Public Holidays on September 30

• 🌍 National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (Canada)

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Religious Observances on September 30

• Jewish: Sukkot V (CH’’M) סוכות ה׳ (חוה״מ)

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On This Day in History — September 30

• 2017 — Titus Zeman SDB. - priest, beatification ceremony in Bratislava, Slovakia.
• 2016 — Hurricane Matthew became a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea, since Hurricane Felix in 2007.
• 2009 — The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake shakes central Sumatra with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). This dip-slip (reverse) earthquake left 1,115 people dead, and was followed several days later by a 6.6 Mw...
• 2005 — The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
• 2004 — The AIM-54 Phoenix, the primary missile for the F-14 Tomcat, is retired from service. Almost two years later, the Tomcat is retired.
• 1999 — The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.

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Notable Births on September 30

• 2002 — Maddie Ziegler, American dancer and actress
• 1997 — Yana Kudryavtseva, Russian gymnast
• 1997 — Max Verstappen, Dutch Formula One driver
• 1996 — Jacob Host, Australian rugby league player
• 1994 — Aliya Mustafina, Russian gymnast
• 1989 — André Weis, German footballer

Notable Deaths on September 30

• 2017 — Monty Hall, American game show host (b. 1921)
• 2015 — Guido Altarelli, Italian-Swiss physicist and academic (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Claude Dauphin, French businessman (b. 1951)
• 2015 — Göran Hägg, Swedish author and critic (b. 1947)
• 2014 — Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari, Indian cleric and politician (b. 1940)
• 2014 — Martin Lewis Perl, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1927)

Sports on September 30

• NHL: New York Rangers @ Boston Bruins — 00:00 UTC Final
• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees — 00:00 UTC Final
• WNBA: Minnesota Lynx @ New York Liberty — 00:30 UTC Final
• NHL: Vancouver Canucks @ Edmonton Oilers — 02:00 UTC In Progress
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres — 02:00 UTC In Progress
• NHL: Chicago Blackhawks @ Vegas Golden Knights — 02:45 UTC End of Period

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Public Holidays on October 1

• 🌍 National Day (China, Hong Kong, Nigeria)
• 🌍 Defender of Ukraine Day (Ukraine)
• 🌍 国庆节 (China)
• 🌍 國慶日 (Hong Kong)

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Religious Observances on October 1

• Jewish: Sukkot VI (CH’’M) סוכות ו׳ (חוה״מ)

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On This Day in History — October 1

• 2017 — An independence referendum, declared illegal by the Constitutional Court of Spain, takes place in Catalonia, Spain.
• 2017 — Fifty-eight people are killed and 546 others injured in a mass shooting on a country music festival at the Las Vegas Strip; the gunman, Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
• 2015 — Umpqua Community College shooting: A gunman kills nine people at a community college in Roseburg, Oregon.
• 2015 — Heavy rains trigger a major landslide in the village of El Cambray Dos within Santa Catarina Pinula, killing 280 people.
• 2014 — A series of explosions at a gunpowder plant in the village of Gorni Lom in Northwestern Bulgaria completely destroys the factory, killing 15 people.
• 2012 — A ferry collision off the coast of Hong Kong kills 38 people and injures 102 others.

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Notable Births on October 1

• 1996 — Melanie Stokke, Norwegian tennis player
• 1995 — Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)
• 1992 — Xander Bogaerts, Aruban baseball player
• 1991 — Conor Clifford, Irish footballer
• 1991 — Rain Veideman, Estonian basketball player
• 1990 — Jan Kirchhoff, German footballer

Notable Deaths on October 1

• 2017 — Dave Strader, American sportscaster (b. 1955)
• 2015 — Božo Bakota, Croatian footballer (b. 1950)
• 2015 — Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
• 2015 — Hadi Norouzi, Iranian footballer (b. 1985)
• 2015 — Jacob Pressman, American rabbi and academic, co-founded American Jewish University (b. 1919)
• 2014 — Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (b. 1948)

Sports on October 1

• MLB: Boston Red Sox @ New York Yankees — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Golden State Valkyries @ Dallas Wings — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Los Angeles Kings @ Colorado Avalanche — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ San Diego Padres — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Philadelphia Phillies @ Atlanta Braves — 18:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Houston Astros — 21:00 UTC Scheduled

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