September 30, On This Day In History

September 30 : General Interest
1955: James Dean dies 

On this day in 1955, movie star James Dean dies at age 24 in a car crash on a California highway... read more http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-dean-dies?et_cid=47015415&et_rid=932024243&linkid=http%3a%2f%2fwww.history.com%2fthis-day-in-history%2fjames-dean-dies

American Revolution
1776 : Washington blames militia for problems
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/washington-blames-militia-for-problems 

Automotive
1955 : James Dean dies in car acciden
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-dean-dies-in-car-accident 

Civil War
1864 : Battle of Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm)
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-poplar-springs-church-peebles-farm 

Cold War
1949 : Berlin Airlift ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-airlift-ends 

Crime
1994 : A Texas college student kills his ex-girlfriend
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-texas-college-student-kills-his-ex-girlfriend 

Disaster
1999 : Radiation released at Japanese plant
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/radiation-released-at-japanese-plant 

General Interest
1399 : Henry IV proclaimed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-iv-proclaimed
              1938 : Munich Pact signed
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/munich-pact-signed
              1954 : USS Nautilus commissioned
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/uss-inautilusi-commissioned
              1962 : Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-over-desegregation-of-ole-miss 

Hollywood
2005 : Eisner resigns as Disney CEO
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eisner-resigns-as-disney-ceo 

Literary
1868 : First volume of Little Women is published
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-volume-of-little-women-is-published
              1928 : Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and best-selling author, is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elie-wiesel-holocaust-survivor-and-best-selling-author-is-born 

Music
1935 : Johnny Mathis is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/johnny-mathis-is-born 

Old West
1889 : Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wyoming-legislators-write-the-first-state-constitution-to-grant-women-the-vote 

Presidential
1918 : President Woodrow Wilson speaks in favor of female suffrage
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-woodrow-wilson-speaks-in-favor-of-female-suffrage 

Sports
1927 : Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/babe-ruth-hits-60th-homer-of-1927-season 

Vietnam War
1964 : First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-large-scale-antiwar-demonstration-staged-at-berkeley
              1968 : Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/humphrey-announces-that-he-would-halt-the-bombing-of-north-vietnam 

World War I
1918 : Turks abandon Damascus as Allies approach
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/turks-abandon-damascus-as-allies-approach 

World War II
1938 : Hitler appeased at Munich
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hitler-appeased-at-munich