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September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 92 days remain until the end of the year.

It is the last day of the third quarter, midway point of the second half of the year.

· 1Events

· 2Births

· 3Deaths

· 4Holidays and observances

· 5References

· 6External links

Events[edit]

· 489 – The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.

· 737 – The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.

· 1399 – Henry IV is proclaimed king of England.^[1]

· 1520 – Suleiman the Magnificent is proclaimed sultan of the Ottoman Empire.

· 1541 – Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.

· 1551 – A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned.

· 1744 – War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia anyway.

· 1791 – The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.

· 1791 – France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly

· 1882 – Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation.

· 1888 – Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.

· 1906 – The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in La Coruña, Spain.

· 1907 – The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.

· 1909 – The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.

· 1915 – World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.

· 1935 – The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.

· 1938 – Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

· 1938 – The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".

· 1939 – World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.

· 1939 – NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.

· 1941 – World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.

· 1943 – The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.

· 1945 – The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43

· 1947 – The 1947 World Series is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.

· 1947 – Pakistan joins the United Nations.

· 1949 – The Berlin Airlift ends.

· 1954 – The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.

· 1962 – James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying racial segregation rules.

· 1966 – Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.

· 1968 – The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.

· 1970 – Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

· 1980 – Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.

· 1993 – The 6.2 M_w  Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.

· 1999 – The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

· 2000 – Israeli-Palestinian conflict: 12-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.^[2]

· 2005 – Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.

· 2009 – The 7.6 M_w  Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.

· 2016 – Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.

· 2016 – Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.

Births[edit]

· 1207 – Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)^{[citation
needed]}

· 1227 – Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)^[3]

· 1530 – Girolamo Mercuriale, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)

· 1550 – Michael Maestlin, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1631)

· 1622 – Johann Sebastiani, German composer (d. 1683)

· 1689 – Jacques Aubert, French violinist and composer (d. 1753)

· 1700 – Stanisław Konarski, Polish monk, poet, and playwright (d. 1773)

· 1710 – John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, English politician, Lord President of the Council (d. 1771)

· 1714 – Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French epistemologist and philosopher (d. 1780)

· 1732 – Jacques Necker, Swiss-French politician, Prime Minister of France (d. 1804)

· 1743 – Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German cantor and composer (d. 1813)

· 1765 – José María Morelos, Mexican priest and general (d. 1815)^[4]

· 1800 – Decimus Burton, English architect, designed the Pharos Lighthouse (d. 1881)

· 1813 – John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)

· 1814 – Lucinda Hinsdale Stone, American feminist, educator, and philanthropist (d. 1900)^[5]

· 1827 – Ellis H. Roberts, American journalist and politician, 20th Treasurer of the United States (d. 1918)

· 1832 – Ann Jarvis, American activist, co-founded Mother's Day (d. 1905)

· 1836 – Remigio Morales Bermúdez, Peruvian politician, 56th President of Peru (d. 1894)

· 1852 – Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer, conductor, and educator (d. 1924)

· 1861 – William Wrigley, Jr., American businessman, founded Wrigley Company (d. 1932)

· 1863 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (d. 1928)

· 1870 – Thomas W. Lamont, American banker and philanthropist (d. 1948)

· 1870 – Jean Baptiste Perrin, French-American physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1942)

· 1882 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic (d. 1945)

· 1883 – Bernhard Rust, German educator and politician (d. 1945)

· 1883 – Nora Stanton Blatch Barney, American civil engineer, architect, and suffragist (d. 1971)

· 1887 – Lil Dagover, Indonesian-German actress (d. 1980)

· 1893 – Lansdale Ghiselin Sasscer, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (d. 1964)

· 1895 – Lewis Milestone, Moldovan-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1980)

· 1897 – Gaspar Cassadó, Spanish cellist and composer (d. 1966)

· 1897 – Alfred Wintle, Russian-English soldier and politician (d. 1966)

· 1897 – Charlotte Wolff, German-English physician and psychotherapist (d. 1986)

· 1898 – Renée Adorée, French-American actress (d. 1933)

· 1898 – Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (d. 1977)

· 1898 – Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, German-American author and illustrator (d. 1986)

· 1901 – Thelma Terry, American bassist and bandleader (d. 1966)

· 1904 – Waldo Williams, Welsh poet and academic (d. 1971)

· 1905 – Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

· 1905 – Michael Powell, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1990)

· 1906 – Mireille Hartuch, French singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1996)

· 1908 – David Oistrakh, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 1974)

· 1910 – Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish captain (d. 1962)

· 1911 – Gustave Gilbert, American psychologist (d. 1977)

· 1912 – Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)

· 1913 – Bill Walsh, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1975)

· 1915 – Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician, 75th Governor of Georgia (d. 2003)

· 1917 – Yuri Lyubimov, Russian actor and director (d. 2014)

