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 Birthdates Which Occur on September 30: 
1622 Johann Sebastiani composer
1627 Robinson Crusoe fictional character according to Daniel Defoe
1685 Gunther Jacob Wenceslaus composer
1715 Etienne B de Condillac French philosopher (sensualism/Cours d'‚tudes)
1743 Jeronymo Francisco de Lima composer
1752 Justin Heinrich Knecht composer
1805 Samuel Peter Heintzelman Major General (Union volunteers)
1808 Lambertus GC Ledeboer vicar (old Calvinist communities)
1824 Peter Milne composer
1827 Carlo A Alfieri Italian Member of parliament (liberal)
 and Kenner Garrard Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1879
1832 Frederick Sleigh "Bobs" Roberts Brit gov of Natal (Ireland-Boer war)
1840 Johan Severin Svendsen composer
1847 Wilhelmina E Drucker [Lensing], Dutch feminist
1852 Charles Villiers Stanford Irish organist/composer
1856 Andrejs Jurjans composer
1857 Hermann Sudermann German (stage)writer (Honor, Frau Sorge)
1862 Georgy Eduardovich Konyus composer
1863 Reinhard Scheer German admiral (WW I)
1870 Jean Perrin France, physicist, studied Brownian motion (Nobel 1926)
1871 John Fabricius Neth/English stageauthor (Ring of Prophet)
 and Ruben Mattias Liljefors composer
1876 Katherine Griffith SF CA, actress
1879 Ernst Isler composer
 and Henry Casadesus composer
1880 Henri G Casadesus French altviolist/composer (Viola d'amour)
1882 George Bancroft Phila, actor (Underworld)/wife of Octavia Brooke
1883 Robert H Lightfoot English theologist/exegetist (St John's Gospel)
1894 Dirk J Bush Dutch/US mathematician (Concise History of Mathematics)
1897 Lil Dagover [Marta-Maria Lillits], Pati Java, actress (Spiders)
1898 Felix Kersten Baltic-German/Finnish masseuse (Heinrich Himmler)
 and Johannes Rontgen composer
 and Ren‚e Ador‚e French/US singer/actress (Tfolies-BergŠre, Mr Wu)
1899 Henry Marsman poet/writer/critic
19-- Brian Forsythe rocker (Kix-Hot Wire)
 and Deborah Mullowney actress (Capitol)
1902 Piet[there J] Lieftinck Dutch minister of Finance (1945-52)
1904 Frank Lawton London England, actor (Devil Doll, Invisible Ray)
1905 Michael Powell English director/screen writer/producer (Red Shoes)
 and Ralph Forbes London England, actor (Romeo & Juliet, Daniel Boone)
1906 Eamonn O Gallagher composer
 and John I M Stewart British detective writer (Comedy of Terrors)
1907 Arnold Elston composer
1908 David Oistrakh Odessa Russia, violinist/prof (Moscow Conservatory)
 and Edzard H Schaper German/Swiss sailor/UP-correspondent/antifascist
1912 Kenny Baker radio singer/actor (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back)
1915 Lester Garfield Maddox (Gov-D-Ga)/restaurant owner
1917 Chung Hee Park general/pres of S Korea (1961-79), assassinated
 and Yuri "Petrovich" Lyubimov USSR, director (Taganka)
1919 Patricia Neway Bkln NY, soprano (Consul, Maria Golovia)
1920 Ghazar Saryan composer
1921 Deborah Kerr Helensburg Scotland, actress (King & I, Night of Iguana)
1924 Charles Quinlivan Jersey City NJ, actor (7 Guns to Mesa)
 and Truman Capote New Orleans LA, (In Cold Blood)
1926 Peder Holm composer
 and Robin Roberts Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer (Won 28 in 1952)
1928 Elie Wiesel author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986)
1929 Dorothee S”lle-Nipperdey German theologist (Politician Nachtgebet)
1930 Ben Cooper Hartford CT, actor (Rose Tattoo, Outcast, Arizona Raiders)
1931 Angie Dickinson [Angeline Brown], Kulm ND, actress (Police Woman)
1933 M Z Rafikov cosmonaut
1934 Freddie King Gilmer Tx, blues singer (Hideaway)
1935 Jill Corey Avonmore Pa, singer (Your Hit Parade)
 and Johnny Mathis SF, voclaist (Chances Are, 12th of Never)
1936 Butler Derrick (Rep-D-South Carolina, 1974-  )
 and James R Sasser (Sen-D-Tennessee, 1977-  )
1937 Valentin Vasil'yevich Sil'vestrov composer
1938 Salvatore Michael Caruana Mass, criminal (FBI Most Wanted List)
1939 Len Cariou Winnipeg Manitoba, actor (Four Seasons-Sherry)
 and Piet M Blauw Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD)
1940 Harry Winston Jerome Sask Canada, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
