September 30 historical events
489 — Battle of Verona (489)
The Battle of Verona was fought on 30 September 489 between the Ostrogothic leader Theoderic the Great and the Germanic King of Italy Odoacer. Theoderic personally led his troops in battle, and achieved a decisive victory. Odoacer was subsequently forced to flee to Ravenna, and Theoderic was free to capture Pavia and Milan.
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737 — Battle of the Baggage
The Battle of the Baggage (Arabic: ﻳﻮﻡ ﺍلاﺛﻘﺎﻝ, romanized: Yawm al-athqāl), was fought between the forces of the Umayyad Caliphate and the Turkic Türgesh tribes on 30 September 737. The Umayyads under the governor of Khurasan, Asad ibn Abdallah al-Qasri, had invaded the Principality of Khuttal in Transoxiana, and the local ruler called upon the Türgesh for aid.
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1139 — A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people
The 1139 Ganja earthquake was one of the worst seismic events in history. It affected the Seljuk Empire and the Kingdom of Georgia, in modern-day Azerbaijan and Georgia. The earthquake had an estimated magnitude of 7.7 MLH, 7.5 Ms and 7.0–7.3 Mw. A disputed death toll of 230,000–300,000 resulted from this event, making it one of the deadliest earthquakes ever recorded.
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1174 — Revolt of 1173–1174
The Revolt of 1173–1174, sometimes referred to as the Great Revolt, was a rebellion against King Henry II of England led by three of his sons, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their supporters. The revolt lasted eighteen months and ended in failure; Henry's opponents were forced to submit and were ultimately reconciled with him.
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1342 — Battle of Morlaix
The battle of Morlaix was fought near the village of Lanmeur in Brittany, France, on 30 September 1342 between an Anglo-Breton army and a much larger Franco-Breton force. England, at war with France since 1337 in the Hundred Years' War, had sided with John of Montfort's faction in the Breton Civil War shortly after it broke out in 1341.
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1399 — Henry IV is proclaimed king of England
Henry IV (c. April 1367 – 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke (having been born at Bolingbroke Castle), was King of England from 1399 to 1413, Lord of Ireland and duke of Aquitaine. Henry was the son of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and a grandson of King Edward III. When Henry came of age, he was involved in the 1388 revolt of the Lords Appellant against his first cousin, King Richard II.
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1509 — Siege of Padua
The siege of Padua was a major engagement early in the War of the League of Cambrai. Imperial forces had captured the Venetian city of Padua in June 1509. On 17 July, Venetian forces commanded by Andrea Gritti marched quickly from Treviso with a contingent of stradioti and retook the city, which had been garrisoned by some landsknechts hired by Emperor Maximilian I. In response, the emperor raised an army, composed mainly of mercenaries, and decided to invade the Veneto in an attempt to reclaim it.
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1551 — A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned
The Tainei-ji incident (大寧寺の変, Taineiji no Hen) was a coup d'etat in September 1551 led by Sue Takafusa (later known as Sue Harukata) against Ōuchi Yoshitaka, hegemon and shugo daimyō of western Japan, which ended in the latter's forced suicide in Tainei-ji, a temple in Nagato Province.
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1571 — Siege of Mount Hiei
The siege of Mount Hiei was a battle of the Sengoku period of Japan fought between Oda Nobunaga and the sōhei (warrior monks) of the monasteries of Enryaku-ji on Mount Hiei near Kyoto on September 30, 1571. It is said that Oda Nobunaga killed all the monks, scholars, priests, women, and children that lived on the mountain in this battle.
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1581 — Battle of Noordhorn
The Battle of Noordhorn, fought on 30 September 1581, was a pitched battle of the Dutch Revolt, fought between a Spanish army commanded by Colonel Francisco Verdugo – consisting of Walloon, German, Spanish and Albanian soldiers – and a Dutch States rebel army under the Englishman John Norreys – comprising English, Scottish, Dutch and Walloon troops – in the province of Friesland. In 1580, the Dutch stadtholder of Friesland, George van Lalaing, Count of Rennenberg, had shifted its allegiance from the Dutch to the Spanish side. This opened a new front at the back door of the Dutch Republic, forcing the States-General to dispatch forces to the north.
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1602 — Siege of Weissenstein
The Siege of Weissenstein took place between May 31 and September 30, 1602, during the Polish–Swedish War (1600–11). Two weeks after the capture of Fellin, Grand Crown Hetman Jan Zamoyski led the Polish-Lithuanian army of 2,000 troops to besiege Weissenstein (now known as Paide in Estonia). Weissenstein, a major transportation hub in Estonia, was a site of strategic importance to both Poland and Sweden. Located among the marshes and built during the Teutonic period, the castle had strong artillery and was defended by 700 soldiers, local peasants, and townspeople.
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1626 — Battle of Selburg
The Battle of Selburg was fought during the Polish–Swedish War (1626–1629), between Sweden and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in September 1626. The Polish forces under Aleksander Gosiewski managed to recapture Selburg (Polish sources: Zelbork) from the Swedes earlier in 1626 and stationed their troops in the castle. In response the Swedish general Jacob De la Gardie gathered his force to once again capture the town for the Swedes.
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1639 — Action of 30 September 1639
The Action of 30 September 1639 was a naval battle near Mormugão, just south of Goa, India, when a squadron of 9 Dutch ships captured and destroyed 3 Portuguese galleons. The Portuguese galleons Bom Jesus 74 and São Sebastião 50 were being careened and had their guns removed and were captured without fighting. Bom Jesus was set alight and allowed to drift toward the new galleon São Boaventura, which was refusing to surrender, causing São Boaventura to catch fire and blow up. Some of the unarmed "frigates" approached toward the end but were frightened off by the Dutch boats.
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1681 — Action of 30 September 1681
The action of 30 September 1681 was a 2-hour fight that took place on 30 September 1681 near Cape St Vincent, and was a victory for the Spanish over Brandenburg-Prussia, which suffered 10 dead and 30 wounded.
