Top Social News Stories
September 30 2008
- Mahalo Blog: Best of Mahalo (September 30, 2008)
- Propeller: McCain Campaign Blames Obama for the Bailout Bill Failure (10.0 Prop Score)
- Reddit: 2002 dilbert strangely relevant (1643 Score)
- Digg: Why Bankruptcy is Better than Wall Street Bailout (4189 Diggs)
- Fark: GA residents to Governor Sonny Perdue: "Dude, we don't have any gas... (7864 Clicks)
- YouTube: Rep Burgess: We are Under Martial Law (220,565 Views)
- VideoSift: Ron Paul on the Dollar: Given 1 Minute to speak: Bailout USD (78 Sifts)
September 30 Historical Events
The 2000s
- 2004: Pharmaceutical giant Merck pulled the arthritis drug Vioxx off the market after a study found that it increases the chance of Heart Attacks and Strokes
The 1990s
- 1991: Jean Bertrand Aristide, the first Democratically elected President of Haiti was overthrown by a Military coup. He would live in exile until his return in 1994.
The 1980s
- 1982: The Boston based comedy Cheers debuts on NBC, starring Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer and Rhea Perlman
The 1950s
- 1955: Popular Actor James Dean dies at the tender after of 24 after a being involved in an automobile accident.
The 1930s
- 1938: Britain, France, Italy sign the Munich Agreement, allowing Germany to occupy the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia
The 1800s
- 1846: Ether was used as an anesthetic for the first time by a Boston dentist named William Morton
September 30 Historical Information
- Wikipedia: Today in History Entry
- Library of Congress: This Day in History
- The New York Times: Today in History News Archive
- BBC News: Historical Archive
- CBC News: Today in Canada Archive
- History.com: This Day in History
- YouTube: Today in History for September 30th (Time 1:57)
September 30 in Sports
- TodayInSportsHistory.com: Today in Sports History
- National Pastime: Today in Baseball History
September 30 Historical Articles
- BBC: James Dean Killed in Car Crash (1955)
September 30 Moment of Zen
- The Daily Show: The Squabble in Coral Gables - Shake Hands (2004)
- The Daily Show: Too Skinny (2003)
- The Daily Show: Chris Gaines (1999)
- The Daily Show: Pelosi's Hyper-Partisanship (2008)
- The Daily Show: Kill my Daddy (2002)