On This Day: 30 September

30 September in Indian history

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

30 September in world history

• 2016Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
• 2009A 7.6 MW earthquake struck off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 1,115 and impacting an estimated 1.2 million people.
• 2000Twelve-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.
• 1998The 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.
• 1978Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.
• 1975Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.
• 1968The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
• 1960The Flintstones, the first prime-time animated sitcom, premieres on ABC television.
• 1955American film actor James Dean suffered fatal injuries in a head-on car accident near Cholame, California.
• 1947Pakistan joins the United Nations.
• 1939Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski became the first prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
• 1938Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany.
• 1936American journalists Herbert R. Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.
• 1918Nestor Makhno and Fedir Shchus led insurgents to successfully ambush the Central Powers that occupied southern Ukraine during World War I.
• 1895Friedrich Nietzsche finished writing The Antichrist, with the 7 propositions Law Against Christianity, marked by him as a Day of Salvation, Day and Year 1 of a new calendar.
• 1736The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church. In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.
• 1551Sue Takafusa, a retainer of the Ōuchi clan in western Japan, led a coup against the daimyō Ōuchi Yoshitaka, leading to the latter's forced suicide.

Born on 30 September

• 1975Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician, and composer
• 1942Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (died 1968)
• 1941Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary GeneralIndia
• 1934Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (died 2015)India
• 1926Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (died 2010)
• 1922Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2006)India

Died on 30 September

• 2024Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader (born 1947)
• 1955James Dean, American actor (born 1931)
• 1288Leszek II the Black, Polish prince, Duke of Łęczyca, Sieradz, Kraków, Sandomierz (born 1241)
• 940Fan Yanguang, Chinese general

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 30 September in history?

2016: Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007. 2009: A 7.6 MW earthquake struck off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 1,115 and impacting an estimated 1.2 million people. 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. 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.

What happened on 30 September in Indian history?

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

Which famous people were born on 30 September?

Christopher Jackson, American actor, singer, musician, and composer (1975); Frankie Lymon, American singer-songwriter (died 1968) (1942); Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General (1941); Anna Kashfi, Indian-American actress (died 2015) (1934).

Which day is observed on 30 September?

Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe); Birth of Morelos (Mexico); Boy's Day (Poland); Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.; International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators).