September 30th, 1888

Born on September 30th, 1888

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What happened on September 30th, 1888?

September 30th, 1888

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

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What else happened on September 30th?

September 30th, 2019

President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.

September 30th, 2005

The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Muslim world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.

September 30th, 2000

Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted responsibility but retracted it five years later.

September 30th, 1998

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated.

September 30th, 1982

Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC.

September 30th, 1975

The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.

September 30th, 1965

Members of the 30 September Movement attempted a coup against the Indonesian government that was crushed by the military under Suharto, leading to a mass anti-communist purge with more than 500,000 people killed over the following months.

September 30th, 1955

American film actor James Dean suffered fatal injuries in a head-on car accident near Cholame, California.

September 30th, 1939

NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.

September 30th, 1938

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany.

September 30th, 1920

Times Square Theater (pictured) opened on Broadway with a production of The Mirage, a play written by its owner, Edgar Selwyn.

September 30th, 1918

Nestor Makhno and Fedir Shchus led insurgents to successfully ambush the Central Powers that occupied southern Ukraine during World War I.

September 30th, 1882

The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and commercial customers in North America, went online.

September 30th, 1863

Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on September 30th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on September 30th?

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

*September 30th, 1972, Aarhus †December 25th, 2019, Lommedalen

95

Jeff Robson

New Zealand badminton and tennis player and administrator

*September 30th, 1926, Palmerston †September 5th, 2022, Auckland City Hospital

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

*September 30th, 1937, Berlin †May 17th, 2017, Berlin

76

Babette von Bülow

German writer (1850-1927)

*September 30th, 1850, Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój †March 8th, 1927, Kühlungsborn

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

*September 30th, 1929, Cologne †April 27th, 2003, Göppingen

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

26

Max Verstappen

Belgian-Dutch racing driver (born 1997)

*September 30th, 1997, Hasselt

59

Monica Bellucci

Italian actress and model (born 1964)

*September 30th, 1964, Città di Castello

37

Olivier Giroud

French association football player

*September 30th, 1986, Chambéry

61

André Gobert

French tennis player (1890-1951)

*September 30th, 1890, 17th arrondissement of Paris †December 6th, 1951, 7th arrondissement of Paris

71

Jean Perrin

French physicist

*September 30th, 1870, Lille †April 17th, 1942, New York City

93

Jan Fabricius

(1871-1964) Dutch playwright and writer

*September 30th, 1871, Assen †November 23rd, 1964, Wimborne Minster

92

Lil Dagover

German actress (1887–1980)

*September 30th, 1887, Madiun City †January 24th, 1980, Geiselgasteig

62

Hans Geiger

German physicist

*September 30th, 1882, Neustadt an der Weinstraße †September 24th, 1945, Potsdam

62

Eric Stoltz

American actor from California (born. 1961)

*September 30th, 1961, Whittier

80

Ian Ogilvy

British actor

*September 30th, 1943, Woking

84

Len Cariou

Canadian actor

*September 30th, 1939, Winnipeg

87

Elie Wiesel

Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor (1928-2016)

*September 30th, 1928, Sighetu Marmației †July 2nd, 2016, New York City

78

Tomislav Ivančić

Croatian theologian

*September 30th, 1938, Davor †February 17th, 2017, Zagreb

68

Helene Millard

American actress (1905-1974)

*September 30th, 1905, Minneapolis †September 20th, 1974, Laguna Hills

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85

Oswald Menghin

Austrian prehistorian

*April 19th, 1888, Merano †November 29th, 1973, Buenos Aires

81

Mary Barratt Due

Norwegian pianist

*April 9th, 1888, Bergen †December 24th, 1969, Oslo

76

T. S. Eliot

US-born British poet (1888–1965)

*September 26th, 1888, St. Louis †January 4th, 1965, Kensington

101

Irving Berlin

American composer and lyricist (1888–1989)

*May 11th, 1888, Talačyn †September 22nd, 1989, New York City

65

Eugene O'Neill

American playwright (1888–1953)

*October 16th, 1888, New York City †November 27th, 1953, Boston

88

Edith Evans

British actress (1888–1976)

*February 8th, 1888, London †October 14th, 1976, Cranbrook

77

Clemence Dane

English novelist (1888-1965)

*February 21st, 1888, London Borough of Lewisham †March 28th, 1965, London

58

Antoinette Perry

American actress, stage director and co-founder of the American Theatre Wing

*June 27th, 1888, Denver †June 28th, 1946, Manhattan

81

Otto Stern

German-American physicist (1888–1969)

*February 17th, 1888, Żory †August 17th, 1969, Berkeley

57

John Logie Baird

Scottish inventor, demonstrating the world's first working television

*August 14th, 1888, Helensburgh †June 14th, 1946, Bexhill-on-Sea

85

Sol Hurok

Ukraine-born American impresario

*April 9th, 1888, Pogar †March 5th, 1974, New York City

88

Hermann Pünder

German politician (1888-1976)

*April 1st, 1888, Trier †October 3rd, 1976, Fulda

87

Hans Thirring

Austrian physicist (1888-1976)

*March 23rd, 1888, Vienna †March 22nd, 1976, Vienna

53

José Raúl Capablanca

Cuban chess player (1888-1942)

*November 6th, 1888, Havana †March 8th, 1942, New York City

72

George Relph

British stage and film actor (1888-1960)

*January 27th, 1888, Cullercoats †April 24th, 1960, London

88

Paul Morand

French writer (1888-1976)

*March 13th, 1888, 8th arrondissement of Paris †July 23rd, 1976, Paris

83

Maurice Chevalier

French singer, actor, and entertainer (1888–1972)

*September 12th, 1888, Paris †January 1st, 1972, Paris

73

Werner Jaeger

German-american classical philologist (1888-1961)

*July 30th, 1888, Lobberich †October 19th, 1961, Cambridge

90

Giorgio de Chirico

Italian artist (1888–1978)

*July 10th, 1888, Volos †November 20th, 1978, Rome

70

Maxwell Anderson

American playwright and writer (1888–1959)

*December 15th, 1888, Atlantic †February 28th, 1959, Stamford

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Leap year

Yes: 1888 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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