So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

September 30th


- International Translation Day, introduced in 1991 by International Federation of Translators.
- Agricultural Reform (Nationalization) Day (São Tomé and Príncipe)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Independence Day, celebrate the independence of Botswana from United Kingdom in 1966.

September 30th


- 2005 - The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten.
- 2004 - The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo.
- 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 - Japan's worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in T?kai-mura, northeast of Tokyo.
- 1994 - Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years of service.
- 1993 - An earthquake hits India's Latur and Osmanabad district of Marathwada (Aurangabad division) in Maharashtra state leaving tens of thousands of people dead and many more homeless.
- 1991 - President Jean-Bertrand Aristide of Haiti is forced from office.
- 1990 - The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa.
- 1986 - Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel's covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad.
- 1982 - Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all.
- 1980 - Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
- 1979 - The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line).
- 1977 - Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
- 1975 - The Hughes (later McDonnell-Douglas, now Boeing) AH-64 Apache makes its first flight.
- 1972 - Roberto Clemente records the 3,000th and final hit of his career.
- 1970 - Jordan makes a deal with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
- 1968 - The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time at the Boeing Everett Factory.
- 1967 - BBC Radio 1 is launched and Tony Blackburn presents its first show; the BBC's other national radio stations also adopt numeric names.
- 1966 - The British protectorate of Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Seretse Khama takes office as the first President.
- 1965 - General Suharto rises to power after an alleged coup by the Communist Party of Indonesia. In response, Suharto and his army massacre over a million Indonesians suspected of being communists.
- 1965 - The Lockheed L-100, the civilian version of the C-130 Hercules, is introduced.
- 1962 - Mexican-American labor leader César Chávez founds the United Farm Workers.
- 1962 - James Meredith enters the University of Mississippi, defying segregation.
- 1955 - Film star James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24.
- 1954 - The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel.
- 1949 - The Berlin Airlift ends.
- 1947 - The Islamic Republic of Pakistan and Yemen join the United Nations.
- 1947 - The World Series, featuring the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers, is televised for the first time.
- 1945 - The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43
- 1941 - World War II: Holocaust in Kiev, Ukraine: German Einsatzgruppe C complete Babi Yar massacre.
- 1939 - General W?adys?aw Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile.
- 1938 - At 2:00 am, Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
- 1938 - The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
- 1935 - The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
- 1931 - Start of "Die Voortrekkers" youth movement for Afrikaners in Bloemfontein, South Africa.
- 1927 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 60 home runs in a season.
- 1907 - McKinley National Memorial, final resting place of assassinated U.S. President William McKinley and his family, dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
- 1906 - The Real Academia Galega, Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, starts working in Havana.
- 1903 - The new Gresham's School is officially opened by Field Marshal Sir Evelyn Wood.
- 1901 - Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner.
- 1895 - Madagascar becomes a French protectorate.
- 1888 - Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
- 1882 - The world's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.
- 1860 - Britain's first tram service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside.
- 1813 - Battle of Bárbula: Simón Bolívar defeats Santiago Bobadilla.
- 1791 - The Magic Flute, the last opera composed by Mozart, receives its premiere performance at Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna, Austria.
- 1791 - The National Constituent Assembly in Paris is dissolved; Parisians hail Maximilien Robespierre and Jérôme Pétion as "incorruptible patriots".
- 1744 - France and Spain defeat the Kingdom of Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo.
- 1399 - Henry IV is proclaimed King of England.

