Unix Timestamp: 1096502400
Thursday, September 30. 2004, 12:00:00 AM UTC

The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami in the Samoan Islands region in the South Pacific rises to at least 113. //news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-world/at-least-113-dead-in-pacific-tsunami-officials-20090930-gbzj.html ("The Age") //www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j9ul6SX_wYtgQi-cm_S5aA8et18Q (AFP)

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes just off the coast of Sumatra, killing around 1,000 in Indonesia.

The death toll from Typhoon Ketsana across Southeast Asia rises to 300. //www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i6eatUwlDQQIHZiKqXjLHTmQSrogD9B1HABO2 (Associated Press) //edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/30/vietnam.typhoon.ketsana.toll/ (CNN)

Guinea's military leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara bans all subversive gatherings and demonstrations in the aftermath of opposition protests. //news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8282186.stm (BBC) //www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iAVjutFiNxMjNLZd6fFZMANVHAXgD9B1JG0O0 (Associated Press)

A 7.6 magnitude earthquake strikes western Indonesia, killing at least 75 and trapping thousands of people under rubble. //www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58T39720090930 (Reuters) //www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/30/indonesia-earthquake-padang ("The Guardian") //thejakartaglobe.com/home/thousands-trapped-under-rubble-in-indonesia-after-sumatra-earthquake-official/332769 ("Jakarta Globe")

147 people are dead after a human stede at the Chamunda Hindu temple near Jodhpur in India. //www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE48T0D720080930 (Reuters), //edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/india.stede/index.html?eref=rss_latest (CNN), //www.canberratimes.com.au/news/local/news/general/indian-temple-stede-death-toll-climbs/1321449.aspx?src=rss (AFP via "The Canberra Times")

A Jodhpur temple stede in western India kills over 224 people, and injures 400.

The "Los Angeles Times" has reported that Jason Grimsley, a former pitcher for several Major League Baseball teams who has been accused of supplying performance-enhancing drugs to several players, allegedly named stars Roger Clemens, Andy Pettitte, and Miguel Tejada in a sworn statement as users of performance-enhancers. //www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clemens1oct01,0,6499528.story?coll=la-home-headlines (LA Times)

A Brazilian Air Force search and rescue team locates the wreckage of Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 near the town of Peixoto de Azevedo, in northern Mato Grosso state. The Boeing 737-800 disappeared from radar after allegedly colliding in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy 600 executive jet. There are no reports on survivors. //www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29226741.htm (Reuters) //g1.globo.com/Noticias/Brasil/0,,AA1291906-5598,00.html (Globo, Portuguese) //www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15067143/ (AP)

The 2005 Bali bombings kill 26 people and injure more than 100.

The world's largest bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, is formed by the merger of 2 Japanese banking conglomerates.

An Australian photojournalist in Afghanistan, Stephen Dupont, films U.S. soldiers burning 2 dead Taliban militias' bodies.

Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

Russia stalls on signing the Kyoto Protocol, the international treaty to reduce global warming. Kyoto Protocol supporters in the EU react with consternation to Russia's decision. //www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9aid=12858

Senator Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) withdraws from his caign for reelection following ethics scandals.

An earthquake centered in Killari, Maharashtra, India kills over 10,000.

Nearly 7,000 East Germans who had come to Prague on special refugee trains are allowed to leave for the West.

Digital Equipment Corporation, Intel and Xerox introduce the DIX standard for Ethernet, which is the first implementation outside of Xerox, and the first to support 10 Mbit/s speeds.

The Hong KongMTR begins service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka Kwun Tong Line).

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

Yankee Stadium, known as The House That Ruth Built, closes for a two year renovation at a cost of $160 million. The New York Yankees play all of their home games at Shea Stadium in 1974 and 1975.

At Paine Field, near Everett Washington in the United States, Boeing officially rolls out its new 747 for the media and the public.

BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4 are all launched.

The first black student, James Meredith, registers at the University of Mississippi, escorted by Federal Marshals.

The French National Assembly censures the proposed referendum to sanction presidential elections by popular mandate Prime Minister Georges Pompidou resigns, but President de Gaulle asks him to stay in office.

Johnny Carson takes over as permanent host of NBC's "Tonight Show", a post he would hold for 30 years.

