September 30
1777 - The Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pennsylvania.
1788 - The Pennsylvania Legislature elected the first two members of the U.S. Senate - William Maclay of Harrisburg and Robert Morris of Philadelphia.
1938 - Britain and France surrendered to Germany's demands concerning the Sudetenland, and signed the Munich Pact.
1946 - An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes.
1949 - The Berlin Airlift came to an end.
1954 - The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy.
1955 - Actor James Dean was killed in a car crash near Cholame, California at age 24.
1962 - Black student James Meredith succeeded on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi; Meredith’s presence sparked rioting that claimed two lives.
1962 - The National Farm Workers Association, founded by Cesar Chavez and a forerunner of the United Farm Workers, held its first meeting in Fresno, California.
1966 - Botswana gained its independence from Great Britain.
1982 - The situation comedy "Cheers" premiered on NBC.
1986 - The U.S. released accused Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov, one day after the Soviets released American journalist Nicholas Daniloff.
1991 - The military in Haiti overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country's first freely-elected president.
1993 - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern India, killing an estimated 10,000 people.
1997 - France's Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.
2001 - Under threat of U.S. military strikes, Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban rulers said explicitly for the first time that Osama bin Laden was still in the country and that they knew where his hideout was located.
2004 - Merck & Co. pulled Vioxx, its heavily promoted arthritis drug, from the market after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
2005 - Cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad were published in a Danish newspaper, offending many Muslims worldwide.
2011 - A U.S. drone airstrike in Yemen killed two American members of al-Qaida, cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and recruiting magazine editor Samir Khan.
2014 - The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was confirmed in a patient who had recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas.
2016 - Alabama’s Court of the Judiciary permanently suspended state Chief Justice Roy Moore for defying federal court rulings on gay marriage, saying he had violated judicial ethics.
2020 - A court approved a settlement totaling $800 million from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting that left 58 people dead.
Birthdays
29 - Chantel Jeffries (model)
39 - Kieran Culkin (actor)
39 - Lacey Chabert (actress)
40 - Dominique Moceanu (gymnast)
41 - Martina Hingis (tennis player)
41 - Toni Trucks (actress)
42 - Mike Damus (actor)
43 - Stark Sands (actor)
46 - Christopher Jackson (actor)
46 - Marion Cotillard (actress)
47 - Ashley Hamilton (actress)
50 - Jenna Elfman (actress)
51 - Tony Hale (actor)
52 - Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
52 - Amy Landecker (actress)
54 - Andrea Roth (actress)
55 - Lisa Thornhill (actress)
57 - Monica Bellucci (actress)
58 - Eddie Montgomery (country singer)
60 - Eric Stoltz (actor)
60 - Crystal Bernard (actress)
62 - Debrah Farentino (actress)
63 - Marty Stuart (country singer)
64 - Fran Drescher (actress)
67 - Barry Williams (actor)
67 - Calvin Levels (actor)
68 - Deborah Allen (singer)
69 - John Finn (actor)
71 - Victoria Tennant (actress)
71 - Vondie Curtis-Hall (actress)
86 - Johnny Mathis (singer)
88 - Cissy Houston (singer)
90 - Angie Dickinson (actress)
===========================================
Today in Sports History - September 30
1899 - Nebraska opens the season under new coach A. Edwin Branch with a 6-0 exhibition win over Lincoln High.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Lincoln High 20-0 in an exhibition game.
1927 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees broke his own single-season home run record with his 60th home run. The record would stand until 1961 when Roger Maris hit 61; Mark McGwire would break the record in 1998 by hitting 70 before being topped again by Barry Bonds in 2001 with 73, which is where the record currently stands.
1934 - Dizzy Dean won his 30th game of the season in a 9-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
1939 - Nebraska opens the season with a 7-7 tie against Indiana.
1944 - Nebraska opens the season with a 39-0 loss to Minnesota.
1950 - Nebraska opens the season with a 20-20 tie against Indiana.
1961 - Nebraska and Arizona play to a 14-14 tie.
1967 - #7 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 7-0.
1971 - The Washington Senators played their final game in Washington, D.C. before moving next season to Arlington, Texas where they became the Texas Rangers. (The Senators were forced to forfeit their final game to the New York Yankees when fans stormed the field in an effort to take souvenirs.)
