And Vienna offers tourists so many fun and unique things to do.įrom star attractions like visiting St. The contrasting styles of Vienna's Roman Baroque architecture from the 18th and 19th centuries and the city's more contemporary steel and glass buildings showcase Vienna's perfect mix of history with the modern day. Thought for Today: “If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.” - Attributed to Catherine the Great, Russian empress (1729-1796).Nestled on the River Danube, Vienna is known for its stunning architecture, rich history, classical music, and world-class museums. Actress Lacey Chabert (shuh-BEHR’) is 32.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu (moh-chee-AH’-noo) is 33. Actress Marion Cotillard (koh-tee-YAHR’) is 39. Rock musician Robby Takac (TAY’-kak) (Goo Goo Dolls) is 50. Country singer Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery-Gentry) is 51. Rock musician Bill Rieflin (R.E.M.) is 54. Pop singer Sylvia Peterson (The Chiffons) is 68. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is 69. Today’s Birthdays: Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel (EL’-ee vee-ZEHL’) is 86. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu implored President Barack Obama during a White House meeting to keep punishing sanctions in place against Iran over its nuclear programs. One year ago: Pope Francis announced during a meeting with cardinals that he would canonize two of his most influential predecessors, John Paul II and John XXIII, the following spring. A Soyuz spacecraft carrying Canadian circus tycoon Guy Laliberte (ghee lah-lee-behr-TAY’) and two crew mates lifted off from Kazakhstan, headed for the International Space Station. Vioxx, the heavily promoted arthritis drug, was pulled from the market by its maker after a study found it doubled the risk of heart attacks and strokes.įive years ago: A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia, killing 1,115 people. The House followed the Senate in decisively rejecting a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. troops handed out candy at a government-sponsored celebration. Bombs killed some three dozen children in Baghdad as U.S. John Kerry met at the University of Miami for their first presidential debate, with Kerry accusing Bush of a “colossal error in judgment” in ordering the invasion of Iraq and the president noting that Kerry had voted to authorize the military action. In 1997, France’s Roman Catholic Church apologized for its silence during the systematic persecution and deportation of Jews by the pro-Nazi Vichy regime. released accused Soviet spy Gennadiy Zakharov, one day after the Soviets released American journalist Nicholas Daniloff.
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In 1984, the mystery series “Murder, She Wrote,” starring Angela Lansbury, premiered on CBS. The National Farm Workers Association, founded by Cesar Chavez and a forerunner of the United Farm Workers, held its first meeting in Fresno, California.
In 1962, James Meredith, a black student, was escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi, where he enrolled for classes the next day Meredith’s presence sparked rioting that claimed two lives. In 1955, actor James Dean, 24, was killed in a two-car collision near Cholame, California. In 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end. In 1939, the first college football game to be televised was shown on experimental station W2XBS in New York as Fordham University defeated Waynesburg College, 34-7.
In 1938, after co-signing the Munich Agreement allowing Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain said, “I believe it is peace for our time.” In 1846, Boston dentist William Morton used ether as an anesthetic for the first time as he extracted an ulcerated tooth from merchant Eben Frost. In 1791, Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” premiered in Vienna, Austria. In 1777, the Continental Congress - forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces - moved to York, Pennsylvania. In 1399, England’s King Richard II was deposed by Parliament he was succeeded by his cousin, Henry of Bolingbroke, who was crowned as King Henry IV. On September 30, 1954, the first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the U.S. Today is Tuesday, September 30, the 273rd day of 2014.
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