September 30 - 1.5

1.5

"Whaddaya mean, six months until my cake?"

This Day In History

1791

The first performance of The Magic Flute, the last opera by Mozart to make its debut, took place at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.

1860

Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.

1882

Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.

1927

Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.

1947

The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.

1954

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

1968

The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.

1980

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

2004

The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.

Famous Birthdays

1743

Christian Ehregott Weinlig, German composer and cantor of Dresden's Kreuzkirche (d. 1813)

1800

Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)

1813

John Rae, Scottish physician and explorer (d. 1893)

1861

William Wrigley, Jr., American industrialist (d. 1932)

1882

Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)

1921

Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)

1924

Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)

1926

Robin Roberts, American baseball player (d. 2010)

1927

W. S. Merwin, American poet

1931

Angie Dickinson, American actress

1939

Len Cariou, Canadian actor

1953

S. M. Stirling, Canadian author
1959
Debrah Farentino, American actress
1961

Eric Stoltz, American actor
Crystal Bernard, American actress and singer
1970
Tony Hale, American actor
1971
Jenna Elfman, American actress