1972 - Roberto Clemente hit a double against Jon Matlack of the New York Mets during Pittsburgh’s 5-0 victory at Three Rivers Stadium; the hit was the 3,000th and last for the Pirates star.
1972 - #7 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 49-0.
1973 - Hank Aaron finished the season one short of Babe Ruth's career home run record of 714. (He broke the record in the first month of the 1974 season.)
1978 - #12 Nebraska defeats Indiana 69-17.
1984 - Mike Witt of the California Angels threw the 11th perfect game in major league history in a 1-0 win over the Texas Rangers.
1984 - The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record after recording three safeties in a 33-12 win over the New York Giants.
1989 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oregon State 35-7.
1992 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals recorded his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 18th player in MLB history to reach the milestone.
1995 - Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians became the first player to hit 50 home runs and 50 doubles in the same season.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeats Washington State 35-21.
1997 - Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill of the New York Yankees become the first trio to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in a postseason game during an 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians.
2000 - #1 Nebraska defeats Missouri 42-24.
2002 - Chris McAlister of the Baltimore Ravens set an NFL record by returning a missed field goal 108 yards for a touchdown.
2006 - #23 Nebraska defeats Kansas 39-32 in overtime.
2007 - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed his 421st career touchdown pass, breaking Dan Marino's NFL record.
2007 - Germany defeats Brazil 2-0 in Shanghai, China to win the Women's World Cup soccer crown.
2016 - Scottish boxer Mike Towell, 25, died after suffering severe bleeding and swelling to his brain during a televised fight against Dale Evans in Glasgow.
2018 - The New York Yankees end the season with 267 home runs on the year, surpassing the MLB record of 264 set by the Seattle Mariners in 1997.
1777 - The Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pennsylvania.
1788 - The Pennsylvania Legislature elected the first two members of the U.S. Senate - William Maclay of Harrisburg and Robert Morris of Philadelphia.
1938 - Britain and France surrendered to Germany's demands concerning the Sudetenland, and signed the Munich Pact.
1946 - An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes.
1949 - The Berlin Airlift came to an end.
1954 - The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy.
1955 - Actor James Dean was killed in a car crash near Cholame, California at age 24.
1962 - Black student James Meredith succeeded on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi; Meredith’s presence sparked rioting that claimed two lives.
1962 - The National Farm Workers Association, founded by Cesar Chavez and a forerunner of the United Farm Workers, held its first meeting in Fresno, California.
1966 - Botswana gained its independence from Great Britain.
1982 - The situation comedy "Cheers" premiered on NBC.
1986 - The U.S. released accused Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov, one day after the Soviets released American journalist Nicholas Daniloff.
1991 - The military in Haiti overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country's first freely-elected president.
1993 - A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern India, killing an estimated 10,000 people.
1997 - France's Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.
2001 - Under threat of U.S. military strikes, Afghanistan’s hard-line Taliban rulers said explicitly for the first time that Osama bin Laden was still in the country and that they knew where his hideout was located.
2004 - Merck & Co. pulled Vioxx, its heavily promoted arthritis drug, from the market after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
2005 - Cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad were published in a Danish newspaper, offending many Muslims worldwide.
2011 - A U.S. drone airstrike in Yemen killed two American members of al-Qaida, cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and recruiting magazine editor Samir Khan.
2014 - The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was confirmed in a patient who had recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas.
2016 - Alabama’s Court of the Judiciary permanently suspended state Chief Justice Roy Moore for defying federal court rulings on gay marriage, saying he had violated judicial ethics.
2020 - A court approved a settlement totaling $800 million from casino company MGM Resorts International and its insurers to more than 4,400 relatives and victims of the 2017 Las Vegas Strip shooting that left 58 people dead.
