^{A vintage postcard, “Boulder Dam — Upstream Face and Intake Towers,” by Tichnor Brothers, Inc.}

Today in History

• Mozart’s last opera, The Magic Flute, debuts (1791)
• Thomas Edison’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant begins operation (1882)
• Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims (1888)
• Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season (1927)
• The Hoover Dam (aka Boulder Dam) is dedicated (1935)
• Neville Chamberlain celebrates the Munich Agreement with Nazi Germany as achieving “peace for our time” (1938)
• The World Series is televised for the first time (1947)
• The Berlin Airlift ends (1949)
• The first nuclear reactor powered vessel, the USS Nautilus, is commissioned (1954)
• César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers union (1962)
• James Meredith becomes the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi (1962)
• The Boeing 747 is unveiled (1968)

Birthdays

• Rumi, Sufi mystic and poet (1207)
• William Wrigley, Jr., chewing gum magnate (1861)
• Hans Geiger, physicist (1882)
• Deborah Kerr, actress (1921)
• Truman Capote, writer (1924)
• Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and activist (1928)
• Angie Dickinson, actress (1931)
• Johnny Mathis, singer (1935)
• Martina Hingis, tennis player (1980)

Deaths

• James Dean, actor (1955)
• Simone Signoret, actress (1985)
• Alfred Bester, science fiction writer (1987)
• Monty Hall, game show host (2017)

Holidays and Celebrations

• Agricultural Reform Day (Sao Tome and Principe)
• Boipuso (Botswana)
• Boy’s Day (Poland)
• International Translation Day
• Natalacio de Jose Ma. Morelos y Pavon (Mexico)
• National Hot Mulled Cider Day (US)
• Recovery Day (Canada)

September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years). There are 92 days remaining until the end of the year.