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1744 — Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo
The Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo or Battle of Cuneo was fought on the outskirts of Cuneo on 30 September 1744, in the War of the Austrian Succession. The battle ended in a victory for the armies of Spain and France over the Kingdom of Sardinia but it did not advance the victors' campaign.
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1745 — Battle of Soor
The Battle of Soor (30 September 1745) was a battle between Frederick the Great's Prussian army and an Austro-Saxon army led by Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the War of the Austrian Succession. The battle occurred in the vicinity of Soor, also known as Hajnice, in the modern day Czech Republic. The battle started with a failed Austrian surprise attack on the outnumbered Prussians. Despite initial setbacks the Prussian army managed to defeat the Austrians, due to an unexpected attack from a reserve regiment that refused to follow Frederick's orders.
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1746 — Siege of Namur (1746)
The siege of Namur took place between 6 and 30 September 1746, during the War of the Austrian Succession. A French army under the command of Marshal Maurice de Saxe took Namur from its Dutch garrison after a three-week siege.
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1749 — Raid on Dartmouth (1749)
The Raid on Dartmouth (1749) occurred during Father Le Loutre’s War on September 30, 1749 when a Mi’kmaq militia from Chignecto raided Major Ezekiel Gilman's sawmill at present-day Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, killing four workers and wounding two. This raid was one of seven the Wabanaki Confederacy and Acadians would conduct against the settlement during the war.
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1778 — Battle of Edgar's Lane
The Battle of Edgar's Lane was a skirmish in the American Revolutionary War on September 30, 1778 between a force of 80 Hessians and 120 Continental dragoons under Major Henry Lee, fought in the village of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. Peter Post, who owned Post's Tavern, heard word of a Hessian marauding party to come through the next day. He sent word to the Continental troops, who organized a force of 120 dragoons to ambush the Hessians. When the Hessians rode through as expected the next day, Post directed them towards Edgar's Lane, where the dragoons were hidden in the surrounding trees.
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1780 — Action of 30 September 1780
The Action of 30 September 1780 was a minor naval engagement off the Bermudas, where HMS Pearl captured the L'Espérance, a French frigate of 32 guns launched in 1779. HMS Pearl under the command of George Montagu was sent out to North America, and on 30 September 1780, soon encountered a frigate off the Bermudas. As Pearl closed Montagu cleared for action and engaged close for and maintained a running fight for two hours and more when the frigate struck. The prize turned out to be the French frigate L'Espérance of about 850 tons of thirty two guns consisting of twelve and six pounders, nearly 200 men and with a valuable cargo heading from Cape Francois to Bordeaux.
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1788 — United States Senate elections in Pennsylvania, 1788
The 1788 United States Senate election in Pennsylvania, held on September 30, 1788, was the first United States Senate election held in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania General Assembly, consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate, elected Pennsylvania's first two United States Senators, William Maclay and Robert Morris.
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1789 — Battle of Elgsö
The Battle of Elgsö took place on September 30, 1789, during the Russo-Swedish War (1788–1790). Sweden won over the Russian Empire. In September 1789 a Swedish force under the command of Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, numbering 4,000 men, was sent towards Barösund where the Swedes and Russians had actively been fighting each other with ships of various sizes.
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1790 — 1790 Holy Roman Empire imperial election
The 1790 Holy Roman Empire imperial election was held on 30 September in Frankfurt. The winner was Grand Duke Leopold of the House of Habsburg, who assumed the title of Holy Roman Emperor. Leopold succeeded his brother Joseph II, who died 20 February 1790. The election was uncontested, with Leopold securing unanimous support from the six voting prince-electors. The election occurred during the Great Turkish War and the early French Revolution.
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1790 — Battle of the Tokhtamysh River
The Battle of the Tokhtamysh River, also known as the Battle of the Abazinka River, was a major battle between the Ottoman forces and the North Caucasians with a Russian army led by Johann Hermann von Fersen. The battle ended in a major Russian victory and forced the Ottomans and North Caucasians to flee.
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1791 — The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death
The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, pronounced [diː ˈtsaʊbɐˌfløːtə] ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. The work premiered on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theatre, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, just two months before Mozart's death.
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1791 — France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly
The National Constituent Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale constituante) was a constituent assembly in the Kingdom of France formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789 during the first stages of the French Revolution. It dissolved on 30 September 1791 and was succeeded by the Legislative Assembly.
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1827 — Battle of Itea
The Battle of Itea (Greek: Ναυμαχία της Ιτέας) or Battle of Agali (Ναυμαχία της Αγκάλης) was a naval battle fought on 30 September 1827, in the Gulf of Corinth, during the Greek War of Independence. Under the command of British Philhellene, Frank Abney Hastings, a small Greek squadron launched a raid on an Ottoman fleet anchored near Itea.
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1847 — Flekkefjord electors choose a representative to Norway’s Storting
Three electors met in Flekkefjord and unanimously chose their parliamentary representative and an alternate.
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1862 — First Battle of Newtonia
The First Battle of Newtonia was fought as part of the American Civil War, on September 30, 1862 in Newton County, Missouri.
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1863 — Battle of Mełchów
The Battle of Melchow, one of many clashes of the January Uprising, took place on September 30, 1863, in the village of Melchow (near Lelow), which at that time belonged to Russian-controlled Congress Poland. A party of 800 Polish insurgents, commanded by Zygmunt Chmielewski, clashed with soldiers of the Imperial Russian Army. Russian losses were estimated at app. 100 killed, while Poles lost 70 killed and wounded. After the clashes near Cierno, Warzyn and Czarnca, Chmielenski concentrated insurgent units in Drochlin, where he was joined by riflemen of Captain Albert Esterhazy. When Russians found out about the insurgent camp, they sent there infantry, dragoons, Cossacks and two cannons.
