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In 1551, A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned. This featured entry focuses on the immediate decision and its direct historical impact.
September 30 in History
1551 — A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned
September 30 spans 50 recorded events across recorded history, from 489 to 2016. Below is a curated digest of the most significant moments tied to this date.
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50 events
489 – 2016
Today in history
More major events on September 30
The featured story and these ranked highlights form a quick summary. Every recorded event remains available in the chronology below.
- 1939 World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile. Source
- 1966 Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana. Source
- 1915 World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire. Source
Did you know
The Tainei-ji incident was a coup d'etat in September 1551 led by Sue Takafusa against Ōuchi Yoshitaka, hegemon and shugo daimyō of western Japan, which ended in the latter's forced suicide in Tainei-ji, a temple in Nagato Province. This helps explain why the event mattered beyond the initial announcement.
Did you know
The coup put an abrupt end to the prosperity of the Ōuchi clan, though they ruled western Japan in name for another six years under the figurehead Ōuchi Yoshinaga, who was not related to the Ōuchi by blood. This clarifies the institutional and public response around the event.
Did you know
In 1551, A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
Did you know
In 1551, A coup by the military establishment of Japan's Ōuchi clan forces their lord to commit suicide, and their city is burned had consequences that extended beyond the first headline. The key context is the institutions involved, the policy shift, and how the public response evolved afterward.
489
The Ostrogoths under Theoderic the Great defeat the forces of Odoacer for the second time.
5th–6th-century Germanic ethnic group
737
The Turgesh drive back an Umayyad invasion of Khuttal, follow them south of the Oxus, and capture their baggage train.
Calendar year
1139
A magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes the Caucasus mountains in the Seljuk Empire, causing mass destruction and killing up to 300,000 people.
Natural disaster in Azerbaijan and Georgia
1342
Battle of Morlaix is fought in the Hundred Years' War.
Battle during the Hundred Years' War
1520
Suleiman the Magnificent becomes sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1520–1566)
1541
Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his forces enter Tula territory in present-day western Arkansas, encountering fierce resistance.
Spanish explorer and conquistador (c.1479–1542)
1736
The Lebanese Council of 1736 begins, a major turning point in the reform of the Maronite Church.
In the following three days, the assembled Maronite and Latin clergy presided by Yusuf ibn Siman as-Simani discuss various reforms and elaborate rules and canons.
1744
War of the Austrian Succession: France and Spain defeat Sardinia at the Battle of Madonna dell'Olmo, but soon have to withdraw from Sardinia.
1740–1748 war between European powers
1791
The first performance of Mozart's opera The Magic Flute takes place two months before his death.
1791 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1791
France's National Constituent Assembly is dissolved, to be replaced the next day by the National Legislative Assembly.
Revolutionary legislature of France, 1789–1791
1863
Georges Bizet's opera Les pêcheurs de perles, premieres in Paris.
French composer (1838–1875)
1882
Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant, the Vulcan Street Plant, begins operation.
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
1888
Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes.
Unidentified serial killer in London in 1888
1906
The Royal Galician Academy, the Galician language's biggest linguistic authority, is established in La Coruña, Spain.
Cultural institution for the Galician language in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain
1907
The McKinley National Memorial, the final resting place of assassinated U.S.
President William McKinley and his family, is dedicated in Canton, Ohio.
1909
The Cunard Line's RMS Mauretania makes a record-breaking westbound crossing of the Atlantic, that will not be bettered for 20 years.
British ocean liner (1906–1935)
1915
World War I: Radoje Ljutovac becomes the first soldier in history to shoot down an enemy aircraft with ground-to-air fire.
Global conflict from 1914 to 1918
1918
Ukrainian War of Independence: Insurgent forces led by Nestor Makhno defeats the Central Powers at the battle of Dibrivka.
Eastern European military conflict (1917–1921)
1919
1935
The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S.
states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
1936
American journalists Herbert R.
Ekins, reporter for the New York World-Telegram, Dorothy Kilgallen of the New York Journal and Leo Kieran of The New York Times start the race to travel around the world on commercial airline flights. The race takes 18 ½ days.
1938
Britain, France, Germany and Italy sign the Munich Agreement, whereby Germany annexes the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia.
1938 cession of German-speaking Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany
1938
The League of Nations unanimously outlaws "intentional bombings of civilian populations".
Intergovernmental organisation (1920–1946)
1939
World War II: General Władysław Sikorski becomes prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
Global conflict (1939–1945)
1939
NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game.
Broadcast from New York, the first football game to be televised
1941
World War II: The Babi Yar massacre comes to an end.
Ravine and massacre site in Kyiv, Ukraine
1943
The United States Merchant Marine Academy is dedicated by President Roosevelt.
U.S. service academy
1944
World War II: the Germans commence a counter offensive to retake the Nijmegen salient, this having been captured by the allies during Operation Market Garden.
Battle in the Netherlands during WW2
1945
The Bourne End rail crash, in Hertfordshire, England, kills 43.
1945 train derailment in Bourne End, Hertfordshire, England
1947
The 1947 World Series begins.
It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.
1954
The U.S.
Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
1960
The Flintstones animated sitcom premieres on ABC television.
American animated television series
1966
Bechuanaland declares its independence, and becomes the Republic of Botswana.
Country in Southern Africa
1968
The Boeing 747 is rolled out and shown to the public for the first time.
American wide-body four-engined jet long-range aircraft
1970
Jordan makes a deal with the PFLP for the release of the remaining hostages from the Dawson's Field hijackings.
1970 Palestinian militant plane hijackings
1975
Malév Flight 240 crashes into the Mediterranean Sea while on approach to Beirut International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 60.
1975 aviation incident
1978
Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.
1978 aircraft hijacking
1980
Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Computer networking technology
1993
The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
Earthquake centered in Maharashtra State, India
1994
1999
The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
1997 and 1999 Tōkai nuclear plant events
2000
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
Ongoing military and political conflict in West Asia
2005
Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
2005 controversy surrounding the depiction of Muhammad
2009
2016
Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2016
2016
Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
National art museum in the Netherlands