· 1917 – Buddy Rich, American drummer, bandleader, and actor (d. 1987)

· 1918 – Lewis Nixon, U.S. Army captain (d. 1995)

· 1918 – René Rémond, French historian and economist (d. 2007)

· 1919 – Roberto Bonomi, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1992)

· 1919 – Elizabeth Gilels, Ukrainian-Russian violinist and educator (d. 2008)

· 1919 – William L. Guy, American lieutenant and politician, 26th Governor of North Dakota (d. 2013)

· 1919 – Patricia Neway, American soprano and actress (d. 2012)

· 1921 – Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (d. 2007)

· 1921 – Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (d. 2018)

· 1922 – Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)

· 1922 – Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2006)

· 1923 – Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (d. 1994)

· 1924 – Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (d. 1984)

· 1925 – Arkady Ostashev, Russian engineer and educator (d. 1998)

· 1926 – Heino Kruus, Estonian basketball player and coach (d. 2012)

· 1926 – Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (d. 2010)

· 1927 – W. S. Merwin, American poet and translator (d. 2019)

· 1928 – Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)

· 1928 – Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 2013)

· 1929 – Carol Fenner, American author and illustrator (d. 2002)

· 1929 – Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist and academic

· 1929 – Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Filipino politician, diplomat and writer (d. 2017)

· 1929 – Dorothee Sölle, German theologian and author (d. 2003)

· 1931 – Angie Dickinson, American actress

· 1931 – Teresa Gorman, English educator and politician (d. 2015)

· 1932 – Shintaro Ishihara, Japanese author, playwright, and politician, Governor of Tokyo

· 1932 – Johnny Podres, American baseball player and coach (d. 2008)

· 1933 – Michel Aoun, Lebanese general and politician, President of Lebanon

· 1933 – Cissy Houston, American singer

· 1934 – Alan A'Court, English footballer and manager (d. 2009)

· 1934 – Udo Jürgens, Austrian-Swiss singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 2014)

· 1934 – Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (d. 2015)

· 1935 – Johnny Mathis, American singer and actor

· 1936 – Jim Sasser, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China

· 1936 – Sevgi Soysal, Turkish author (d. 1976)

· 1937 – Jurek Becker, Polish-German author (d. 1997)

· 1937 – Valentyn Sylvestrov, Ukrainian pianist and composer

· 1937 – Gary Hocking, Rhodesian motorcycle racer (d. 1962)

· 1938 – Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (d. 2012)

· 1939 – Len Cariou, Canadian actor

· 1939 – Anthony Green, English painter and academic

· 1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

· 1940 – Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (d. 2015)

· 1940 – Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)

· 1940 – Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (d. 2009)

· 1941 – Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and educator

· 1941 – Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General

· 1941 – Reine Wisell, Swedish race car driver

· 1942 – Gus Dudgeon, English record producer (d. 2002)

· 1942 – Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (d. 1968)

· 1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate

· 1943 – Marilyn McCoo, American singer

· 1943 – Philip Moore, English organist and composer

· 1943 – Ian Ogilvy, English-American actor, playwright, and author

· 1944 – Diane Dufresne, Canadian singer and painter

· 1944 – Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish footballer (d. 2006)

· 1944 – Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)

· 1945 – Richard Edwin Hills, English astronomer and academic

· 1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel

· 1946 – Fran Brill, American actress, singer, and puppeteer

· 1946 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords

· 1946 – Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican-American singer-songwriter (d. 1993)

· 1946 – Jochen Mass, German race car driver

· 1946 – Paul Sheahan, Australian cricketer and educator

· 1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism

· 1947 – Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1977)

· 1947 – Rula Lenska, English actress

· 1948 – Craig Kusick, American baseball player and coach (d. 2006)

· 1950 – Laura Esquivel, Mexican author and screenwriter

· 1950 – Victoria Tennant, English actress and dancer

· 1951 – John Lloyd, English screenwriter and producer

· 1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

· 1951 – Simon White, English astrophysicist and academic

· 1952 – John Lombardo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1953 – Matt Abts, American drummer

· 1953 – Deborah Allen, American country music singer-songwriter, author, and actress

· 1954 – Basia, Polish singer-songwriter and record producer

· 1954 – Scott Fields, American guitarist and composer

· 1954 – Patrice Rushen, American singer-songwriter and producer

· 1955 – Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems

· 1955 – Frankie Kennedy, Northern Irish flute player (d. 1994)

