Page 7: Historical Events In September - 30
Saturday, 18 January 2025
1978 Edgar Bergen, ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75 on September - 30.
1980 Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein on this day in history.
1981 On September - 30 seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics
1983 On this day in history freddy Martin, orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76
1984 Ellsworth Bunker, US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90) on this day in history.
1985 Charles F Richter, US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85 on September - 30.
1986 On this day in history uS releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
1987 Alfred Bester, sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73 on September - 30.
1988 On this day in history andrei A Gromyko retires
1988 On September - 30 iBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
1988 Joachim Prinz, author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86 on this day in history.
1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii and Ascension on this day in history.
1989 On September - 30 virgil Thomson, US composer/critic (4 saints in 3 acts), dies at 92
1990 The USSR and Israel resume diplomatic relations on September - 30.
1990 Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem, feminist/wife of Joop du, dies on this day in history.
1991 Haitian President Jean-Bertand Aristide is ousted on this day in history.
1991 Nancy Welford, entertainer, dies at 87 on this day in history.
1993 On September - 30 alex Lyon, English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61
1994 Alex Scott, trainer, Horses, dies at 34 on September - 30.
1995 Frederick Archibauld Warner, diplomat, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1996 On this day in history aubrey Brabazon, jockey/trainer, dies at 76
1997 Male alligator, largest in Florida (14 feet), killed at about 65 on September - 30.
2005 The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten on September - 30.
2005 The Parliament of Catalonia passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1, "Catalonia is a nation" on this day in history.
2006 Nangpa La shootings on this day in history.
2006 On this day in history west Coast Eagles win the Australian Football League Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
2007 Parliamentary re-elections occur in Ukraine after Ukrainian President Victor Yuschenko dismisses Parliament on this day in history.
2009 On this day in history sumatra earthquake in Indonesia killing 1,115 people
2012 On this day in history two opposition Venezuelan politicians are shot dead a week before the presidential election
2017 On this day in history indonesian man survives a fight with giant python 7.8m long in Batang Gansal
2018 On September - 30 ryder Cup Golf, Le Golf National: Europe regains Cup with 17½–10½ win over the US; Italian Francesco Molinari wins all 5 matches; Sergio Garcia becomes biggest point scorer in event history with 25½
2018 On this day in history chinese-French painter Zao Wou-Ki's work "Juin-Octobre 1985" sells for $65 million in Hong Kong, in one of the most expensive art auctions ever in Asia
2019 On this day in history the Republic of Ireland promises to plant 440 million trees in twenty years to combat climate change.
2023 Slovak parliamentary election: Smer, under the leadership of former prime minister Robert Fico, wins a plurality of seats in the National Council.October 3 - Elected on 8 January, Kevin McCarthy is removed as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, with Mike Johnson being elected new Speaker on 25 October on this day in history.