September 30th


- 1987 - Denise Laurel, Filipino actress and singer
- 1986 - Martin Guptill, New Zealand cricketer
- 1986 - Quinn Johnson, American football player
- 1986 - Cemil Mengi, Turkish footballer
- 1986 - Rene Ranger, New Zealand rugby player
- 1986 - Christian Zapata, Colombian footballer
- 1985 - T-Pain, American musician
- 1985 - Adam Cooney, Australian footballer
- 1983 - Andreea R?ducan, Romanian gymnast
- 1983 - Adam Jones, American football player
- 1982 - Seth Smith, American baseball player
- 1982 - Lacey Chabert, American actress
- 1982 - Kieran Culkin, American actor
- 1982 - Ola Jordan, Professional dancer
- 1982 - Tory Lane, American nude model and pornographic actress
- 1982 - Michelle Marsh, British model
- 1982 - Teal Redmann, American actress
- 1982 - Yan Stastny, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1982 - Ryan Stout, American comedian
- 1982 - Ryane Clowe Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 - Cecelia Ahern, Irish author
- 1981 - Dominique Moceanu, American gymnast
- 1981 - Brandon Watson, American baseball player
- 1980 - Camilla D’Errico, Canadian comic book artist and painter
- 1980 - Martina Hingis, Swiss tennis player
- 1979 - Andy van der Meyde, Dutch footballer
- 1979 - Clio-Danae Othoneou, Greek actress, musician and pianist
- 1979 - Vince Chong, Malaysian singer-songwriter
- 1979 - Cameron Bruce, Australian footballer
- 1978 - Róbinson Zapata, Colombian footballer
- 1978 - Candice Michelle, American female wrestler
- 1977 - Maia Brewton, American actress
- 1977 - Roy Carroll, Northern Irish footballer
- 1977 - Sun Jihai, Chinese footballer
- 1975 - Marion Cotillard, French actress
- 1975 - Carlos Guillén, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1975 - Georges-Alain Jones, French singer
- 1974 - Jeremy Giambi, American baseball player
- 1974 - Daniel Wu, American-born Chinese film actor, director, and producer
- 1972 - Ari Behn, Norwegian author
- 1972 - Shaan, Indian singer
- 1972 - John Campbell, American musician (Lamb of God)
- 1972 - Jamal Anderson, American football player
- 1971 - Jenna Elfman, American actress
- 1970 - Tony Hale, American actor
- 1970 - Eric Piatkowski, American basketball player
- 1969 - Chris Von Erich, American professional wrestler (d. 1991)
- 1969 - Mark Smith, English body builder
- 1966 - Kerry G. Johnson, African American graphic designer and caricaturist
- 1966 - Gary Armstrong, Scotland rugby player
- 1965 - Kathleen Madigan, American comedian
- 1965 - Omid Djalili, British stand-up comedian and actor
- 1964 - Monica Bellucci, Italian actress
- 1964 - Trey Anastasio, American musician (Phish)
- 1964 - Robby Takac, American singer and bassist (Goo Goo Dolls)
- 1963 - David Barbe, American musician (Sugar)
- 1962 - Frank Rijkaard, Dutch football player and manager
- 1962 - Marley Marl, American rapper and record producer
- 1961 - Eric Stoltz, American actor
- 1961 - Crystal Bernard, American actress
- 1961 - Eric van de Poele, Belgian racing driver
- 1961 - Sally Yeh, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1960 - Blanche Lincoln, American politician
- 1959 - Ettore Messina, Italian basketball coach
- 1958 - Marty Stuart, American musician
- 1957 - Fran Drescher, American actress
- 1954 - Basia Trzetrzelewska, Polish singer and songwriter
- 1954 - Barry Williams, American actor
- 1954 - Patrice Rushen, American musician
- 1953 - Deborah Allen, American singer
- 1953 - S. M. Stirling, Canadian author
- 1952 - Jack Wild, British actor (d. 2006)
- 1951 - Barry Marshall, Australian physician, Nobel laureate
- 1950 - Renato Zero, Italian musician
- 1948 - Craig Kusick, American baseball player
- 1947 - Marc Bolan, English musician (T. Rex) (d. 1977)
- 1947 - Rula Lenska, English actress
- 1946 - Paul Sheahan, Australian test cricketer
- 1946 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (d. 1993)
- 1946 - Jochen Mass, German race car driver
- 1946 - Claude Vorilhon, French UFO advocate
- 1946 - Fran Brill, American actress, voice actress and puppeteer
- 1945 - Ehud Olmert, Israeli statesman
- 1945 - Bob Lassiter, American radio personality
- 1944 - Diane Dufresne, French Canadian singer
- 1944 - Jimmy Johnstone, Scottish Celtic footballer
