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Historical Events on September 30

  • Birkenhead

    1860

    Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.

  • Munich Agreement

    1938

    Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.

  • Władysław Sikorski

    1939

    World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.

  • Babi Yar

    1941

    World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.

  • New York Yankees

    1947

    The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

  • Pakistan

    1947

    Pakistan joins the United Nations

  • Dawson's Field hijackings

    1970

    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.

  • ALSEP

    1977

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

  • 14th Dalai Lama

    1990

    The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.