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1863 — Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris
Les pêcheurs de perles (French pronunciation: [le pɛʃœʁ də pɛʁl], The Pearl Fishers) is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and was given 18 performances in its initial run.
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1864 — Battle of Peebles' Farm
The Battle of Peebles' Farm (or Poplar Springs Church or Poplar Grove Church) was the western part of a simultaneous Union offensive against the Confederate works guarding Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.
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1870 — Battle of Chevilly
The Battle of Chevilly was fought during the siege of Paris. The battle was the second French sortie from Paris against the German armies. On 30 September 1870 General Joseph Vinoy attacked the Prussian VI Corps at Chevilly and was easily repulsed.
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1882 — The Vulcan Street hydropower plant begins supplying electricity
A water-powered turbine drove an Edison dynamo in Appleton, Wisconsin, supplying electricity to three buildings.
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1889 — 1889 Oamaru by-election
The 1889 Oamaru by-election was a by-election held on 30 September 1889 in the Oamaru electorate during the 10th New Zealand Parliament.
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1906 — The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain
The Royal Galician Academy (Galician: Real Academia Galega, RAG) is an institution dedicated to the study of Galician culture and especially the Galician language; it promulgates norms of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary and works to promote the language. The Academy is based in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. The incumbent president, since 2017, is Víctor Fernández Freixanes.
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1911 — Battle of Preveza (1911)
This engagement should not be confused with the Battle of Preveza in 1538. The Battle of Preveza was the first naval engagement fought during the Italo-Turkish War, which took place in the Ionian Sea on 29–30 September 1911. The action took part in two separate engagements, the first off Preveza, and the second at Gomenítza the following day.
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1912 — Columbia Journalism School welcomes its first class
Columbia’s new journalism school began classes with 79 students, including a dozen women. Talcott Williams served as its first director.
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1914 — Battle of Augustów (1914)
The Battle of Augustów, also known as the First Augustow Operation, was a conflict on the Eastern Front during the First World War. It took place between the Russian Empire and the German Empire in September 1914.
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1916 — Battle of Kaymakchalan
The Battle of Kaymakchalan was fought between Serbian and Bulgarian troops on the Macedonian front during World War I. The battle was fought between 12 and 30 September 1916, when the Serbian army managed to capture the peak of Prophet Elijah while pushing the Bulgarians towards the town of Mariovo, where the latter formed new defensive lines.
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1918 — Battle of Dibrivka
The Battle of Dibrivka was a military conflict between Ukrainian anarchist insurgents, led by Nestor Makhno and Fedir Shchus, and Austro-Hungarian forces that were occupying southern Ukraine, supported by the collaborationist Ukrainian State. It took place on 30 September 1918, towards the end of World War I. The battle began when Makhno, Shchus, and a group of anarchist supporters ambushed the Austrian and Ukrainian detachments stationed in Dibrivka.
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1918 — Charge at Kaukab
The Charge at Kaukab took place on 30 September 1918 about 10 miles (16 km) south of Damascus during the pursuit by Desert Mounted Corps following the decisive Egyptian Expeditionary Force victory at the Battle of Megiddo and the Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub during the Sinai and Palestine campaign of World War I. As the Australian Mounted Division rode along the main road north, which connects the Galilee with Damascus via Quneitra, units of the division charged a Turkish rearguard position located across the main road on the ridge at Kaukab.
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1918 — Charge at Kiswe
The Charge at Kiswe took place on 30 September 1918 about 9 miles (14 km) south of Damascus, during the pursuit by Desert Mounted Corps following the decisive Egyptian Expeditionary Force victory at the Battle of Megiddo, the Battle of Jisr Benat Yakub and the Charge at Kaukab during the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in World War I. As Desert Mounted Corps rode along the main road from Nablus, units of the 14th Cavalry Brigade, 5th Cavalry Division, were ordered to charge a rearguard north of Kiswe, protecting columns of the Ottoman Fourth Army, retreating towards Damascus.
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1922 — Alabama beats Marion 110–0
Alabama opened its 1922 football season with a 110–0 win over Marion Military Institute at Denny Field in Tuscaloosa on September 30. It was the largest winning margin in the program's history.
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1928 — 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final
The 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final was the 41st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1928 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.
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1934 — Limerick wins the 1934 All-Ireland hurling final replay
Limerick beat Dublin by five points at Croke Park to win its fourth All-Ireland senior hurling title. The first match four weeks earlier had ended in a draw.
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1935 — President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicates Hoover Dam
Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated the dam on the Colorado River at the Arizona–Nevada border. It was also known as Boulder Dam.
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1936 — 1936 Manukau by-election
The 1936 Manukau by-election was a by-election during the 25th New Zealand Parliament in the Manukau electorate. It was held on Wednesday 30 September 1936. This by-election came about because of the resignation of Bill Jordan upon his appointment to the position of High Commissioner to the UK during the term of the 25th New Zealand Parliament.
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1936 — Three New York reporters set out on a race around the world
On September 30, 1936, Herbert R. Ekins, Dorothy Kilgallen and Leo Kieran set out from New York in a race around the world using transportation available to the public. They traveled to New Jersey to board the Hindenburg.
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1938 — Munich Agreement
The Munich Agreement was reached in Munich on 30 September 1938, by Nazi Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. The agreement provided for the German annexation of part of the First Czechoslovak Republic called the Sudetenland, where three million people, mainly ethnic Germans, lived.
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1938 — Death of Tang Shaoyi
Tang Shaoyi (Chinese: 唐紹儀; 2 January 1862 – 30 September 1938), also spelled Tong Shao Yi, courtesy name Shaochuan (少川), was a Chinese statesman who briefly served as the first Premier of the Republic of China in 1912. In 1938, he was assassinated by the staff of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics in Shanghai who mistakenly believed that he was preparing to collaborate with the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
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1939 — 1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game
The 1939 Waynesburg vs. Fordham football game was a college football game between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets played on September 30, 1939. The game was played at Triborough Stadium on New York City's Randall's Island. Fordham won the game 34–7. Broadcast by NBC, the contest was the first American football game ever televised.
