Summary of the Day ✨ 30 September (30/09)
On this day, Hurricane Matthew intensified to a Category 5 storm while two Van Gogh paintings worth $100 million were recovered years after their theft, as a devastating Sumatra earthquake claimed over 1,000 lives and controversial Muhammad cartoons sparked international debate following the killing of a 12-year-old Palestinian boy during the Second Intifada.
Historical Events 📜
- 2016: Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
- 2016: Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
- 2009: The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
- 2005: Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
- 2000: Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
- 1999: The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan’s second-worst nuclear accident.
- 1994: Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.
- 1993: The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
- 1980: Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
- 1978: Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.
- 1975: Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.
- 1970: Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson’s Field hijackings.
- 1968: The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
- 1966: Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
- 1960: The Flintstones animated sitcom premieres on ABC television.
Famous Births 👶
- 2003: Alberto Moleiro, Spanish footballer
- 2002: Levi Miller, Australian actor and model
- 2002: Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
- 1998: Landon Dickerson, American football player
- 1998: Yui Imaizumi, Japanese actress, singer, model, and television personality
- 1998: Trevi Moran, American YouTuber and singer
- 1997: Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast
- 1997: Max Verstappen, Dutch race car driver
- 1996: Aaron Holiday, American basketball player
- 1994: Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
- 1992: Bria Hartley, French-American basketball player
- 1992: Ezra Miller, American actor and singer
- 1991: David Bakhtiari, American football player
- 1991: Joffrey Lauvergne, French basketball player
- 1991: Thomas Röhler, German javelin thrower
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2024: Gavin Creel, American actor, singer and songwriter (born 1976)
- 2024: Dikembe Mutombo, Congolese-American basketball player (born 1966)
- 2024: Humberto Ortega, Nicaraguan military leader (born 1947)
- 2024: Ken Page, American actor and cabaret singer (born 1954)
- 2024: Pete Rose, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
- 2021: Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer and orchestrator (born 1931)
- 2019: Victoria Braithwaite, British research scientist who proved fish feel pain (born 1967)
- 2018: Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (born 1945)
- 2018: Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (born 1942)
- 2018: Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (born 1925)
- 2017: Monty Hall, American game show host (born 1921)
- 2017: Vladimir Voevodsky, Russian-American mathematician (born 1966)
- 2015: Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (born 1941)
- 2015: Claude Dauphin, French businessman (born 1951)
- 2015: Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (born 1947)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Birth of Morelos (Mexico)
- Blasphemy Day, educates individuals and groups about blasphemy laws and defends freedom of expression
- Boy’s Day (Poland)
- Christian feast day:
Gregory the Illuminator - Christian feast day:
Honorius of Canterbury - Christian feast day:
Jerome - Christian feast day:
September 30 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Independence Day (Botswana) or Botswana Day, celebrates the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.
- International Translation Day (International Federation of Translators)
- National Day for Truth and Reconciliation or Orange Shirt Day (Canada)