On this day: 30 September

Selected events and births on 30 September, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1863 – Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles premiered at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Read more: Georges Bizet Les pêcheurs de perles Théâtre Lyrique
• 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. Read more: Vulcan Street Plant Appleton, Wisconsin Hydroelectricity
• 1920 – Times Square Theater opened on Broadway with a production of The Mirage, a play written by its owner, Edgar Selwyn. Read more: Times Square Theater Broadway theatre The Mirage (play)
• 1938 – Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Neville Chamberlain, and Édouard Daladier signed the Munich Agreement, stipulating that Czechoslovakia must cede the Sudetenland to Germany. Read more: Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Neville Chamberlain
• 1939 – NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets. Read more: NBC 1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game Fordham Rams football
• 1982 – Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC. Read more: Cheers Give Me a Ring Sometime NBC
• 1998 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated. Read more: ICANN Nonprofit organization Domain name
• 2005 – The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Islamic world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous. Read more: Jyllands-Posten Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy Muhammad
• 2019 – President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis. Read more: Martín Vizcarra Congress of the Republic of Peru 2019–2020 Peruvian constitutional crisis

Born on this day

• 1939 – Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Jean-Marie Lehn Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1941 – Kamalesh Sharma, Indian academic and diplomat, 5th Commonwealth Secretary General Read more: Kamalesh Sharma Commonwealth Secretary-General
• 1943 – Johann Deisenhofer, German-American biochemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Johann Deisenhofer Nobel Prize in Chemistry
• 1945 – Ehud Olmert, Israeli lawyer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of Israel Read more: Ehud Olmert Prime Minister of Israel
• 1946 – Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords Read more: Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury Leader of the House of Lords
• 1946 – Claude Vorilhon, French journalist, founded Raëlism Read more: Raël Raëlism
• 1951 – Barry Marshall, Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Read more: Barry Marshall Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
• 1955 – Andy Bechtolsheim, German engineer, co-founded Sun Microsystems Read more: Andy Bechtolsheim Sun Microsystems
• 1998 – Landon Dickerson, American football player Read more: Landon Dickerson
• 2002 – Levi Miller, Australian actor and model Read more: Levi Miller
• 2002 – Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress Read more: Maddie Ziegler
• 2003 – Alberto Moleiro, Spanish footballer Read more: Alberto Moleiro

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