September 30 in History

Historical Events on September 30

1860 Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.

1938 Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

1939 World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.

1941 World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.

1947 The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

1947 Pakistan joins the United Nations

1970 Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.

1977 Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.

1990 The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.

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Famous Birthdays on September 30

1895 Lewis Milestone

1975 Marion Cotillard

1986 Olivier Giroud

1997 Max Verstappen

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Famous Deaths on September 30

1897 Thérèse of Lisieux

1942 Hans-Joachim Marseille

1955 James Dean

2011 Anwar al-Awlaki

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