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Historical Events on September 30

  • Tram

    1860

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

  • United Kingdom

    1938

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

  • World War II

    1939

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

  • The Holocaust

    1941

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

  • Pakistan

    1947

    Pakistan joins the United Nations

  • Boeing 747

    1968

    The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.

  • Jordan

    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.

  • Apollo

    1977

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

  • 14th Dalai Lama

    1990

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