WHAT HAPPENED ON 30. SEPTEMBER
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The Hong Kong MTR commences service with the opening of its Modified Initial System (aka. Kwun Tong Line). (30. September 1979)

Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation. (30. September 1980)

Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills six people in the Chicago area. Seven are killed in all. (30. September 1982)

Mordechai Vanunu, who revealed details of Israel's covert nuclear program to British media, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy by the Israeli Mossad. (30. September 1986)

Al Holbert was fatally injured when his privately owned propeller driven Piper PA-60 aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff near Columbus, Ohio when a clamshell door was not closed. (30. September 1988)

The Dalai Lama unveils the Canadian Tribute to Human Rights in Canada's capital city of Ottawa. (30. September 1990)

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. (30. September 1993)

Aldwych tube station (originally Strand Station) of the London Underground closes after eighty-eight years in service. (30. September 1994)

Ongar railway station, the furthest London Underground from Central London, closes. (30. September 1994)

The United States Congress passes an Amendment that bars the possession of firearms for people who were convicted of domestic violence, even misdemeanor level. (30. September 1996)

Japan's second worst nuclear accident at a uranium reprocessing facility in Tōkai-mura, northeast of Tokyo. (30. September 1999)

The first images of a live giant squid in its natural habitat are taken 600 miles south of Tokyo. (30. September 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. (30. September 2004)

The controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. (30. September 2005)

The 2009 Sumatra earthquakes occur, killing over 1,115 people. (30. September 2009)