What happend on 30th September

29.09
01.10
1975

The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.

1967

BBC Radio 1 is launched; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names. Tony Blackburn presents the first show.

1966

The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.

1965

Civil unrest follows a failed coup attempt by Indonesia Communist Party (PKI). More than a million people died.

1962

James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.

1962

Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.

1960

The last episode of "The Howdy Doody Show" airs on NBC.

1955

James Dean dies in a car crash.

1954

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.

1949

The Berlin Airlift ends.