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What Happened On September 30

Q: What happened on September 30?

1882: The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and commercial customers in North America, went online. 1791: Mozart conducted the premiere of his last opera, The Magic Flute, in Vienna. 1888: Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. 1882: Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation. 1791: The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death. 1975: The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight. 1939: NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets. 1939: Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski (pictured) became the first prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile. 1342: An Anglo-Breton army defeated a far larger Franco-Breton force in the first land battle of the Hundred Years' War. 2016: Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.

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1882 First ever
The Vulcan Street Plant in Appleton, Wisconsin, the first hydroelectric central station to serve a system of private and commercial customers in North America, went online.
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1791 Oddly true
Mozart conducted the premiere of his last opera, The Magic Flute, in Vienna.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1888 Oddly true
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1882 First ever
Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1791 First ever
The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1975 First ever
The Boeing AH-64 Apache (example pictured), the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1939 First ever
NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1939 First ever
Second World War: General Władysław Sikorski (pictured) became the first prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
1342 First ever
An Anglo-Breton army defeated a far larger Franco-Breton force in the first land battle of the Hundred Years' War.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
2016 Oddly true
Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
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Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

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2016Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007. Wikipedia →
2016Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002. Wikipedia →
2009The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead. Wikipedia →
2005Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper. Wikipedia →
2000Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada. Wikipedia →
1999The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident. Wikipedia →
1994Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68. Wikipedia →
1993The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000. Wikipedia →
1980Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation. Wikipedia →
1978Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland. Wikipedia →
1975Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60. Wikipedia →
1970Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings. Wikipedia →
1968The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time. Wikipedia →
1966Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Wikipedia →
1960The Flintstones, the first prime-time animated sitcom, premieres on ABC television. Wikipedia →
1954The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel. Wikipedia →
1949The Berlin Airlift ends. Wikipedia →
1947The 1947 World Series begins. It 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. Wikipedia →
1947Pakistan joins the United Nations. Wikipedia →
1945The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43. Wikipedia →
1944World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden. Wikipedia →
1943The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt. Wikipedia →
1941World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end. Wikipedia →
1939World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile. Wikipedia →
1939NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game. Wikipedia →
1938Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. Wikipedia →
1938The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations". Wikipedia →
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. Wikipedia →
1935The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated. Wikipedia →
1919The Elaine massacre in Arkansas commences. Wikipedia →
1918Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka. Wikipedia →
1915World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire. Wikipedia →
1909The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years. Wikipedia →
1907The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio. Wikipedia →
1906The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain. Wikipedia →
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. Wikipedia →
1888Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Wikipedia →
1882Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation. Wikipedia →
1863Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris. Wikipedia →
1791The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death. Wikipedia →
1791France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly. Wikipedia →
1744War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia. Wikipedia →
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. Wikipedia →
1687The Venetians under Girolamo Corner take the city of Herceg Novi from the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia →
1551A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned. Wikipedia →
1541Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance. Wikipedia →
1520Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Wikipedia →
1399Henry IV is proclaimed king of England. Wikipedia →
1342Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War. Wikipedia →
1139A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people. Wikipedia →
1061Election of Pope Alexander II following the death of Pope Nicholas II two months prior. Wikipedia →
737The Türgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train. Wikipedia →
489The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time. Wikipedia →

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