· 1956 – Trevor Morgan, English footballer and manager

· 1957 – Fran Drescher, American actress, producer, and screenwriter

· 1958 – Marty Stuart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

· 1959 – Ettore Messina, Italian basketball player and coach

· 1960 – Julia Adamson, Canadian-English keyboard player, composer, and producer

· 1960 – Nicola Griffith, English-American author

· 1960 – Miki Howard, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

· 1960 – Blanche Lincoln, American politician

· 1961 – Gary Coyne, Australian rugby league player

· 1961 – Eric Stoltz, American actor, director, and producer

· 1961 – Mel Stride, English politician

· 1961 – Eric van de Poele, Belgian race car driver

· 1963 – David Barbe, American bass player and producer

· 1964 – Trey Anastasio, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and composer

· 1964 – Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and fashion model

· 1965 – Omid Djalili, English comedian, actor, and producer

· 1966 – Gary Armstrong, Scottish rugby player

· 1966 – Markus Burger, German pianist, composer, and educator

· 1967 – Emmanuelle Houdart, Swiss-French author and illustrator

· 1969 – Gintaras Einikis, Lithuanian basketball player

· 1969 – Chris von Erich, American wrestler (d. 1991)

· 1970 – Tony Hale, American actor and producer

· 1970 – Damian Mori, Australian footballer and manager

· 1971 – Jenna Elfman, American actress and producer

· 1972 – Jamal Anderson, American football player and sportscaster

· 1972 – Ari Behn, Danish-Norwegian author and playwright (d. 2019)

· 1972 – John Campbell, American bass player and songwriter

· 1972 – Mayumi Kojima, Japanese singer-songwriter

· 1972 – José Lima, Dominican-American baseball player (d. 2010)

· 1974 – Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player

· 1974 – Tom Greatrex, English politician

· 1974 – Ben Phillips, English cricketer

· 1974 – Daniel Wu, American–born Hong Kong actor, director, and producer

· 1975 – Jay Asher, American author

· 1975 – Marion Cotillard, French-American actress and singer

· 1975 – Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player

· 1975 – Laure Pequegnot, French skier^[6]

· 1975 – Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician, and composer

· 1976 – Georgie Bingham, British radio and television presenter

· 1977 – Roy Carroll, Northern Irish goalkeeper and manager

· 1977 – Nick Curran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2012)

· 1978 – Małgorzata Glinka-Mogentale, Polish female volleyball player

· 1979 – Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer and coach

· 1979 – Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer

· 1980 – Martina Hingis, Czechoslovakia-born Swiss tennis player

· 1980 – Milagros Sequera, Venezuelan tennis player

· 1981 – Cecelia Ahern, Irish author

· 1981 – Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast

· 1982 – Lacey Chabert, American actress

· 1982 – Ryane Clowe, Canadian ice hockey player

· 1982 – Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player

· 1982 – Dmytro Boyko, Ukrainian footballer

· 1983 – Boniek Forbes, Guinea-Bissau footballer

· 1983 – Andreea Răducan, Romanian gymnast

· 1984 – Georgios Eleftheriou, Greek footballer

· 1985 – Adam Cooney, Australian footballer

· 1985 – David Gower, Australian rugby league player

· 1985 – Téa Obreht, Serbian-American author

· 1985 – Cristian Rodríguez, Uruguayan footballer

· 1985 – T-Pain, American rapper, producer, and actor

· 1986 – Olivier Giroud, French footballer

· 1986 – Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer

· 1986 – Ben Lovett, Welsh musician and songwriter

· 1986 – Cristián Zapata, Colombian footballer

· 1987 – Aida Garifullina, Russian operatic soprano

· 1988 – Eglė Staišiūnaitė, Lithuanian hurdler

· 1989 – André Weis, German footballer

· 1991 – Thomas Röhler, German javelin thrower^[7]

· 1992 – Ezra Miller, American actor and singer

· 1994 – Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast

· 1996 – Jacob Host, Australian rugby league player

· 1997 – Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast

· 1997 – Max Verstappen, Dutch Formula One driver

· 1998 – Trevor Moran, American youtuber and singer

· 2002 – Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress

· 2002 – Levi Miller, Australian actor and model

Deaths[edit]

· 420 – Jerome, Roman priest, theologian, and saint (b. 347)

· 653 – Honorius of Canterbury, Italian archbishop and saint

· 940 – Fan Yanguang, Chinese general

· 954 – Louis IV of France (b. 920)

· 1101 – Anselm IV, Italian archbishop

· 1246 – Yaroslav II of Vladimir (b. 1191)

· 1288 – Leszek II the Black, Polish prince, Duke of Łęczyca, Sieradz, Kraków, Sandomierz (b. 1241)

· 1440 – Reginald Grey, 3rd Baron Grey de Ruthyn, Welsh soldier and politician (b. 1362)

· 1487 – John Sutton, 1st Baron Dudley, English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1400)

· 1551 – Ōuchi Yoshitaka, Japanese daimyō (b. 1507)

· 1560 – Melchior Cano, Spanish theologian (b. 1525)

