History for September 30

History for September 30 - On-This-Day.com
William Wrigley, Jr. 1861 - Chewing gum tycoon, Deborah Kerr (Trimmer) 1921 - Actress ("The King and I", "Separate Tables"), Truman Capote (Streckfus Persons) 1924 - Writer (In Cold Blood, Other Voices, Breakfast at Tiffany's), actor


Angie Dickinson 1931 - Actress (Police Woman, Cassie and Company), Johnny Mathis 1935 - Singer, Marilyn McCoo 1943 - Singer (5th Dimension), TV hostess (Solid Gold)


1846 - Dr. William Morton performed a painless tooth extraction after administering ether to a patient.


1882 - In Appleton, WI, the world's first hydroelectric power plant began operating.


1927 - George Herman "Babe" Ruth hit his 60th homerun of the season. He broke his own record with the homerun. The record stood until 1961 when Roger Maris broke the record.


1938 - The Munich Conference ended with a decision to appease Adolf Hitler. Britain, and France allowed Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to be annexed by the Nazis.


1954 - The U.S. Navy commissioned the Nautilus submarine at Groton, CT. It was the first atomic-powered vessel. The submarine had been launched on January 21, 1954.


1962 - James Meredith succeeded in registering at the University of Mississippi. It was his fourth attempt to register.


1983 - The first AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was rolled out by McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Company.


1982 - "Cheers" began an 11-year run on NBC-TV.