September 30 in Pop Culture History
587 (Earthquake) Atioch (now Turkey)
1452 – Johann Guttenberg’s Bible was published.
1659 – Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe was shipwrecked.
1888 – “Jack the Ripper” killed two women, Liz Stride & Kate Eddowes.
1911 – The first movie stuntman was hired as a stand-in for ‘The Military Scout’.
1946 – 22 Nazi leaders were found guilty of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trials.
1947 – The first World Series game was watched by an estimated 3.9 million people, television’s first mass audience event.
1949 – The Berlin Airlift came to an end.
1951 – The Red Skelton Show debuted on NBC.
1954 – The Nautilus, the first atomic-powered submarine, was commissioned by the US Navy.
1960- The Flintstones debuted on ABC during primetime.
1961 – The bill for Boston Tea Party (December 16, 1773) was paid by Mayor Snyder of Portland who wrote a check (to ‘Great Britain’) for $196, the total cost of all tea lost, but with no interest. This factoid has been seen on several online websites, but we have been unable to verify it.
1965 – Thunderbirds premiered on ITV, in the UK.
1975 – The Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier title fight from the Philippines (“Thrilla in Manila”) was sent via satellite to the U. S. and shown on HBO
1978 – #1 Hit September 30, 1978 – October 27, 1978: Exile – Kiss You All Over
1982 – Cheers premiered on NBC
1984 – Murder She Wrote debuted on CBS
1985 – MacGyver debuted on ABC
1995 – #1 Hit September 30, 1995 – November 24, 1995: Mariah Carey – Fantasy
1997 – Microsoft released Internet Explorer 4.0.
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