1942 Dewey Martin Canada, rock vocalist/drummer (Buffalo Springfield)
 and Frankie Lymon NYC, rocker (& Teenagers-Why do Fools Fall in Love)
 and Gus Dudgeon British pop producer (Joan Armatrading, David Bowie)
 and Sture Pettersson Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
1943 Jody Powell press mouthpiece to Jimmy Carter
 and Marilyn McCoo Jersey City NJ, host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension)
1946 Sylvia Peterson US vocalist (Chiffons-He's So Fine)
1947 Marc Bolan London England, rock vocalist (T-Rex-Bang a Gong)
 and Rula Lenska St Neots England, actress (Friends from Europe are here)
1949 M Tognini France cosmonaut (Soyuz TM-15)
1950 Victoria Tennant London England (All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War)
1951 Catie Ball US, 100 m breast stroke swimmer (Olympic-4X4 gold-1968)
 and Nicholas Yermakov US, sci-fi author (Epiphany, Jehad, Clique)
1952 Frank Zincavage rocker (Romeo Void)
1953 Deborah Allen Memphis Tn, country singer (Jim Stafford Show)
1954 Barry Williams Santa Monica Calif, actor (Greg-Brady Bunch)
 and Calvin Levels Cleveland Ohio, actor (Knightwatch)
 and Patrice Rushen LA Calif, rock vocalist
 and Silvia Chiv s Cuba, 100m/4x100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1972)
1956 Maria Esmeralda Belgian princess/daughter of Leopold III/Lilian Baels
1957 Gladys Portugues NYC, wife of Jean-Claude Van Damme
 and William Christian Wash DC, actor (Derek-All My Children)
1958 Christopher Cass Cold Spring Harbor NY, actor (Jack Forbes-Loving)
 and Marty Stuart Phila Miss, country singer (Hillbilly Rock)
1959 Basia Trzetrzelevska Poland, jazz singer (Time & Life)
 and Debrah Farentino actress (Hooperman, Equal Justice)
 and Hans Werdekker soccer player (RKC)
1960 Susan Keith actress (Shana Vochek-Loving)
1961 Crystal Bernard Garland TX, actress (Amy-It's a Living, Helen-Wings)
1962 Dave Magadan 1st baseman (NY Mets)
 and Frank R˜kaard Surinam/Dutch soccer star (Ajax, AC Milan)
 and Leon Hutten soccer player (RKC)
1963 Cristina Marsillach Madrid Spain, actress (Barocco)
 and Reb Beach rocker (Winger)
1968 Ren‚ Green soccer player (SC Heerenveen)
1976 Adita Linares Miami Fla, spanish actress
1977 Maia Brewton LA Calif, actress (Margaret-Lime Street)
1980 Martina Hingis Kosice Czech, tennis star
1982 Lacey Chabert actress (Party of Five)
1992 Marina CAK Windsor granddaughter of English prince Edward
 Deaths Which Occured September 30: 
 739 P'u-chi Ho-shang Tao-chao Northern Ch'an Line Zen teacher, dies
1351 Muso Soseki Zen teacher/Rinzai line/head of Nanzenji, dies in Japan
1572 Francisco Borgia theologist/saint, dies at 61
1612 Ercole Bottrigari composer, dies at 81
1630 John Billington murderer, 1st American execution, hanged
1712 Johann Michael Zacher composer, dies at 61
1716 Heinrich Georg Neuss composer, dies at 62
1755 Francesco Durante composer, dies at 71
1803 Charles Broche composer, dies at 51
1811 Thomas Percy English bishop of Dromore, dies at 82
1819 Nicolas Roze composer, dies at 74
1862 Isaac Peace Rodman banker/Union brig-gen, dies of injury at about 40
1877 Toohoolhoolzote prophet of Nez Perc‚ indians, dies in battle
1884 Louis Lacombe composer, dies at 65
1885 Maria J Small-Gartmann actress, dies at 60
1888 Catherine Eddowes English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45
     Elizabeth Stride Long Liz, English, murdered by Jack the Ripper at 45
1904 Sigurd Lie composer, dies at 33
1912 Mary Frances Allitsen composer, dies at 63
1922 Paul Barth German philosopher/sociologist, dies
1929 Charles E Bonin French explorer/diplomat (China), dies
1935 Joannes D J Aengenent sociologist/bishop of Haarlem (1928-35), dies
1940 Walter Kollo composer, dies at 62
1952 Waldorf Astor House of Lords & Commons/owner of Observer, dies
1955 James Dean actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in car crash at 24
     Michael Chekhov actor, dies at 64
     Pentti Haanp„„ Finnish writer (Maantiet„ pitkin), dies at 49
1958 Niels Bjerrum Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79
1959 John H Kliegl developer of Klieg light, dies at 89
     Taylor Holmes actor, dies at 81
1960 Harry St John Philby [sheik Abdullah], British explorer, dies
