What happend on 30th September

29.09
01.10
2005

The Parliament of Catalonia passes with 120 plus votes and 15 against, the Project of New Catalan Statute of Autonomy, proclaiming in its article 1, "Catalonia is a nation".

2004

AIM-54 Phoenix which became the primary missile for the Northrop Grumman F-14 Tomcat retired from U.S. Navy.

1999

Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tokai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. Workers overload a container with uranium, exposing workers and local residents to very high radiation levels.

1997

Origin Systems Inc. releases Ultima Online, a massively multiplayer game, opening the door for a new video gaming genre.

1993

An earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.

1991

President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.

1989

Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher's speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague.

1982

The TV sitcom Cheers premieres.

1982

Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven were killed in all. The incident is known as the Tylenol scare.

1980

Ethernet specifications published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.