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This Day in History: September 30


September 30: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

(Page last edited 10/12/2017)

  1. 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.
  2. 1791 - The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna,Austria.
  3. 1882 - Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River inAppleton, Wisconsin, United States.
  4. 1895 - Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
  5. 1927 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
  6. 1935 - The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
  7. 1938 - The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
  8. 1954 - The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
  9. 1968 - The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
  10. 2004 - The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
  11. Famous Birthdays: Truman Capote (American author), Michael Maestlin (German mathematician), Decimus Burton (British architect), William Wrigley, Jr. (American industrialist), Deborah Kerr (Scottish actress)

For famous birthdays and other daily events in history, visit our Daily Dose Activities.

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