1963 Arnold Foster composer, dies at 66
1965 E[dward] E[lmer] "Doc" Smith sci-fi author (Triplanetary), dies at 75
1970 Patrick Aherne actor, dies at 69
1976 Louis Fourestier composer, dies at 84
1978 Edgar Bergen ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy), dies at 75
1983 Freddy Martin orch leader (started Merv Griffin), dies at 76
     William D Elliot actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at 49
1984 Ellsworth Bunker US ambassador (South-Vietnam, dies at 90)
1985 Charles F Richter US seismologist (scale of R), dies at 85
     Heleb MacInnes US spy writer (Affiliate in place), dies at 77
     Simone Signoret German/French actress (Room at Top, Gina), dies at 64
1987 Alfred Bester sci-fi author (Dark Side of Earth), dies at 73
1988 Joachim Prinz author/Rabbi of Berlin (1926-37), dies at 86
1989 Virgil Thomson composer, dies at 92
1990 Liesbeth de Uyl-of Vessem feminist/wife of Joop du, dies
     Michel Levis French cultural anthropologist/writer, dies
     Patrick White Australian writer (Nobel 1973), dies
1991 Nancy Welford entertainer, dies at 87
1993 Alex Lyon English Labor Lower house leader (1966-83), dies at 61
     Gordon Douglas actor/director, dies of cancer at 85
     Paul Nowee writer (Arendsoog.. premiejager), dies at 57
     Reizl Bozyk Polish/US actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79
     Tony Brafa actor, dies at 72
1994 Lina Basquette actress (Night for Crime, Hard Hombre), dies at 87
     Roberto Viola Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69
 Holidays Which Occur September 30: 
     Botswana Botswana Day (1966)
 Religious Observances on September 30: 
     RC Odo/Otto, bishop of Bamberg/apostle of Pommeren
     RC Sophia, martyrs
     RC St-Hieronymus, crusader
     RC Ursus & Victor, Roman soldiers?/martyrs
     RC Victor, martyr in Switzerland
     Zen-Kamakura Japan Commemorative services for Hojo Tokimune
 420 Ang, RC, Luth Memorial of St Jerome, patron of scholars/librarians
 Things to Remember for September 30: 
     Bourbon Month
     Flowers-morning glory & aster          Gem-sapphire
     Hot Breakfast Month
  8 Days Harvest Moon Days (full moon closest to equinox)
 22 Days Astrological sign:  Libra
     [American Samoa, Guam, Haiti, Marshall Islands,] Fiscal Year Ends
     [Federated States of Micronesia, Niger,] Fiscal Year Ends
     [Northern Mariana Islands,] Fiscal Year Ends
     [Trust Territory of Palau, Thailand,] Fiscal Year Ends
     [United States, Virgin Islands] Fiscal Year Ends 
 Highlights in History Which Occur September 30: 
1199 Rambam (Maimonides) authorizes Samuel Ibn Tibbon to translate Guide
     of Perplexed from Arabic into Hebrew
1399 King Richard II of England abdicates throne
1452 1st book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible
1520 Suleiman I succeeds his father SelŒm I as sultan of Turkey
1544 King Henry VIII draws his armies out of France
1555 Oxford Bishop Nicholas Ridley sentenced to death as a heretic
1619 Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp
1626 Battle between king Bethlen G bor & earl Mansfeld-Wallenstein ends
1630 1st execution in America-J Billington hanged in Plymouth, MA
1649 Last Swedish troops vacate Prague
1659 Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)
     Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherlands forbids tennis playing during
 and religious services (1st mention of tennis in US)
1681 Netherlands & Sweden sign treaty
1730 Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns
1777 Congress, flees to York Pa, as British forces advance
1791 Mozart's opera "Magic Flute" premieres in Vienna
1805 Napoleons army draws into the Rhine
1808 Covent Garden Theatre Royal destroyed by fire
1818 Congress of Aken: Russia, Austria, Prussia, France & England
1846 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth)
1857 US occupies Sand, Baker, Howland & Jarvis Is south of Hawaii
1862 Battle of Newtonia, MS
1864 Battle of Preble's Farm VA (Poplar Springs Church)
 and Black Soldiers given Medal of Honor
 and E W Tempel discovers asteroid #81 Terpsichore