Algeria is accepted into the United Nations.

"Dr. No", the first James Bond film, premieres in UK theaters.

CBS broadcasts the final episodes of "Suspense" and "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar", marking the end of the Golden Age of Radio.

The German magazine "Der Spiegel" publishes an article about the Bundeswehr's poor preparedness the Spiegel scandal erupts.

The Beatles release their first single for EMI, "Love Me Do".

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) formed to replace the Organization for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC).

Soviet Union leader Nikita Khrushchev meets Mao Zedong in Beijing.

NASA starts operations and replaces the NACA.

The U.S.S.R. performs a nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya.

Tunisia and Morocco join the Arab League.

Actor James Dean is killed when his automobile collides with another car at a highway junction near Cholame, California. Dean is just 24 years old.

The , the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, is commissioned by the United States Navy.

NSC-68 is enacted by President Truman, setting U.S. foreign policy for the next 20 years.

Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.

October ndash The Japanese Imperial Army largely overruns Canton.

Neville Chamberlain returns to Britain from meeting with Adolf Hitler and declares Peace for our time.

Fritz von Opel pilots the first rocket-powered aircraft, the Opel RAK.1, in front of a large crowd in Frankfurt am Main.

Outside Berlin, Major Ernst von Buchrucker, the leader of the Black Reichswehr attempts a "putsch" by seizing several forts.

The Flying Squadron is established to promote the temperance movement.

The Austin Dam breaks, wiping out the town of Austin, Pennsylvania, United States, killing 78.

The first Gordon Bennett Cup in ballooning is held, starting in Paris. The winning team, piloting the balloon "United States", lands in Fylingdales, Yorkshire, England.

In London, the bodies of Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes are found. They are generally considered Jack the Ripper's third and fourth victims, respectively.

A British force abolishes the Boer republic of Stellaland and adds it to British Bechuanaland.

The ship "Priscilla" arrives in Hawaii from Funchal, Madeira, marking the beginning of the Portuguese immigration to the Hawaiian Islands (1878–1913).

The United States takes control of Midway Island.

The "Fregatten Eugenies" (or the Frigate Eugenie) leaves from Karlskrona, Sweden to begin its voyage as the first Swedish Royal Navy vessel to circumnavigate the world.

October ndash The Reutersnews service is founded.

The Vegetarian Society was formed in the United Kingdom. It remains the oldest in the world.

October ndash Charlotte Brontë publishes "Jane Eyre" under the pen name of Currer Bell.

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The frigate "Belle-Poule" arrives in Cherbourg, bringing back the remains of Napoléon from Saint Helena to France. He is buried in the Invalides.

The Treaty of London is signed for preliminary peace between the First French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Middlebury College is granted its charter by the Vermont General Assembly.

U.S. President John Adams becomes the first President of the United States to live in the Executive Mansion (later renamed the White House).

The Convention of 1800, or Treaty of Mortefontaine, is signed between France and the United States of America, ending the Quasi-War.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's singspiel "Die Zauberflöte" "(Magic Flute)" premieres in the Freihaustheater in Vienna.

October ndash The Legislative Assembly (France) convenes.

Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor starts to rule.

A small earthquake hits Northton, England.

Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo: France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia.

The First Saudi State is founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud.

Prague is occupied by Prussian armies.

The third French and Indian War, known as King George\'s War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia.

Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo: France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Peter Stuyvesant of New Netherland forbids tennis playing during religious services (first mention of tennis in what will be the U.S.).

Nurhaci, chieftain of the Jurchens and founder of the Qing Dynasty dies and is succeeded by his son Hong Taiji.

Treaty of Ayton establishes a seven-year peace between England and Scotland.ref name=CBH/

Parliament accepts Henry Bolingbroke as the new king of England.

The inhabitants of Trieste (now in northern Italy) donate their city to Duke Leopold III of Austria.

October ndash James I succeeds his nephew, Peter II, as King of Cyprus.

The first Temple of Confucius is constructed in Northern China (outside the ancestral temple at Qufu).

Battle of Verona: Odoacer is defeated again by Theodoric for a second time. He retreats to the impregnable capital of Ravenna.

The Ostrogoths capture the cities Pavia and Milan. The majority of Odoacer's army, including his "magister militum" Tufa, surrenders to Theodoric.