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Notable anniversaries in history for today: September 30
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Truman Capote; short story writer (In Cold Blood) (dies 1984).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Freddie King in Gilmer, Texas, USA; blues singer ("Hideaway").
- 90th: 1934 - President Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Boulder Dam.
- 80th: 1944 - Calais, France, reoccupied by Allies.
- 70th: 1954 - The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Barry Williams in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Greg - The Brady Bunch).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Calvin Levels in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Knightwatch).
- 40th: 1984 - Birth of Megan Ewing, American model.
- 40th: 1984 - Bowie Kuhn ends career as Baseball Commissioner.
- 40th: 1984 - California Angels' Mike Witt pitches a perfect game over Texas Rangers, 1-0.
- 40th: 1984 - A brillian fireball is seen crossing the sky over Toodyay and Pinjarrua on coast of Western Australia, with two loud bangs heard over Perth. A black stone meteorite the size of a large potato falls into the sand by a couple on the beach at Binningup.
- 40th: 1984 - New York Yankees' Don Mattingly wins American League batting crown with .343 average.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Andre Michael Lwoff, French microbiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born 1902).
- 25th: 1999 - In Oaxaca, Mexico, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake occurs. At least 35 people killed, 215 injured, thousands of buildings damaged or destroyed, utilities disrupted and roads blocked by landslides.
- 15th: 2009 - A powerful Typhoon Ketsana sweeps through Vietnam, killing 40 people.
- 15th: 2009 - Ex-Peruvian President (1990-2000) Alberto Fujimori is sentenced to six years in jail for corruption by a court in Lima, Peru.
- 15th: 2009 - A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Padang, Indonesia, a city of 900,000, killing over 1000, toppling buildings and trapping thousands under debris.
- 15th: 2009 - The US budget deficit hits a record US$1.4 trillion in the year to the end of September.
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