1867 Midway Islands formally declared a US possession
1877 1st US amateur swim meet (NY Athletic Club)
1878 1st Portuguese immigrants arrive in Hawaii
 and C H F Peters discovers asteroid #191 Kolga
1880 Henry Draper takes that 1st photograph of Orion Nebula
 and J Palisa discovers asteroid #219 Thusnelda
1885 Bechuanaland becomes a British protectorate
1887 Start of Sherlock Holmes Adventure "Five Orange Pips" (BG)
 and Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup
1895 France proclaims a protectorate over Madagascar
1898 City of NY established
1908 J H Metcalf discovers asteroid #757 Portlandia
 and Maurice Maeterlinck's "L'oiseau Blue," premieres in Moscow
1916 Giants lose to Braves 8-3, ends 26 consecutive win streak
 and H Thiele discovers asteroid #843 Nicolaia
1919 Avery Hopwood's "Gold Diggers," premieres in NYC
 and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #923 Herluga
1921 K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #864 Aase, #959 Arne & #2453
1922 Govt of Alexandros Zaimis forms in Greece
 and Yanks clinch pennant #2
1923 Canton Bulldogs win 1st on way to 17-0 season
1924 Allies stop checking on German navy
1925 General P ngulos disbands Greek parliament
1926 German/French/Belgian/Luxembourg steel cartel closes
1927 Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)
1928 Le Sifflet publishes 1st precursor of Kuifje (Tintin)
 and Leon Vanderstuyft of Belgium cycles record 76 mi 604 yds in 1 hr
1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
1930 J Comas Sola discovers asteroid #1188 Gothlandia
1933 Berlin/Hart/Heyman/Myers ballet "As Thousands Cheer," premieres in NYC
1934 Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3
 and FDR dedicates Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)
1935 Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess" premieres in Boston
1935 1st Penguin pocket book issued (Andr‚ Maurois'"Ariel")
1936 Intl Commission of Straits (Dardanelles & Bosphorus) ends
 and Pinewood Studios opens in Buckinghamshire
1938 British premier Chamberlain arrives in Munich
 and Munich Agreement-forced Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany
1939 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC)
 and 41 U-boats sunk this month (153,000 ton)
 and Germany & Russia agree to partition Poland
1940 47 German aircrafts shot down above England
 and 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons)
1941 3,721 Jews are buried alive at Babi Yarravine (near Kiev) Ukraine
 and 53 U-boats sunk this month (202,000 tons)
 and German assault on Moscow: operation-Taifun, begins
1942 98 U-boats sunk this month (485,000 tons)
 and Adm Nimitz' B-17 views Guadalcanal with National-Geographic
 and SS exterminates 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland in 6 week period
1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical on study of Holy Scripture
 and Pope Pius XII encyclical on Divine spirit
 and Study begins on holy shroud
1944 -10/1] Failed attack on German officers
 and Calais reoccupied by Allies
 and Dutch General Mine Workers Union (ABWM) forms
1945 Hank Greenberg's final day HR wins pennant for Tigers
1946 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nremberg
     Von Ribbentrop & Goering sentence to death by Nremberg trial
1947 Yanks beat Dodgers 5-3-largest WS crowd 73,365-1st WS televised
1948 S Arend discovers asteroids #1576 Fabiola & #1579 Herrick
1949 Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights
1950 1st congress of International Astronautical Federation opens in Paris
 and Radio's "Grand Ole Opera" is broadcasted on TV for 1st time
 and WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 Auguste/Jacques Piccard dives with bathosphere to 3150 m (record)
 and Robert Anderson's "Tea & Sympathy," premieres in NYC
 and WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
 and WMT (now KGAN) TV channel 2 in Cedar Rapids-Waterloo, IA (CBS) begins
1956 Phillies Robin Roberts gives up a major league record 46th HR
1957 French govt of Mauroy, resigns due to Algeria
 and WKYT TV channel 27 in Lexington, KY (CBS) begins broadcasting
1958 French Guin‚e becomes independent republic Guinea
