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   Today in History | OnThisDay.com to All   
   Today in History for 30th September 2022   
   30 Sep 22 06:42:09   
   
   From: today.in.history.|.onthisday.com@bbs.alt119.net   
      
   Historical Events   
      
   1846 - Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William   
   Morton who extracts a tooth   
      
   1927 - Yankees slugger Babe Ruth smacks his MLB record 60th home run off Tom   
   Zachary in 8th inning of New York's 4-2 win over Washington Senators at Yankee   
   Stadium   
      
   1935 - George Gershwin's opera "Porgy and Bess" premieres in Boston   
      
   1962 - NY Mets lose record 120th game as Cubs turn triple play and beat NY 5-1   
      
   1997 - Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 4   
      
   1997 - Hooters agrees to pay $2 million in discrimination suits   
      
   More Historical Events ¯   
   Famous Birthdays   
      
   1824 - Peter Milne, Scottish composer and violinist, born in Kincardine O'Neil   
   (d. 1908)   
      
   1883 - Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)   
      
   1887 - Lil Dagover [Marta-Maria Lillits], Dutch-born German actress (Spiders),   
   born in Madioen, Dutch East Indies (d. 1980)   
      
   1952 - Darrell Hair, Australian cricketer (Australian Test umpire since   
   1993-94)   
      
   1957 - Fran Drescher, American actress (Cadillac Man, The Nanny), born in   
   Queens, New York   
      
   1965 - Kathleen Madigan, American comedian, born in Florissant, Missouri   
      
   More Famous Birthdays ¯   
   Famous Deaths   
      
   1819 - Nicolas Roze, French composer, dies at 74   
      
   1884 - Louis Lacombe, French pianist and composer, dies at 65   
      
   1958 - Niels Bjerrum, Danish chemist (ph-stipulation), dies at 79   
      
   1974 - Carlos Prats, Chilean Constitutionalist General, assassinated in the   
   frame of Operation Condor   
      
   1997 - Richard Selwyn Francis Schiling, British professor of occupational   
   health, dies at 86   
      
   2010 - Stephen J. Cannell, American TV producer (The Rockford Files, The   
   A-Team, 21 Jump Street) and writer, dies of melanoma at 69   
      
   More Famous Deaths ¯   
      
   https://www.onthisday.com/day/september/30   
      
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