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1939 — Władysław Sikorski is appointed prime minister of the Polish government in exile
On September 30, 1939, Władysław Sikorski was appointed prime minister of the Polish government in exile in Paris. The appointment came as a new Polish government was formed in France.
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1941 — Battle of Petrikowka
The Battle of Petrikowka (present-day Petrykivka, Ukraine) took place between 27 and 30 September 1941, during World War II. Fought between Italian and Soviet forces, it was the first significant engagement involving the Italian Expeditionary Corps in Russia.
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1941 — The Leningrad strategic defensive operation ends
September 30, 1941, marked the end of the Soviet strategic defensive operation around Leningrad. The siege of the city continued after this phase of fighting.
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1943 — Four Days of Naples
The Four Days of Naples (Italian: Quattro giornate di Napoli) was an uprising in Naples, Italy, against Nazi German occupation forces from 27 September to 30 September 1943, immediately prior to the arrival of Allied forces in Naples on 1 October during World War II.
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1943 — The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated
The academy at Kings Point was formally dedicated during World War II. It trained officers for the U.S. merchant fleet, which carried troops and supplies overseas.
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1944 — Battle of the Nijmegen salient
The Battle of the Nijmegen salient or the Defence of the Nijmegen bridgehead was a series of engagements that took place in the Netherlands during World War II between 30 September and 8 October 1944. The battle occurred in the aftermath of Operation Market Garden, a failed attempt by the Allies to cut off German forces in the Netherlands and end the war quickly.
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1945 — Bourne End rail crash
The Bourne End rail crash occurred on 30 September 1945 when an overnight sleeping-car express train from Scotland to London Euston derailed due to a driver's error. 43 people were killed, making it Britain's joint seventh worst rail disaster in terms of death toll.
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1945 — 1945 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 1945 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the fourteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1945 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The game was tied at half-time, 2-2 each, but Antrim finished stronger to make up for the previous year's disappointment.
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1947 — The 1947 World Series begins at Yankee Stadium
On September 30, 1947, the New York Yankees beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 5–3 at Yankee Stadium in the opening game of the World Series. The Yankees eventually won the seven-game series for their 11th title. Their manager, Bucky Harris, won his second World Series championship, 23 years after his 1924 title with Washington. He had also managed Washington in the 1925 World Series, so the gap between appearances was 22 years, not 23. This was the first televised World Series; the series also featured Jackie Robinson and the first pinch-hit World Series home run, by Yogi Berra in Game 3.
September 30 was Game 1. The series ended on October 6; later series milestones did not all occur on opening day.
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1947 — The United Nations admits Pakistan as a member
The United Nations General Assembly admitted Pakistan at its meeting in Flushing Meadow, New York. Yemen also joined the organization that day.
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1947 — Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations
The United Nations General Assembly admitted Pakistan and Yemen at its ninety-second plenary meeting, held in Flushing Meadow, New York.
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1947 — Argentina and Canada win UN Security Council seats
The United Nations General Assembly elected Argentina and Canada to two of the three open non-permanent seats. The third seat remained undecided after the first day of voting.
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1949 — EMLL 16th Anniversary Show
The EMLL 16th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 30, 1949 in Arena Modelo, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 16th anniversary of EMLL, which would become the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event.
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1949 — Beijing lays the foundation stone for the Monument to the People’s Heroes
Delegates attending the first Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference gathered in Tiananmen Square for the monument’s foundation ceremony. Construction of the permanent monument began in 1952.
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1949 — The Berlin Airlift ends
The last flights of the Berlin Airlift ended an Allied operation that had supplied West Berlin with food, fuel and other essentials. Flights had continued for several months after the blockade was lifted to build up stocks.
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1950 — UN Forces September 1950 counteroffensive
The UN Forces September 1950 counteroffensive was a large-scale offensive by United Nations Command (UN) forces against North Korean forces commencing on 23 September 1950. Following the UN counterattack at Inchon on 15 September, on 16 September UN forces within the Pusan Perimeter broke out of the perimeter, driving back the North Koreans and moved north linking up with the UN forces coming from Inchon near Osan on 27 September.
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1951 — Naval Battle of the Han River (1951)
The Naval Battle of the Han River (28–30 September 1951) was fought during the Korean War. The main fighting occurred after an Australian frigate was attacked by communist Chinese forces while transiting the Han River in Korea. Up until that time United Nations (UN) warships had operated on the river with only limited Chinese resistance.
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1952 — Battle of Bunker Hill (1952)
The Battle of Bunker Hill was fought between 9 August and 30 September 1952 during the Korean War between United Nations Command (UN) and Chinese forces over several frontline outposts.
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1953 — Birth of Liu Kai-chi
On 30 September 1953, Liu Kai-chi, an actor, was born.
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1954 — The U.S. Navy commissions USS Nautilus
The Navy commissioned the world's first nuclear-powered submarine at Groton, Connecticut, under Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson. Nautilus began its first voyage under nuclear power the following January.
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1956 — 1956 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship final
The 1956 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final was the 25th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1956 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland. Antrim had ended Dublin's eight-year win streak and so were favourites to take the All-Ireland title. They led 4-3 to 4-2 near the end when Antrim's goalkeeper, Teresa Kearns, made a save.
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1956 — Battle of Algiers (1956–1957)
The Battle of Algiers, also called the great repression of Algiers, was a campaign fought during the Algerian War. It consisted of urban guerrilla warfare and terrorist attacks carried out by the National Liberation Front (FLN) against the French authorities in Algiers, and by the French authorities, army, and French terrorist organizations against the FLN. Both sides targeted civilians throughout the battle.