- 1944 - Red Robbins, American basketball player (d. 2009)
- 1943 - Johann Deisenhofer, German chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1943 - Marilyn McCoo, American singer (The 5th Dimension)
- 1943 - Ian Ogilvy, British Actor
- 1942 - Frankie Lymon, American singer (d. 1968)
- 1940 - Dewey Martin, Canadian rock musician (Buffalo Springfield) (d. 2009)
- 1940 - Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and professor
- 1939 - Len Cariou, Canadian actor
- 1939 - Jean-Marie Lehn, French chemist, Nobel laureate
- 1937 - Valentin Silvestrov, Ukrainian composer
- 1937 - Jurek Becker, German author
- 1935 - Johnny Mathis, American singer
- 1935 - Z. Z. Hill, American blues singer (d. 1984)
- 1934 - Alan A'Court, English footballer (d. 2009)
- 1934 - Udo Jürgens, Austrian singer
- 1934 - Anna Kashfi, Welsh actress
- 1933 - Cissy Houston, American gospel singer
- 1933 - Barbara Knox, English actress
- 1932 - Shintar? Ishihara, Japanese author and politician (Governor of Tokyo)
- 1932 - Johnny Podres, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1931 - Angie Dickinson, American actress
- 1929 - Vassilis Papazachos, Greek seismologist
- 1928 - Elie Wiesel, Romanian Holocaust survivor; Nobel laureate
- 1927 - W. S. Merwin, American poet
- 1926 - Robin Roberts, American baseball player (d. 2010)
- 1924 - Truman Capote, American author (d. 1984)
- 1922 - Alan Stretton, Australian general
- 1922 - Lamont Johnson, American television director (d. 2010)
- 1921 - Deborah Kerr, Scottish actress (d. 2007)
- 1920 - Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-born American cellist
- 1919 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Patricia Neway, American soprano
- 1918 - Lewis Nixon, American WWII veteran (d. 1995)
- 1918 - René Rémond, French historian and political economist (d. 2007)
- 1917 - Park Chunghee, President of South Korea (d. 1979)
- 1917 - Buddy Rich, American big band jazz drummer (d. 1987)
- 1915 - Lester Maddox, American businessman and politician (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Bill Walsh, American film producer and writer (d. 1975)
- 1912 - Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (d. 1985)
- 1910 - Jussi Kekkonen, Finnish major (d. 1962)
- 1908 - David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (d. 1974)
- 1906 - Mireille Hartuch, French singer, composer and actress (d. 1996)
- 1905 - Nevill Francis Mott, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)
- 1904 - Waldo Williams, Welsh poet (d. 1971)
- 1898 - Renée Adorée, French actress (d. 1933)
- 1898 - Orestis Makris, Greek actor (d. 1975)
- 1898 - Princess Charlotte of Monaco (d. 1977)
- 1897 - Alfred Wintle, British military figure and author (d. 1966)
- 1895 - Lewis Milestone, Russian-born film director (d. 1980)
- 1893 - Lansdale Sasscer, American politician (d. 1964)
- 1887 - Lil Dagover, Dutch-born German actress (d. 1980)
- 1883 - Bernhard Rust, Nazi education minister (d. 1945)
- 1882 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (d. 1945)
- 1870 - Jean Baptiste Perrin, French physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 1942)
- 1870 - Thomas W. Lamont, American banker (d. 1948)
- 1861 - William Wrigley, Jr., American industrialist (d. 1932)
- 1852 - Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer (d. 1924)
- 1832 - Anna Maria Reeves Jarvis, American labor activist (d. 1905)
- 1827 - Ellis H. Roberts, American politician (d. 1918)
- 1811 - Queen Augusta of Saxe-Weimar of Prussia (d. 1890)
- 1800 - Decimus Burton, British architect (d. 1881)
- 1765 - José María Morelos, Mexican revolutionary (d. 1815)
- 1732 - Jacques Necker, French finance minister of Louis XVI (d. 1804)
- 1715 - Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, French philosopher (d. 1780)
- 1710 - John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford, British statesman (d. 1771)
- 1700 - Stanis?aw Konarski, Polish writer (d. 1773)
- 1631 - William Stoughton, American jurist (d. 1701)
- 1550 - Michael Maestlin, German mathematician (d. 1631)
- 1530 - Geronimo Mercuriali, Italian philologist and physician (d. 1606)
- 1227 - Pope Nicholas IV (d. 1292)
- 1207 - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi, Persian mystic and poet (d. 1273)