WHAT HAPPENED ON 30. SEPTEMBER
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General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile. (30. September 1939)

NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34-7. (30. September 1939)

World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre. (30. September 1941)

The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43 (30. September 1945)

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations. (30. September 1947)

The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time. (30. September 1947)

The Berlin Airlift ends. (30. September 1949)

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel. (30. September 1954)

Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24. (30. September 1955)

Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the National Farm Workers Association, which later becomes United Farm Workers. (30. September 1962)

James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation. (30. September 1962)

The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced. (30. September 1965)

The 30 September Movement attempts a coup against the Indonesian government, which is crushed by the military under Suharto and leads to a mass anti-communist purge, with over 500,000 people killed. (30. September 1965)

The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President. (30. September 1966)

BBC Light Programme, Third Programme and Home Service are replaced with BBC Radio 2, 3 and 4 Respectively, BBC Radio 1 is also launched with Tony Blackburn presenting its first show. (30. September 1967)

The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory. (30. September 1968)

Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings. (30. September 1970)

Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career. (30. September 1972)

The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight. (30. September 1975)

Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down. (30. September 1977)

   
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