What is September 30?
{{calendar}} {{day}} It is the last day of the third quarter of the year. == Events == === Up to 1950 === * [[489]] &ndash; [[Battle of Verona (489)|Battle of Verona]]: The [[Ostrogoth]]s under King [[Theoderic the Great]] defeat the forces of [[Odoacer]] for the second time in [[Verona]], present–day Northern [[Italy]]. * [[1061]] &ndash; [[Pope Alexander II]] is elected. * [[1399]] &ndash; [[Henry IV of England|Henry IV]] is proclaimed [[King of England]]. * [[1512]] &ndash; A [[Rock (geology)|rock]] [[avalanche]] buries most of the [[town]] of [[Biasca]] in [[Ticino]], in the Italian–speaking part of [[Switzerland]]. Hundreds of people are killed. * [[1744]] &ndash; [[France]] and [[Spain]] defeat the [[Kingdom]] of [[Sardinia]] at the [[Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo]]. * [[1791]] &ndash; First performance of ''[[The Magic Flute]]'': This is the last [[opera]] by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]] to have its premiere. * [[1791]] &ndash; The National Constituent Assembly in [[Paris]] is dissolved; [[Paris]]ians hail [[Maximilien Robespierre]] and Jerome Petion as 'incorruptible patriots'. * [[1813]] &ndash; [[Battle of Bárbula]]: [[Simón Bolívar]] defeats [[Santiago Bobadilla]]. * [[1860]] &ndash; The [[UK]]'s first [[tram]] service begins in Birkenhead, Merseyside. * [[1867]] &ndash; The [[US]] takes control of the Midway Islands in the [[Pacific Ocean]]. * [[1882]] &ndash; The world's first commercial [[hydroelectric]] power plant (later known as [[Appleton Edison Light Company]]) begins operation on the [[Fox River (Wisconsin)|Fox River]] in [[Appleton, Wisconsin|Appleton]], [[Wisconsin]], [[United States]]. * [[1885]] &ndash; Bechuanaland, in present–day [[Botswana]], becomes a British Protectorate. * [[1888]] &ndash; [[Jack the Ripper]] kills his third and fourth victims, [[Elizabeth Stride]] and [[Catherine Eddowes]]. * [[1895]] &ndash; [[Madagascar]] becomes a [[France|French]] protectorate. * [[1906]] &ndash; [[Real Academia Galega]], [[Galician language]] biggest linguistic authority starts working in [[Hava