· 1572 – Francis Borgia, 4th Duke of Gandía, Spanish priest and saint, 3rd Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. 1510)

· 1581 – Hubert Languet, French diplomat and reformer (b. 1518)

· 1626 – Nurhaci, Chinese emperor (b. 1559)

· 1628 – Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke, English poet and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1554)

· 1770 – Thomas Robinson, 1st Baron Grantham, English politician and diplomat, Secretary of State for the Southern Department (b. 1695)

· 1770 – George Whitefield, English-American priest and theologian (b. 1714)

· 1865 – Samuel David Luzzatto, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1800)

· 1891 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (b. 1837)

· 1897 – Thérèse of Lisieux, French nun and saint (b. 1873)

· 1910 – Maurice Lévy, French mathematician and engineer (b. 1838)

· 1942 – Hans-Joachim Marseille, German captain and pilot (b. 1919)

· 1943 – Franz Oppenheimer, German-American sociologist and economist (b. 1864)

· 1946 – Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (b. 1887)

· 1955 – James Dean, American actor (b. 1931)

· 1959 – Henry Barwell, Australian politician, 28th Premier of South Australia (b. 1877)

· 1961 – Onésime Gagnon, Canadian scholar and politician, 20th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1888)

· 1973 – Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (b. 1902)

· 1974 – Carlos Prats, Chilean general and politician, Chilean Minister of Defense (b. 1915)

· 1977 – Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (b. 1924)

· 1978 – Edgar Bergen, American actor and ventriloquist (b. 1903)

· 1985 – Charles Francis Richter, American seismologist and physicist (b. 1900)

· 1985 – Simone Signoret, French actress (b. 1921)

· 1986 – Nicholas Kaldor, Hungarian-British economist (b. 1908)

· 1987 – Alfred Bester, American author and screenwriter (b. 1913)

· 1988 – Al Holbert, American race car driver (b. 1946)

· 1989 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (b. 1896)

· 1990 – Rob Moroso, American race car driver (b. 1968)

· 1990 – Alice Parizeau, Polish-Canadian journalist and author (b. 1930)

· 1990 – Patrick White, Australian novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1912)

· 1991 – Toma Zdravković, Serbian singer-songwriter (b. 1938)

· 1994 – André Michel Lwoff, French microbiologist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)

· 1998 – Marius Goring, English actor (b. 1912)

· 1998 – Dan Quisenberry, American baseball player and poet (b. 1953)

· 1998 – Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author (b. 1912)

· 2002 – Göran Kropp, Swedish race car driver and mountaineer (b. 1966)

· 2002 – Hans-Peter Tschudi, Swiss lawyer and politician, 63rd President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1913)

· 2003 – Yusuf Bey, American activist, founded Your Black Muslim Bakery (b. 1935)

· 2003 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939)

· 2003 – Robert Kardashian, American lawyer and businessman (b. 1944)

· 2004 – Gamini Fonseka, Sri Lankan actor, director, and politician (b. 1936)

· 2004 – Jacques Levy, American director and songwriter (b. 1935)

· 2004 – Michael Relph, English director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1915)

· 2008 – J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (b. 1926)

· 2010 – Stephen J. Cannell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1941)

· 2011 – Anwar al-Awlaki, American-Yemeni terrorist (b. 1971)

· 2011 – Ralph M. Steinman, Canadian-American immunologist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1943)

· 2012 – Turhan Bey, Austrian actor and producer (b. 1922)

· 2012 – Barry Commoner, American biologist, academic, and politician (b. 1917)

· 2012 – Bobby Jaggers, American wrestler and engineer (b. 1948)

· 2012 – Clara Stanton Jones, American librarian (b. 1913)

· 2012 – Barbara Ann Scott, Canadian-American figure skater (b. 1928)

· 2012 – Boris Šprem, Croatian lawyer and politician, 8th Speaker of the Croatian Parliament (b. 1956)

· 2013 – Janet Powell, Australian educator and politician (b. 1942)

· 2014 – Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (b. 1940)

· 2014 – Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

· 2015 – Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (b. 1941)

· 2015 – Claude Dauphin, French businessman (b. 1951)

· 2015 – Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (b. 1947)

· 2017 – Monty Hall, American game show host (b. 1921)

· 2018 – Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (b. 1945)

· 2018 – Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (b. 1942)^[8]

· 2018 – Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (b. 1925)^[9]

· 2019 – Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (b. 1967)^[10]

Holidays and observances[edit]

· Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)

· Birth of Morelos (Mexico)

· Boy's Day (Poland)

· Christian feast day:

o Gregory the Illuminator

o Honorius of Canterbury

o Jerome

o September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

· Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.

· International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators)

· Orange Shirt Day (Canada)^[11]

Contents

Events[edit]

Births[edit]

Deaths[edit]

Holidays and observances[edit]