September 30 - This Day in History

September 30: General Interest
1954: USS Nautilus commissioned

The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, is commissioned by the U.S. Navy. The Nautilus was constructed under the direction of U.S. Navy Captain Hyman G. Rickover, a brilliant Russian-born engineer who joined the U.S. atomic program in 1946. In 1947, he was put in charge of the navy's nuclear-propulsion program and began work on an atomic submarine... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Washington blames militia for problems
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-blames-militia-for-problems


Automotive
1955 : James Dean dies in car accident
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-dean-dies-in-car-accident


Civil War
1864 : Battle of Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-poplar-springs-church-peebles-farm


Cold War
1949 : Berlin Airlift ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-airlift-ends


Crime
1994 : A Texas college student kills his ex-girlfriend
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-texas-college-student-kills-his-ex-girlfriend


Disaster
1999 : Radiation released at Japanese plant
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/radiation-released-at-japanese-plant


General Interest
1399 : Henry IV proclaimed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-iv-proclaimed

1938 : Munich Pact signed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munich-pact-signed

1955 : James Dean dies
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-dean-dies

1962 : Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-over-desegregation-of-ole-miss


Hollywood
2005 : Eisner resigns as Disney CEO
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisner-resigns-as-disney-ceo


Literary
1868 : First volume of Little Women is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-volume-of-little-women-is-published

1928 : Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and best-selling author, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elie-wiesel-holocaust-survivor-and-best-selling-author-is-born


Music
1935 : Johnny Mathis is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnny-mathis-is-born


Old West
1889 : Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wyoming-legislators-write-the-first-state-constitution-to-grant-women-the-vote


Presidential
1918 : President Woodrow Wilson speaks in favor of female suffrage
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-woodrow-wilson-speaks-in-favor-of-female-suffrage


Sports
1927 : Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/babe-ruth-hits-60th-homer-of-1927-season


Vietnam War
1964 : First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-large-scale-antiwar-demonstration-staged-at-berkeley

1968 : Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/humphrey-announces-that-he-would-halt-the-bombing-of-north-vietnam


World War I
1918 : Turks abandon Damascus as Allies approach
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/turks-abandon-damascus-as-allies-approach


World War II
1938 : Hitler appeased at Munich
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-appeased-at-munich