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1959 — 1959 Kedah Tengah by-election
The Kedah Tengah by-election is a parliamentary by-election that was held on 30 September 1959 in the state of Kedah in the Federation of Malaya. The Kedah Tengah seat was the only remaining constituency where elections have not been completed in the 1959 Malayan general election. Khir Johari of Alliance won the seat in 1955 Malayan general election with 29,646 majority.
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1960 — The Flintstones, the first prime-time animated sitcom, premieres on ABC television
The Flintstones is an American adult animated sitcom by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It was originally broadcast on ABC from September 30, 1960, to April 1, 1966 as the first animated series with a prime-time slot on television, as well as the first animated sitcom. The series takes place in a romanticized Stone Age setting and follows the lives of the titular Fred and Wilma Flintstone and their pet dinosaur, Dino, along with the saber-toothed cat Baby Puss, and Fred and Wilma's eventual baby girl Pebbles.
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1963 — 1963 British Columbia general election
The 1963 British Columbia general election was the 27th general election in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 22, 1963, and held on September 30, 1963. The new legislature met for the first time on January 23, 1964.
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1965 — Nigerien presidential election, 1965
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Niger on 30 September 1965. The country had been declared a one-party state shortly after independence in 1960, with the Nigerien Progressive Party – African Democratic Rally becoming the sole legal party. Its leader, incumbent president Hamani Diori, was the only candidate, and was re-elected unopposed. Voter turnout was reported to be 98.4%.
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1966 — EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show (2)
Mexican professional wrestling promotion celebrated their 33rd anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in early to mid September. The second EMLL 33rd Anniversary Show took place on September 30, 1966 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico to commemorated the anniversary of EMLL, which over time became the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world.
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1966 — Accession of Seretse Khama
Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Botswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980. Born into an influential royal family of what was then the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, he was educated abroad in the neighbouring country of South Africa and then in the United Kingdom.
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1966 — Bechuanaland becomes independent as Botswana
On September 30, 1966, the former British protectorate of Bechuanaland became the independent Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama became the country’s first president.
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1967 — Capricornia by-election, 1967
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Capricornia on 30 September 1967. This was triggered by the death of Labor MP George Gray. The by-election was won by Labor candidate Doug Everingham.
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1968 — Battle of Thượng Đức (1968)
The Battle of Thượng Ðức took place during the Vietnam War where North Vietnamese forces attempted to overrun the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG) Thường Ðức Camp between 28 and 30 September 1968.
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1968 — Boeing rolls out the first 747
Boeing presented its first 747 jumbo jet at a rollout ceremony at the new assembly plant in Everett, Washington.
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1968 — The rail deck of the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge opens
Nanjing held an opening ceremony for the railway deck of its Yangtze River Bridge. Regular rail operations began the following day, and the road deck opened in December.
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1971 — Macclesfield by-election, 1971
The Macclesfield by-election, 1971 was a parliamentary by-election held on 30 September 1971 for the constituency of Macclesfield in Cheshire. It was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting MP, the Conservative Arthur Vere Harvey. Although this was a fairly safe seat which had been Conservative for over half a century, the party managers were concerned since the Labour party had recently won Bromsgrove with a 10.1 per cent swing and only 9.5 per cent would be required to take Macclesfield. The Conservative candidate was Nicholas Winterton, who had previously run unsuccessfully at Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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1973 — Death of Li Shizeng
On 30 September 1973, Li Shizeng, an educator, died.
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1975 — Malév Flight 240
Malév Flight 240 was a regular service from Budapest Ferihegy International Airport, Hungary, to Beirut International Airport, Lebanon. On 30 September 1975, the aircraft operating the route, a Tupolev Tu-154 of Malév Hungarian Airlines, went missing on its final approach for landing in the Mediterranean Sea just off the coast of Lebanon. All fifty passengers and ten crew on board are thought to have been killed.
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1975 — 1975 IFA Shield final
The 1975 IFA Shield final was the 79th final of the IFA Shield, the second oldest football competition in India, and was contested between Kolkata giants East Bengal and Mohun Bagan on 30 September 1975 at the Mohun Bagan Ground in Kolkata. East Bengal won the final 5–0 to claim their 14th IFA Shield title.
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1975 — The first Apache helicopter prototype takes flight
Hughes Helicopters flew its first YAH-64 prototype for the U.S. Army’s Advanced Attack Helicopter program. The design later entered service as the AH-64 Apache.
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1977 — EMLL 44th Anniversary Show (2)
Mexican professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) celebrated their 44th anniversary with two professional wrestling major shows centering on the anniversary date in mid to late September. The second EMLL 44th Anniversary Show took place on September 30, 1977, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico to commemorate the anniversary of EMLL, which over time became the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world.
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1977 — 1977 Bogra mutiny
The 1977 Bogra mutiny was a mutiny in Bogra Cantonment, a military station near the city of Bogra in Bangladesh on 30 September 1977.
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1978 — Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked
On September 30, 1978, Finnair Flight 405 was hijacked while flying from Oulu to Helsinki with 44 passengers and five crew members aboard. The aircraft later flew between Finnish airports and Amsterdam. Ransom payments were made and hostages were released. The hijacker was arrested at his home on October 1.
September 30 is the start of the hijacking; the arrest took place the following day.
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1979 — 1979 NSL Cup final
The 1979 NSL Cup final was the final match of the 1979 NSL Cup. It was played at the Olympic Sports Field in Adelaide, Australia, on 30 September 1979, contested by Adelaide City and St George Budapest. Adelaide City won the match 3–2.
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1980 — Kuwait wins the 1980 AFC Asian Cup final
On 30 September 1980, Kuwait defeated South Korea 3–0 in the AFC Asian Cup final at Sabah Al-Salem Stadium in Kuwait City, Kuwait. It was Kuwait’s first Asian Cup title.
Sabah Al-Salem is the name of the stadium in Kuwait; the match did not take place in Sabah, Malaysia.
