Today in History
30 September
223 births · 84 deaths · 49 events recorded
Featured Birthday · Born 1895
Lewis Milestone
Russian-American filmmaker (1895–1980)
Notable Births
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Cecelia Ahern
b. 1981
Irish novelist (born 1981)
Jay Asher
b. 1975
American writer
Christopher Jackson (actor)
b. 1975
American actor (born 1975)
Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury
b. 1946
British politician (born 1946)
Vassilis Papazachos
b. 1929
Greek politician and seismologist (1929–2022)
Lewis Milestone
b. 1895
Russian-American filmmaker (1895–1980)
Remigio Morales Bermúdez
b. 1836
President of Peru from 1890 to 1894
Jacques Necker
b. 1732
French statesman (1732–1804)
Notable Deaths
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Gavin Creel
d. 2024
American actor, singer and songwriter (1976–2024)
Dikembe Mutombo
d. 2024
Congolese-American basketball player (1966–2024)
Humberto Ortega
d. 2024
Nicaraguan military leader (1947–2024)
Ken Page
d. 2024
American actor and singer (1954–2024)
Pete Rose
d. 2024
American baseball player (1941–2024)
Kim Larsen
d. 2018
Danish singer-songwriter and guitarist
Anwar al-Awlaki
d. 2011
American-Yemeni Islamic cleric and lecturer (1971–2011)
Yusuf Bey
d. 2003
African-American activist and religious leader (1935–2003)
On This Day in History
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2016
Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
Hurricane Matthew
2016
Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
Van Gogh Museum
2009
The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
2009 Sumatra earthquakes
2005
Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy
2000
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
1999
The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
Tokaimura nuclear accidents
1994
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.
Space Shuttle Endeavour
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.
1993 Latur earthquake