September 30th, 1940

Born on September 30th, 1940

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 30,000 days old!

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What 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.

September 30th, 1791

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, composed shortly before his death, premiered at Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.

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

Born on September 30th, 1940

83

Pierre Briant

French Iranologist

*September 30th, 1940, Angers

83

Mady Riehl

German actress and television presenter

*September 30th, 1940, Berlin

68

Dewey Martin

Canadian rock drummer, best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield

*September 30th, 1940, North Dundas †January 31st, 2009, Van Nuys

74

Claudia Card

American philosopher (1940-2015)

*September 30th, 1940, Pardeeville †September 12th, 2015, Fitchburg

42

Harry Jerome

Canadian track and field runner (1940-1982)

*September 30th, 1940, Prince Albert †December 7th, 1982, Vancouver

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Who's birthday is on September 30th?

79

Johannes Grützke

German painter and illustrator (1937-2017)

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

47

Ari Behn

Norwegian author and artist (1972-2019)

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

84

Len Cariou

Canadian actor

*September 30th, 1939, Winnipeg

78

Tomislav Ivančić

Croatian theologian

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

95

Jeff Robson

New Zealand badminton and tennis player and administrator

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

80

Ian Ogilvy

British actor

*September 30th, 1943, Woking

73

Dorothee Sölle

German theologian

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

84

Jean-Marie Lehn

French chemist

*September 30th, 1939, Rosheim

48

Marion Cotillard

French actress

*September 30th, 1975, Paris

59

Monica Bellucci

Italian actress and model (born 1964)

*September 30th, 1964, Città di Castello

78

Ehud Olmert

Prime Minister of Israel from 2006 to 2009

*September 30th, 1945, Nahalat Jabotinsky

26

Max Verstappen

Belgian-Dutch racing driver (born 1997)

*September 30th, 1997, Hasselt

37

Olivier Giroud

French association football player

*September 30th, 1986, Chambéry

62

Eric Stoltz

American actor from California (born. 1961)

*September 30th, 1961, Whittier

82

Angela Pleasence

British actress

*September 30th, 1941, Chapeltown

88

Johnny Mathis

American pop singer (born 1935)

*September 30th, 1935, Gilmer

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

80

Udo Jürgens

Austrian singer and composer (1934–2014)

*September 30th, 1934, Klagenfurt †December 21st, 2014, Münsterlingen

90

Michel Aoun

Former Lebanese president

*September 30th, 1933, Haret Hreik

84

Michel Barouille

French singer

*September 30th, 1939, Floirac

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Born in 1940

83

Onur Öymen

Turkish politician and diplomat

*October 18th, 1940, Kadıköy

84

Lorns Skjemstad

Norwegian cross-country skier

*March 10th, 1940, Inderøy Municipality

40

John Lennon

British musician (1940–1980)

*October 9th, 1940, Liverpool †December 8th, 1980, New York City

83

Jeannie Seely

American singer

*July 6th, 1940, Titusville

76

Al Jarreau

American singer (1940–2017)

*March 12th, 1940, Milwaukee †February 12th, 2017, Los Angeles

82

Pelé

Brazilian footballer (1940–2022)

*October 23rd, 1940, Três Corações †December 29th, 2022, Morumbi District

84

Al Pacino

American actor (born 1940)

*April 25th, 1940, Manhattan

77

Michael Parks

American actor (1940–2017)

*April 24th, 1940, Corona †May 9th, 2017, Los Angeles

83

Annie Ernaux

French writer (born 1940)

*September 1st, 1940, Lillebonne

82

James Caan

American actor (1940–2022)

*March 26th, 1940, The Bronx †July 6th, 2022, Los Angeles

80

Wolfgang Clement

German politician

*July 7th, 1940, Bochum †September 27th, 2020, Bonn

84

Nancy Pelosi

American politician (born 1940)

*March 26th, 1940, Baltimore

32

Bruce Lee

Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor (1940–1973)

*November 27th, 1940, San Francisco Chinese Hospital †July 20th, 1973, Kowloon Tong

84

Jana Brejchová

Czech actress

*January 20th, 1940, Prague

55

Joseph Brodsky

Russian-American poet (1940-1996)

*May 24th, 1940, Saint Petersburg †January 28th, 1996, Brooklyn

76

Manfred Jung

German singer and operatic tenor

*July 9th, 1940, Oberhausen †April 14th, 2017, Essen

79

Tilo Prückner

German actor and author

*October 26th, 1940, Augsburg †July 2nd, 2020, Berlin

83

Ringo Starr

British musician, drummer for the Beatles

*July 7th, 1940, Liverpool

83

Patrick Stewart

British actor (born 1940)

*July 13th, 1940, Mirfield

77

John Hurt

British actor (1940–2017)

*January 22nd, 1940, Chesterfield †January 25th, 2017, Norfolk

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Leap year

Yes: 1940 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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