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1980 — DEC, Intel and Xerox publish the Ethernet Blue Book specification
On 30 September 1980, Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox published the Ethernet Blue Book specification. The joint specification, also called the DIX standard, described 10-megabit-per-second Ethernet.
This is the publication of the DIX specification, rather than Ethernet’s invention or the later IEEE 802.3 standard.
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1983 — 1983 Maldivian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on 30 September 1983. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom was the sole candidate nominated by Parliament. His candidacy was approved by 95.6% of voters.
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1984 — Comorian presidential election, 1984
Presidential elections were held in the Comoros on 30 September 1984. Incumbent President Ahmed Abdallah of the Comorian Union for Progress (the sole legal party) was the only candidate, and received the support of 99.4% of voters.
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1988 — EMLL 55th Anniversary Show
The EMLL 55th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre (EMLL) that took place on September 30, 1988 in Arena Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 55th anniversary of CMLL, which would become the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. The Anniversary show is EMLL's biggest show of the year, their Super Bowl event. The main event of the show was a Lucha de Apuestas ("Bet match) where both Máscara Año 2000 and Mogur wagered their masks on the outcome of the match, with the loser being forced to take off his mask at the end of the show.
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1992 — Angolan general election, 1992
General elections were held in Angola on 29 and 30 September 1992 to elect a President and National Assembly, the first time multi-party elections had been held in the country. They followed the signing of the Bicesse Accord on 31 May 1991 in an attempt to end the 17-year-long civil war. Voter turnout was 91.3% for the parliamentary election and 91.2% for the presidential election. The ruling People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) won both elections, however eight opposition parties, in particular the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola (UNITA), rejected the 1992 election as rigged.
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1992 — September 1992 South Lebanon clashes
On the 30th of September 1992, a series of clashes in South Lebanon between Hezbollah and the South Lebanon Army killed 9 people, including one UNIFIL peacekeeper.
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1993 — An earthquake devastates villages in Maharashtra
An earthquake near Killari caused heavy damage across Maharashtra’s Latur and Osmanabad districts. Thousands of people died and many villages were damaged.
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1994 — CMLL 61st Anniversary Show
The CMLL 61st Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show event produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 30, 1994 in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show consisted of five matches, with the main event being a Lucha de Apuestas, hair vs. hair match, between Ricky Santana and El Texano. The show featured an additional Lucha de Apuesta between Silver King and Scorpio Sr. The show also featured a Six-man tag team match and two tag team matches. The event commemorated the 61st anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world.
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1994 — Kiribati presidential election, 1994
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 30 September 1994. The result was a victory for Teburoro Tito, who won 51.1% of the vote.
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1994 — STS-68
STS-68 was a human spaceflight mission using Space Shuttle Endeavour that launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida on September 30, 1994.
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1996 — Yukon general election, 1996
The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic Yukon New Democratic Party (NDP). The NDP formed the government of the territory with 11 seats. Party leader Piers McDonald became territorial premier.
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1998 — Operation Fenix
Operation Fenix was an operation launched by militants of the KLA's "cobra" unit, which conducted two ambushes out of Albanian territory near the border outpost of Koshare on Yugoslav forces. Six Yugoslav Army personnel were killed. The KLA suffered no casualties, and captured Yugoslav ammunition, equipment and looted the dead soldiers.
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1999 — A criticality accident occurs at Tokaimura
An uncontrolled nuclear chain reaction began at a JCO fuel-processing plant in Tokaimura, Japan. Three workers suffered acute radiation exposure, and nearby residents were evacuated.
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2000 — 11th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention
The 11th Republican People's Party Extraordinary Convention was held on 30 September 2000 in Ankara to elect a leader for the Republican People's Party (CHP), a political party in Turkey. Former Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Deniz Baykal was elected as leader for a third non-consecutive time, replacing Altan Öymen who came second. Baykal had initially resigned as leader after the 1999 general election where the CHP lost all its parliamentary representation.
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2000 — Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge opens
The Wuhu Yangtze River Bridge opened in Anhui, China, on 30 September 2000.
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2001 — 2001 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final
The 2001 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final was the 28th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland. The game was tied with seconds left when Mayo were penalised for not hitting a kickout far enough, and Laois pointed the free to win their first title, having lost seven finals prior to this.
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2003 — Tianjin–Binhai light rail reaches a construction milestone
The first phase of the Tianjin–Binhai light rail reached a key construction milestone with tracks, trains, and electrical systems connected. Passenger trial service began in March 2004.
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2004 — 2004 Hartlepool by-election
A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Hartlepool was held on 30 September 2004, triggered by the resignation of incumbent Labour Party MP Peter Mandelson, who was nominated as the United Kingdom's new European Commissioner for Trade. It was won by Iain Wright, who held the seat for Labour albeit with a significantly reduced majority.
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2004 — 2004 United States presidential debates
The 2004 United States presidential debates were a series of debates held during the 2004 presidential election. The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a bipartisan organization formed in 1987, organized four debates among the major party candidates, and sponsored three presidential debates and one vice presidential debate. Only Republican nominee George W. Bush and Democratic nominee John Kerry met the criteria for inclusion in the debates, and thus were the only two to appear in the debates sponsored by the CPD.
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2006 — 2006 Shreveport mayoral election
The 2006 Shreveport mayoral election resulted in the election of Democrat Cedric Glover who defeated Republican Jerry Jones in the runoff in the open race to succeed outgoing mayor Keith Hightower. The nonpartisan blanket primary was held on September 30, 2006, and as no candidate obtained the required majority, the general election followed on November 7, 2006.
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2006 — Nangpa La shooting incident
The Nangpa La shooting incident occurred on 30 September 2006 when a group of unarmed Tibetan refugees attempting to flee Tibet via the Nangpa La pass were fired upon by Chinese border guards. The shooting resulted in at least one death, that of 17-year-old Buddhist nun Kelsang Namtso, as well as numerous injuries. The victims were shot from a distance by border guards as they moved slowly through chest-deep snow.