Birthdays
29 - Chantel Jeffries (model)
39 - Kieran Culkin (actor)
39 - Lacey Chabert (actress)
40 - Dominique Moceanu (gymnast)
41 - Martina Hingis (tennis player)
41 - Toni Trucks (actress)
42 - Mike Damus (actor)
43 - Stark Sands (actor)
46 - Christopher Jackson (actor)
46 - Marion Cotillard (actress)
47 - Ashley Hamilton (actress)
50 - Jenna Elfman (actress)
51 - Tony Hale (actor)
52 - Silas Weir Mitchell (actor)
52 - Amy Landecker (actress)
54 - Andrea Roth (actress)
55 - Lisa Thornhill (actress)
57 - Monica Bellucci (actress)
58 - Eddie Montgomery (country singer)
60 - Eric Stoltz (actor)
60 - Crystal Bernard (actress)
62 - Debrah Farentino (actress)
63 - Marty Stuart (country singer)
64 - Fran Drescher (actress)
67 - Barry Williams (actor)
67 - Calvin Levels (actor)
68 - Deborah Allen (singer)
69 - John Finn (actor)
71 - Victoria Tennant (actress)
71 - Vondie Curtis-Hall (actress)
86 - Johnny Mathis (singer)
88 - Cissy Houston (singer)
90 - Angie Dickinson (actress)
===========================================
Today in Sports History - September 30
1899 - Nebraska opens the season under new coach A. Edwin Branch with a 6-0 exhibition win over Lincoln High.
1905 - Nebraska defeats Lincoln High 20-0 in an exhibition game.
1927 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees broke his own single-season home run record with his 60th home run. The record would stand until 1961 when Roger Maris hit 61; Mark McGwire would break the record in 1998 by hitting 70 before being topped again by Barry Bonds in 2001 with 73, which is where the record currently stands.
1934 - Dizzy Dean won his 30th game of the season in a 9-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
1939 - Nebraska opens the season with a 7-7 tie against Indiana.
1944 - Nebraska opens the season with a 39-0 loss to Minnesota.
1950 - Nebraska opens the season with a 20-20 tie against Indiana.
1961 - Nebraska and Arizona play to a 14-14 tie.
1967 - #7 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 7-0.
1971 - The Washington Senators played their final game in Washington, D.C. before moving next season to Arlington, Texas where they became the Texas Rangers. (The Senators were forced to forfeit their final game to the New York Yankees when fans stormed the field in an effort to take souvenirs.)
1972 - Roberto Clemente hit a double against Jon Matlack of the New York Mets during Pittsburgh’s 5-0 victory at Three Rivers Stadium; the hit was the 3,000th and last for the Pirates star.
1972 - #7 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 49-0.
1973 - Hank Aaron finished the season one short of Babe Ruth's career home run record of 714. (He broke the record in the first month of the 1974 season.)
1978 - #12 Nebraska defeats Indiana 69-17.
1984 - Mike Witt of the California Angels threw the 11th perfect game in major league history in a 1-0 win over the Texas Rangers.
1984 - The Los Angeles Rams set an NFL record after recording three safeties in a 33-12 win over the New York Giants.
1989 - #3 Nebraska defeats Oregon State 35-7.
1992 - George Brett of the Kansas City Royals recorded his 3,000th career hit, becoming the 18th player in MLB history to reach the milestone.
1995 - Albert Belle of the Cleveland Indians became the first player to hit 50 home runs and 50 doubles in the same season.
1995 - #2 Nebraska defeats Washington State 35-21.
1997 - Tim Raines, Derek Jeter and Paul O'Neill of the New York Yankees become the first trio to hit back-to-back-to-back home runs in a postseason game during an 8-6 win over the Cleveland Indians.
2000 - #1 Nebraska defeats Missouri 42-24.
2002 - Chris McAlister of the Baltimore Ravens set an NFL record by returning a missed field goal 108 yards for a touchdown.
2006 - #23 Nebraska defeats Kansas 39-32 in overtime.
2007 - Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed his 421st career touchdown pass, breaking Dan Marino's NFL record.
2007 - Germany defeats Brazil 2-0 in Shanghai, China to win the Women's World Cup soccer crown.
2016 - Scottish boxer Mike Towell, 25, died after suffering severe bleeding and swelling to his brain during a televised fight against Dale Evans in Glasgow.
2018 - The New York Yankees end the season with 267 home runs on the year, surpassing the MLB record of 264 set by the Seattle Mariners in 1997.
