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What happened in history on this day: September 30?
On September 30 in ...
- 1939 - First televised college football game (Fordham versus Waynesburg at New York City).
- 1951 - NBC premieres The Red Skelton Show 30-minute variety TV show.
- 1958 - ABC-TV airs the first episode of TV show The Rifleman, starring Chuck Connors.
- 1958 - ABC premieres the Naked City 30-minute crime drama TV show.
- 1958 - CBC TV debuts The Friendly Giant 15-minute TV series in Canada.
- 1960 - ABC premieres the first prime time cartoon show: The Flinstones.
- 1960 - NBC airs Howdy Doody's last TV show, in which Clarabelle finally talks: "Goodbye Kids".
- 1962 - ABC begins rebroadcasting the Father Knows Best TV show.
- 1963 - CBS premieres the East Side / West Side 60-minute drama TV show.
- 1989 - The animated TV show Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers first airs on TV. The first show is the two-hour Chip 'n' Dale's Rescue Rangers to the Rescue.
- 1992 - The ABC TV network debuts the series Laurie Hill.
Births on September 30
- 1912 - Birth of Kenny Baker; radio singer/actor (Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back).
- 1917 - Birth of Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov in USSR; director (Taganka).
- 1921 - Birth of Deborah Kerr in Helensburg, Scotland; actress (King and I, Night of the Iguana).
- 1931 - Birth of Angie Dickinson in Kulm, North Dakota, USA; American actress (Police Woman).
- 1932 - Birth of Ben Cooper in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; actor (Johnny Guitar, Rose Tattoo).
- 1935 - Birth of Jill Corey in Avonmore, Pennsylvania, USA; singer (Your Hit Parade).
- 1939 - Birth of Len Cariou; actor (Four Seasons).
- 1943 - Birth of Marilyn McCoo in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA; host/singer (Solid Gold, 5th Dimension).
- 1950 - Birth of Victoria Tennant in London, England; actress (All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War).
- 1953 - Birth of Deborah Allen in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; country singer (Jim Stafford Show).
- 1954 - Birth of Barry Williams in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (Greg - The Brady Bunch).
- 1954 - Birth of Calvin Levels in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Knightwatch).
- 1957 - Birth of William Christian in Washington, DC, USA; actor (Derek - All My Children).
- 1958 - Birth of Christopher Cass in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA; actor (Jack Forbes - Loving).
- 1959 - Birth of Debrah Farentino; actress (Hooperman, Equal Justice).
- 1961 - Birth of Crystal Bernard in Dallas, Texas, USA; actress (Amy - It's a Living, Wings).
- 1977 - Birth of Maia Brewton in Los Angeles, California; actress (Margaret - Lime Street).
Deaths on September 30
- 1978 - Death of Edgar Bergen at age 75, American actor and ventriloquist (Charlie McCarthy) (born 1903).
- 1983 - Freddy Martin, orchestra leader (started Merv Griffin TV show), dies at age 76.
- 1983 - William D Elliot, actor (Bernie Loves Bridget, Adam 12), dies at age 49.
- 2017 - Death of Monty Hall, Canadian-American television host (born 1921).
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