Today's selected anniversaries: 30th September 2023

Today's selected anniversaries: 30th September 2023


1791:


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, composed shortly before his death, premiered at Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Flute


1920:


Times Square Theater opened on Broadway with a production of The Mirage, a play written by its owner, Edgar Selwyn.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Square_Theater


1939:


NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_Waynesburg_vs._Fordham_football_game


2000:


Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted responsibility but retracted it five years later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Muhammad_al-Durrah

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