local residents to very high radiation levels.

Tuesday 30, 1997:

Origin Systems Inc. releases Ultima Online, a massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new video gaming genre.

Thursday 30, 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.

Monday 30, 1991:

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.

Saturday 30, 1989:

Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague.

Thursday 30, 1982:

The TV sitcom Cheers premieres.

Tuesday 30, 1980:

Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

Tuesday 30, 1975:

The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.

Saturday 30, 1967:

BBC Radio 1 is launched; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names. Tony Blackburn presents the first show.

Friday 30, 1966:

The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.

Thursday 30, 1965:

Civil unrest follows a failed coup attempt by Indonesia Communist Party (PKI). More than a million people died.

Sunday 30, 1962:

James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.

Friday 30, 1960:

The last episode of "The Howdy Doody Show" airs on NBC.

Friday 30, 1955:

James Dean dies in a car crash.

Thursday 30, 1954:

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.

Friday 30, 1949:

The Berlin Airlift ends.

Tuesday 30, 1947:

Baseball: The World Series, featuring New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

Saturday 30, 1939:

General W?adys?aw Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.

Friday 30, 1938:

The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations"

Monday 30, 1935:

"The Adventures of Dick Tracy" is first heard on the Mutual Radio Network.

Monday 30, 1895:

Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.

Sunday 30, 1888:

Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

Saturday 30, 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.

Thursday 30, 1813:

Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.

Monday 30, 1399:

Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.

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