September 30th

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Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre completed his 421st career touchdown pass, breaking Dan Marino's NFL record.

Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten publishes controversial cartoon. The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a controversial cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad. The publication led to riots and protests in many parts of the world.

Merck & Co. pulled Vioxx, its heavily promoted arthritis drug, from the market after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

France's Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime.

A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck southern India, killing an estimated 10,000 people.

George Brett of the Kansas City Royals reached 3,000 career hits during a game against the California Angels.

The military in Haiti overthrew Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the country's first freely-elected president.

The situation comedy "Cheers" premiered on NBC.

Botswana becomes independent. Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom.

The National Farm Workers Association, founded by Cesar Chavez and a forerunner of the United Farm Workers, held its first meeting in Fresno, Calif.

Premier of The Flintstones. The animated series The Flintstones premiered on TV. It was set in the stone age and it detailed the lives of the Flintstone and Rubble families. It ran for 6 years until April 1 1966.

Actor James Dean was killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, Calif., at age 24.

Berlin airlift ends. After 15 months of airlifting supplies to Berlin, the Berlin airlift led by American forces came to an end. The Berlin Blockade was an international crisis where the Soviet Union blocked access of Western countries into Berlin.

An international military tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, found 22 top Nazi leaders guilty of war crimes.

Treaty of Munich signed by Hitler, Mussolini, Daladier and Chamberlain, forces Czechoslovakia to give territory to Germany.

Babe Ruth hit his 60th home run. The record stood until Roger Maris hit 61 in 1961. Mark McGwire beat Maris's record in 1998 by hitting 70 and Barry Bonds topped this in 2001 with 73.

Author Truman Capote was born in New Orleans.

Prussia Minister President Otto von Bismarck's delivers his "Blood & Iron" speech.

Anesthetic ether used for 1st time by American dentist Dr William Morton who extracts a tooth.

Mozart's opera "The Magic Flute" premiered in Vienna, Austria.

The Pennsylvania Legislature elected the first two members of the U.S. Senate - William Maclay of Harrisburg and Robert Morris of Philadelphia.

Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo begins. The battle was fought during the War of the Austrian Succession and ended with Spanish and French victory over the Kingdom of Sardinia.

Suleiman the Magnificent succeeds his father Selam I as Ottoman Sultan (rules till 1566).