30 September

Jalal ad-Din ar-Rumi
30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273
Persian poet, making important contributions to Muslim literature. » more

Geronimo Mercuriali
30 September 1530 – 13 November 1606
Italian physician who wrote ‘De Arte Gymnastica’ in 1569, considered the first book on sports medicine. » more

Decimus Burton
30 September 1800 – 14 December 1881
English architect who designed the Palm House & Temperate House in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (London). » more

Sir Charles Stanford
30 September 1852 – 29 March 1924
English composer and renowned teacher at the Royal College of Music, London. » more

William Wrigley
30 September 1861 – 26 January 1932
American businessman whose company came to dominate the chewing gum market. » more

Hans Geiger
30 September 1882 – 24 September 1945
German scientist who developed the Geiger counter for measuring radiation. » more

Charles Lawrance
30 September 1882 – 24 June 1950
American engineer who developed air-cooled engines for light planes. » more

Thomas Lamont
30 September 1870 – 2 February 1948
American financial manager who specialised in establishing financial stability in many countries world-wide. » more

Nevill Mott
30 September 1905 – 8 August 1996
English scientist who researched semi-conductors. Nobel laureate. » more

David Oistrakh
30 September 1908 – 24 October 1974
Russian virtuoso violinist. » more

Deborah Kerr
30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007
Scottish born actress of stage and screen. » more

Johann Deisenhofer
30 September 1943
German scientist who research into photosynthesis (for plants) earned him (with two others) a Nobel Prize 1988. » more

Today’s National Day
30 September – Botswana

Today’s Quote
It is no profit to have learned well, if you neglect to do well.
 … Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)

Today’s No. 1 Hit
1959 – Mack the Knife by Bobby Darin

Today’s events
30 September is celebrated as ‘Translation Day’.
30 September 1882 – The first commercial hydro electricity generating plant begins operation at Appleton, Wisconsin (America).
30 September 1935 – Premiere of the opera Pargy & Bess (George Gershwin) at the Colonial Theatre in Boston (America).
30 September 1967 – Inaugural broadcast of BBC’s ‘Radio 1′ pop music radio station in England.
30 September 1968 – The Boeing 747 aircraft presented to the world at a Press Conference at the plant in Everett (Washington state, America).
30 September 1980 – Ethernet (originally developed at Xerox PARC) standards finalised, enabling computers to be networked.