TODAY IN HISTORY [30TH SEPTEMBER]

Lead Story

James Dean dies, 1955

American Revolution

Washington blames militia for problems, 1776

Automotive

James Dean dies in car accident, 1955

Civil War

Battle of Poplar Springs Church (Peeble's Farm), 1864

Cold War

Berlin Airlift ends, 1949

Crime

A Texas college student kills his ex-girlfriend, 1994

Disaster

Radiation released at Japanese plant, 1999

General Interest

Henry IV proclaimed, 1399

Munich Pact signed, 1938

USS Nautilus commissioned, 1954

Riots over desegregation of Ole Miss, 1962

Hollywood

Eisner resigns as Disney CEO, 2005

Literary

First volume of Little Women is published, 1868

Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and best-selling author, is born, 1928

Music

Johnny Mathis is born, 1935

Old West

Wyoming legislators write the first state constitution to grant women the vote, 1889

Presidential

President Woodrow Wilson speaks in favor of female suffrage, 1918

Sports

Babe Ruth hits 60th homer of 1927 season, 1927

Vietnam War

First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley, 1964

Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam, 1968

World War I

Turks abandon Damascus as Allies approach, 1918

World War II

Hitler appeased at Munich, 1938