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2007 — Ukrainian parliamentary election, 2007
Early parliamentary elections in Ukraine took place on 30 September 2007. The date of the election was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych and the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) Oleksandr Moroz on 27 May 2007, in an attempt to resolve the political crisis in Ukraine triggered by the 2 April 2007 presidential decree on dissolution of Ukraine's parliament. The 450 seats were divided among all parties that achieved a minimum 3% nationwide vote tally. The number of seats that are allocated to each party, above the 3% participation rate quota, is calculated using the Hamilton method of apportionment.
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2007 — Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly election, 2007
On 30 September 2007 an election for a Constituent Assembly was held in Ecuador following the referendum on this issue successfully held on 15 April 2007. 130 delegates were elected: 24 members from national lists, 100 representing the provinces and six for emigrants living outside Ecuador. The extraordinarily large number of candidates and lists (26 national lists, 428 provincial lists, 44 emigrant lists) caused the election to be the most complex in Ecuador's history.
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2007 — 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final
The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup final was an association football match which determined the winner of the 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup, contested by the women's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was played on 30 September 2007 at the Hongkou Football Stadium, in Shanghai, China and won by Germany, who defeated Brazil 2–0.
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2009 — 2009 Sumatra earthquakes
The first of the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes (Indonesian: Gempa bumi Sumatra 2009) occurred on 30 September off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia with a moment magnitude of 7.6 at 17:16:10 local time. The epicenter was 45 kilometres (28 mi) west-northwest of Padang, West Sumatra, and 220 kilometres (140 mi) southwest of Pekanbaru, Riau. Government and authorities confirmed 1,115 dead, 1,214 severely injured and 1,688 slightly injured.
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2010 — Kurram incident
On 30 September 2010, U.S. helicopters entered Pakistani airspace after ground troops determined that a mortar attack by militants in Pakistan was imminent, according to the Coalition. Pakistani Frontier Corps troops manning the Mandata Kadaho border post fired warning shots, and the helicopters responded by firing two missiles that destroyed the post. Three soldiers were killed and another three wounded.
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2010 — WEC 51
WEC 51: Aldo vs. Gamburyan was a mixed martial arts event held by World Extreme Cagefighting that took place on September 30, 2010, at the 1stBank Center in Broomfield, Colorado. This was the only event that the WEC hosted in Colorado.
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2011 — CMLL 78th Anniversary Show
The CMLL 78th Anniversary Show was a professional wrestling major show scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) that took place on September 30, 2011 in CMLL's home arena Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. The event commemorated the 78th anniversary of CMLL, the oldest professional wrestling promotion in the world. CMLL's anniversary show is their biggest, most important show of the year, comparable to the Super Bowl for the National Football League or WrestleMania for WWE. The main event of the show was a steel cage where all ten competitors put their hair on the line, with the stipulation that the last man in the cage would be shaved bald as a result.
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2011 — Leyenda de Plata (2011)
The Leyenda de Plata (2011) was professional wrestling tournament produced by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council") that ran from September 23, 2011, over the course of three of CMLL's Friday night shows in Arena México with the finals on October 7, 2011. The annual Leyenda de Plata tournament is held in honor of lucha libre legend El Santo and is one of CMLL's most important annual tournaments.
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2012 — 2012 Indian Federation Cup final
The 2012 Indian Federation Cup final was the 34th final of the Indian Federation Cup, the top knock-out competition in India, and was contested between East Bengal and Dempo on 30 September 2012. East Bengal won the final 3–2, to claim their eighth Federation Cup title. Climax Lawrence put Dempo in front in the 51st minute but Arnab Mondal equalized for East Bengal in the 60th minute.
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2012 — Progress Chapter Three: Fifty Shades Of Pain
Progress Chapter Three: Fifty Shades of Pain was a professional wrestling event promoted by Progress Wrestling. It took place on September 30, 2012, in London, England at The Garage.
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2012 — 4th Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress
The 4th Justice and Development Party Ordinary Congress was a party convention of the governing Turkish Justice and Development Party (AK Party) that took place on 30 September 2012. The congress mainly centred on the Kurdish–Turkish conflict. The AKP's founding party leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stood as the only candidate for the party leadership, with 1,489 registered delegates voting in the election.
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2012 — Kilkenny beats Galway in the 2012 All-Ireland hurling final replay
Kilkenny beat Galway at Croke Park in the replay to win its 34th All-Ireland senior hurling title.
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2013 — 2013 Dominican presidential election
An indirect presidential election was held on 30 September 2013 to elect the next President of Dominica. Charles Savarin was elected.
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2015 — 2015 U.S. Open Cup final
The 2015 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup final was played on September 30, 2015, at PPL Park, now known as Talen Energy Stadium, in Chester, Pennsylvania. The match determined the winner of the 2015 U.S. Open Cup, a tournament open to amateur and professional soccer teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation. It was the 102nd edition of the oldest competition in United States soccer.
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2015 — Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war
From September 2015 until December 2024, Russia conducted a military intervention in the Syrian civil war, following a request by Ba'athist Syria under Bashar al-Assad for support against the Syrian opposition and Islamic State (IS). The Russian Armed Forces' first conflict beyond the former Soviet Union since its dissolution; analysts pointed to strategic aims including limiting United States influence in the Middle East, access to the Eastern Mediterranean, and military capacity for other theaters of the Middle East, such as the Red Sea and Libya.
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2015 — 2015 Supercopa de Chile
The 2015 Supercopa de Chile was the third edition of this championship organised by the ANFP. The match was played between the 2014-15 Primera División Best-Champions Universidad de Chile, and the 2014–15 Copa Chile Winners Universidad de Concepción.
