Thursday, September 30, 2010

September 30

Track Year Event Artist Song Album
1. 1882 The world's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on theFox River in AppletonWisconsinUnited States. Silver Apples Water Silver Apples
2. 1888 Jack the Ripper kills his third and fourth victims, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Smoke My Friend Jack The British Are Coming
3. 1901 Hubert Cecil Booth patents the vacuum cleaner. Mental This Sucks Demo
4. 1935 The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated. Felix Da Housecat She's So Damn Cool Devin Dazzle & the Neon Fever
5. 1954 The U.S. Navy submarine USS Nautilus is commissioned as the world's first nuclear reactor powered vessel. The Telescopes When Nemo Sunk the Nautilus Third Wave
6. 1955 Film icon James Dean dies in a road accident aged 24. Government Issue I'm James Dean The Year in Seven Inches

(Historical facts about September 30 are from Wikipedia)

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