On This Day: September 30

Updated September 29, 2012, 2:28 pm

On Sept. 30, 1938, British, French, German and Italian leaders agreed at a meeting in Munich that Nazi Germany would be allowed to annex Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland.

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On Sept. 30, 1924, Truman Capote, the American author of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood”, was born. Following his death on Aug. 25, 1984, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

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1788 The Pennsylvania Legislature elected the first two members of the U.S. Senate – William Maclay of Harrisburg and Robert Morris of Philadelphia.

1791 Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” premiered in Vienna, Austria.

1924 Author Truman Capote was born in New Orleans.

1927 Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his 60th home run of the season to break his own major-league record.

1946 An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes.

1955 Actor James Dean was killed in a car accident at age 24.

1962 Black student James Meredith succeeded on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi.

1966 The Republic of Botswana declared its independence from Britain.

1982 The situation comedy “Cheers” premiered on NBC.

1991 The military in Haiti overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country’s first freely-elected president.

1992 George Brett of the Kansas City Royals reached 3,000 career hits during a game against the California Angels.

1993 A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern India, killing an estimated 10,000 people.

1997 France’s Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.

2004 Merck & Co. pulled Vioxx, its heavily promoted arthritis drug, from the market after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

2005 Cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad were published in a Danish newspaper, offending many Muslims worldwide.

2007 Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed his 421st career touchdown pass, breaking Dan Marino’s NFL record.

Current Birthdays

By The Associated Press

Author and Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel turns 84 years old today.

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Actress Marion Cotillard turns 37 years old today.

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1931 Angie Dickinson, Actress (“Police Woman”), turns 81

1933 Cissy Houston, Gospel singer, turns 79

1935 Johnny Mathis, Singer, turns 77

1939 Len Cariou, Actor, turns 73

1943 Marilyn McCoo, Singer (The Fifth Dimension), turns 69

1953 Deborah Allen, Country singer, turns 59

1954 Barry Williams, Actor (“The Brady Bunch”), turns 58

1957 Fran Drescher, Actress (“The Nanny”), turns 55

1958 Marty Stuart, Country singer, turns 54

1960 Blanche Lincoln, Former U.S. senator, D-Ark., turns 52

1961 Crystal Bernard, Actress (“Wings”), turns 51

1961 Eric Stoltz, Actor, turns 51

1963 Eddie Montgomery, Country singer (Montgomery Gentry), turns 49

1964 Trey Anastasio, Rock singer, musician (Phish), turns 48

1971 Jenna Elfman, Actress (“Dharma and Greg”), turns 41

1980 Martina Hingis, Tennis player, turns 32

1982 Lacey Chabert, Actress (“Mean Girls,” “Party of Five”), turns 30

1982 Kieran Culkin, Actor, turns 30

1984 T-Pain, Singer, rapper, turns 28

Historic Birthdays

Truman Capote 9/30/1924 – 8/25/1984 American novelist, short-story writer and playwright.Go to obituary »

64 Etienne Bonnot Condillac 9/30/1715 – 8/2/3/1780
French philosopher, psychologist, logician and economist

73 Zacharias Frankel 9/30/1801 – 2/13/1875
Bohemian rabbi and theologian; founded Conservative Judaism

73 Antoine-Jerome Balard 9/30/1802 – 3/30/1876
French chemist; discovered the element bromine

71 Sir Charles Stanford 9/30/1852 – 3/29/1924
Irish-born English composer, conductor and teacher

77 Thomas Lamont 9/30/1870 – 2/2/1948
American banker and financier

71 Jean Perrin 9/30/1870 – 4/17/1942
French Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1926)

62 Hans Geiger 9/30/1882 – 9/24/1945
German physicist; introduced the Geiger Counter

87 Nora Stanton Barney 9/30/1883 – 1/18/1971
American civil engineer, architect and suffragist

90 Sir Nevill Mott 9/30/1905 – 8/8/1996
English physicist

72 Kenny Baker 9/30/1912 – 8/10/1985
American movie and radio singer and actor

1788	The Pennsylvania Legislature elected the first two members of the U.S. Senate – William Maclay of Harrisburg and Robert Morris of Philadelphia.
1791	Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” premiered in Vienna, Austria.
1924	Author Truman Capote was born in New Orleans.
1927	Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees hit his 60th home run of the season to break his own major-league record.
1946	An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes.
1955	Actor James Dean was killed in a car accident at age 24.
1962	Black student James Meredith succeeded on his fourth try in registering for classes at the University of Mississippi.
1966	The Republic of Botswana declared its independence from Britain.
1982	The situation comedy “Cheers” premiered on NBC.
1991	The military in Haiti overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country’s first freely-elected president.
1992	George Brett of the Kansas City Royals reached 3,000 career hits during a game against the California Angels.
1993	A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern India, killing an estimated 10,000 people.
1997	France’s Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.
2004	Merck & Co. pulled Vioxx, its heavily promoted arthritis drug, from the market after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
2005	Cartoons featuring the Prophet Muhammad were published in a Danish newspaper, offending many Muslims worldwide.
2007	Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed his 421st career touchdown pass, breaking Dan Marino’s NFL record.

1931	Angie Dickinson, Actress (“Police Woman”), turns 81
1933	Cissy Houston, Gospel singer, turns 79
1935	Johnny Mathis, Singer, turns 77
1939	Len Cariou, Actor, turns 73
1943	Marilyn McCoo, Singer (The Fifth Dimension), turns 69
1953	Deborah Allen, Country singer, turns 59
1954	Barry Williams, Actor (“The Brady Bunch”), turns 58
1957	Fran Drescher, Actress (“The Nanny”), turns 55
1958	Marty Stuart, Country singer, turns 54
1960	Blanche Lincoln, Former U.S. senator, D-Ark., turns 52
1961	Crystal Bernard, Actress (“Wings”), turns 51
1961	Eric Stoltz, Actor, turns 51
1963	Eddie Montgomery, Country singer (Montgomery Gentry), turns 49
1964	Trey Anastasio, Rock singer, musician (Phish), turns 48
1971	Jenna Elfman, Actress (“Dharma and Greg”), turns 41
1980	Martina Hingis, Tennis player, turns 32
1982	Lacey Chabert, Actress (“Mean Girls,” “Party of Five”), turns 30
1982	Kieran Culkin, Actor, turns 30
1984	T-Pain, Singer, rapper, turns 28

64	Etienne Bonnot Condillac 9/30/1715 – 8/2/3/1780 French philosopher, psychologist, logician and economist
73	Zacharias Frankel 9/30/1801 – 2/13/1875 Bohemian rabbi and theologian; founded Conservative Judaism
73	Antoine-Jerome Balard 9/30/1802 – 3/30/1876 French chemist; discovered the element bromine
71	Sir Charles Stanford 9/30/1852 – 3/29/1924 Irish-born English composer, conductor and teacher
77	Thomas Lamont 9/30/1870 – 2/2/1948 American banker and financier
71	Jean Perrin 9/30/1870 – 4/17/1942 French Nobel Prize-winning physicist (1926)
62	Hans Geiger 9/30/1882 – 9/24/1945 German physicist; introduced the Geiger Counter
87	Nora Stanton Barney 9/30/1883 – 1/18/1971 American civil engineer, architect and suffragist
90	Sir Nevill Mott 9/30/1905 – 8/8/1996 English physicist
72	Kenny Baker 9/30/1912 – 8/10/1985 American movie and radio singer and actor