 and USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1960 Flintstones premieres (1st prime time animation show)
 and On Howdy Doody's last show Clarabelle finally talks "Goodbye Kids"
 and West Germany signs trade agreement with East Germany
1962 JFK routes 3,000 federal troops to Mississippi
 and James Meredith registers for classes at University of Mississippi
 and KCRL TV channel 4 in Reno, NV (NBC) begins broadcasting
 and KMEX TV channel 34 in Los Angeles, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
 and USSR performs underground nuclear test
1967 BBC starts their own popular music radio station
 and Palace of Fine Arts reopens (1st time during 1915 exposition)
 and USSR's Kosmos 186 & 188 complete 1st automatic docking
1968 1st Boeing 747 rolls out
 and Supremes release "Love Child"
1970 New American Bible published
1971 -11/6] Rome: 3rd bishop synod
 and Last Wash Senator home game, Yanks win career 5th forfeit game
     Yanks trailing 4-2 in 9th with 2 outs, fans rush field
1972 L Kohoutek discovers asteroid #1942 Jablunka
 and Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa)
 and Roberto Clemente, is 11th to get 3,000 hits
1973 Mel Gray begins NFL streak of 121 consecutive game receptions
 and USSR performs underground nuclear test
 and Yanks close 50th year at Yankee Stadium losing 8-5
1974 Gen Francesco da Costa Gomez succeeds Gen Sp¡nola as pres of Portugal
1975 5 drown in flash flood of sewer & water tunnel (Niagara Falls NY)
 and Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #3296
1977 Dutch Antillean government-Evertsz resigns
 and Ringo releases "Ringo the 4th" album
 and USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1978 Major Indoor Soccer League grants 1st 6 franchises to Cincinnati,
     Cleveland, Houston, NY, Philadelphia & Pittsburgh
 and Phillies win 3rd consecutive NL East Division title
1980 1,754 turn out to see Phillies play NY Mets at Shea Stadium
 and Iran rejects a truce call from Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
 and USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1981 Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics
1982 National railroad strike in Belgium
1984 Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner
 and Browns set a team record for allowing most sacks (11), KC wins 10-6
 and Calif Angel Mike Witt, pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0
 and NY Yankee Don Mattingly wins AL batting crown with .343 avg
 and P Wild discovers asteroid #3491
1986 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
 and US releases soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov
1987 Suriname constitution ratified
1988 Andrei A Gromyko retires
 and IBM announces shipment of 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
 and Louise Ritter, US, jumps 6'8" to win Olympic gold medal
 and Robin Givens & Mike Tyson appear on Barbara Walter's Show
     LA Dodger Orel Herschiser breaks former Dodger Don Drysdale mark
 and by pitching 59 consecutive scoreless innings
1989 NASA closes down tracking stations in Hawaii & Ascension
 and Senegambia separates back into Gambia & Senegal
     Nolan Ryan's perfect game is broken with 1 out in 8th, but he
 and strikes-out his 300th of year
1991 Rev Jean Betrand Aristide ousted as president of Haiti
1992 KC Royal George Brett gets 4 hits to become 18th to get 3,000 hits
 and Mariel Hemmingway appears nude on TV show Civil Wars
1993 6.4 earthquake at Latur, India, 28,000 killed
 and MS Dos 6.2 released
1994 Space shuttle STS-68 (Endeavour 7), launches into orbit
 and Sylvestre Ntibantunganya elected president of Burundi
 and Vladimir Meciars HZDDS wins Slovakia parliamentary election
1995 Cleve Indian Albert Belle hits his 50th home run of season
1972  Passenger train derailed at speed killing 48. (Rust Stasie, S.Afric
1975  5 construction workers drown in flash flood in a 600 foot
      sewer and water tunnel being built in Niagara Falls, N.Y.
 Your Special Reminders for September 30: 
     1912   39øF lowest temperature for September in NYC
 and 1986   89øF highest temperature for this date in NYC