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Notable Historical Events for September 30th

199226th Country Music Association Award: Garth Brooks wins

1991Jerry Springer's tabloid talk show "The Jerry Springer Show" debuts

1989Nolan Ryan's perfect game broken in 8th, but gets his 300th strikeout

1805Napoleon Bonaparte's army draws into the Rhine

1997Yanks Tim Raines, Derek Jeter & Paul O'Neill are 1st to hit 3 consecutively homers in post season (Yanks beat Indians 8-6)

1934Babe Ruth's final game as a Yankee, goes 0 for 3

1962Mickey Wright wins LPGA San Diego Golf Open

1659Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Daniel Defoe)

1927Babe Ruth hits record setting 60th HR (off Tom Zachary)

1993US General Colin Powell retires at 56

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Notable Birthdays on September 30th

1928Elie Wiesel, Romania, author (Souls on Fire)/Nazi hunter (Nobel 1986)

1917Buddy Rich, New York, American jazz drummer and band leader (Buddy Rich Band-Away We Go), (d. 1987)

1627Robinson Crusoe, fictional character, according to Daniel Defoe

1924Truman Capote, New Orleans Louisiana, American author (In Cold Blood)

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Notable Weddings on September 30th

1939Nobel Prize-winning author William Golding (28) weds analytic chemist Ann Brookfield

1968Jazz musician Miles Davis (42) weds singer Betty Mabry (23)

1989NBA legend Larry Bird (32) weds long-time girlfriend Dinah Mattingly in Terre Haute, Indiana

1978Actress Meryl Streep (29) weds sculptor Don Gummer (31) in Mason's Island, Connecticut

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September 30th Divorces
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Notable Deaths on September 30th

1948Edith Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States, dies at 87

1955James Dean, actor (Rebel Without a Cause), dies in a car crash at age 24

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