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2016 — All Star Extravaganza VIII
All Star Extravaganza VIII was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by Ring of Honor (ROH). It took place on September 30, 2016 at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. Wrestlers from Mexico's Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), and Japan's New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) also appeared on the card, as ROH has partnerships with both promotions. This was the eighth event under the All Star Extravaganza chronology.
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2016 — Hurricane Matthew
Hurricane Matthew was a powerful and devastating tropical cyclone which caused catastrophic damage and a humanitarian crisis in Haiti, as well as widespread devastation across Cuba, the Bahamas, and the southeastern United States. The deadliest Atlantic hurricane since Hurricane Stan in 2005, and the first Category 5 Atlantic hurricane since Felix in 2007, Matthew was the thirteenth named storm, fifth hurricane and second major hurricane of the 2016 Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
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2017 — 2017 National Premier Leagues Grand Final
The 2017 National Premier Leagues Grand Final was the fifth National Premier Leagues Grand Final.This soccer match was played on 30 September 2017 at Perry Park in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia between Brisbane Strikers and Heidelberg United. Heidelberg won 2–0 to secure their inaugural National Premier Leagues title.
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2018 — 2018 National Premier Leagues Grand Final
The 2018 National Premier Leagues Grand Final was the sixth National Premier Leagues Grand Final, This Australian grand final soccer match was played on the 30 September 2018 at Steve Woodcock Sports Centre in Adelaide, South Australia, between Campbelltown City and Lions FC. Campbelltown won 2–1 to secure their first National Premier Leagues title.
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2018 — Fighting Spirit Unleashed (2018)
Fighting Spirit Unleashed was a professional wrestling event promoted by New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW). The event took place on September 30, 2018, at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach, California. It was the fifth event produced by NJPW in the United States and the first under the Fighting Spirit Unleashed branch. Wrestlers from U.S. promotion Ring of Honor (ROH) - with which NJPW has a partnership - also appeared on the card.
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2018 — 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election
The 2018 Okinawa gubernatorial election was held on 30 September 2018 to elect the next governor of Okinawa. As there are no term limits in Japan, incumbent Governor Takeshi Onaga was eligible for re-election before his death in August 2018. The election was originally scheduled to be held on 9 December 2018, but this was brought forward after Onaga's untimely death.
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2018 — 2018 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections took place in the Kurdistan Region on 30 September 2018 to elect Parliament. The election came a year after the 2017 referendum to succeed and left the ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) with 45 seats, that positioning it to lead the next regional government. Announcement of the results was delayed for three weeks.
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2020 — 2020 DFL-Supercup
The 2020 DFL-Supercup was the eleventh edition of the German super cup under the name DFL-Supercup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal competitions. The match was played on 30 September 2020. The match is usually played in July or August prior to the start of the Bundesliga.
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2021 — 2021 Galmudug clashes
In late October 2021, clashes occurred in Galmudug, Somalia between the Somali Army and Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a, a Sufi militia.
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2021 — Three West Bengal constituencies vote for Assembly seats
Voters in Samserganj and Jangipur cast ballots in delayed state Assembly contests. Bhabanipur held a separate by-election on the same day. The Trinamool Congress won all three seats.
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2022 — 2022 Zahedan massacre
The Zahedan massacre, also known as Bloody Friday (Persian: جمعه خونین, romanized: Jom'e-ye Xunin)(Balochi: زائدانءِ ھۏنݔن آدݔنَگ), was a series of violent crackdowns starting with protesters gathering and chanting in front of a police station near the Great Mosalla of Zahedan, Iran, on 30 September 2022 leading to many casualties.
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2022 — September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d'état
A coup d'état took place in Burkina Faso on 30 September 2022, removing Interim President Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba over his alleged inability to deal with the country's Islamist insurgency. Damiba had come to power in a coup d'état eight months earlier. Captain Ibrahim Traoré took over as interim leader.
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2023 — 2023 Slovak parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in the Slovak Republic on 30 September 2023 to elect members of the National Council. Regular elections were scheduled to be held in 2024. However, on 15 December 2022, the government lost a no-confidence vote. Subsequently, the National Council amended the Constitution so that an early election could be held on 30 September 2023. This was the first snap election in the country since 2012.
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2023 — PFL Europe 3 (2023)
PFL Europe 3 was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Professional Fighters League that took place on September 30, 2023, at Zénith Paris in Paris, France.
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2023 — NXT No Mercy (2023)
The 2023 NXT No Mercy was a professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE, held for wrestlers from the promotion's developmental brand, NXT. It was the first annual No Mercy produced by WWE for NXT and the 14th overall. The event took place on September 30, 2023, at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield, California.
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2023 — 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival
The 71st San Sebastián International Film Festival ran 22–30 September 2023 in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. The awards were announced on 30 September 2023, with The Rye Horn winning the Golden Shell, being the first film directed by a female Spanish director to win said award.
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2023 — ONE Fight Night 14
ONE Fight Night 14: Stamp vs. Ham was a combat sport event produced by ONE Championship that took place on September 30, 2023, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in Kallang, Singapore.
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2023 — 2023 Maldivian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in the Maldives on Saturday, 9 September 2023, with a second round held on 30 September. Incumbent president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih was seeking re-election, after defeating the-then Speaker of the People's Majlis Mohamed Nasheed in the Maldivian Democratic Party primaries. People's National Congress candidate and Malé mayor Mohamed Muizzu won the election with 54% of the votes, defeating Ibrahim Mohamed Solih and becoming President-elect of the Maldives.
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2023 — Andrea Shaw wins her fourth Rising Phoenix world title
Andrea Shaw won the women's bodybuilding title at the Rising Phoenix World Championships in Phoenix, Arizona. Angela Yeo finished second and Michaela Aycock third.
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2024 — Battle of Budalin
The Battle of Budalin was a confrontation between Myanmar Army troops and People's Defense Forces in Budalin Township which occurred on 30 September 2024.
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