Tuesday September 30, 2008

Historical Events

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains 485.21 points (4.68%), the third-largest one-day point gain.
• 2008 Chinese milk scandal
• After being found to contain traces melamine, Unilever, a Dutch food giant, began recalling Lipton-brand milk powder in Hong Kong.
• Chinese police reported that 22 people were arrested Monday by Chinese police for melamine-tainted milk products.
• Police say that at least 35 people are killed when a bus collides and sets fire to a milk tanker in central Pakistan.
• Somalia is a hotbed of piracy
• After yesterday's largest single-day point drop, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up nearly 500 points
• 2008 Chinese milk scandal: Unilever, a Dutch food company, began recalling Lipton-brand Lipton-brand milk powders in Hong Kong and Macau following the discovery that they contained traces of melanin. (CBS News). Chinese police reported Monday that 22 people were arrested for melamine-tainted milk products.
• The announcement of a state guarantee of all deposits in Allied Irish Banks and Bank of Ireland, Anglo Irish Banks, Irish Life & Permanents, Irish Nationwide Building Society, and EBS, which is worth approximately EUR400 billion, saw major Irish banks' shares rise sharply While the guarantee covers Bank of Ireland branches in Northern Ireland, coverage of First Trust, an AIB subsidiary is still being discussed. Foreign-owned banks still have a guarantee of EUR100,000.
• After a stampede at the Chamunda Hindu Temple near Jodhpur, India, 147 people were killed. (Reuters), (CNN),
• In "War against the Camorra", 30 suspected mobsters were arrested in Naples.
• Piracy in Somalia: Three pirates were killed off their ship, the Ukrainian vessel (MV Faina), off the African coast.
• Three pirates were killed off the African coast in a shootout aboard the Ukrainian vessel (MV Faina).
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See also

What happened on September 30 in history? Find out the list of September 30th major events

What was 2008 famous for? Discover everything about 2008

Who died on September 30, 2008?

• Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam

  Singaporean politician, former Secretary-General of Workers' Party of Singapore (Born 1926).

Other September 30th famous deaths

• Simone Signoret

  German-born actress, winner of the Best Actress Oscar for "Room At the Top" and the Best Foreign Film Award for "Madame Rosa" in 1977.

• Robert Kardashian

  Armenian-American lawyer (Born 1944).

• Edgar Bergen

  American ventriloquist who studied a 25-cent books on ventriloquism while in high school, and then paid a carpenter $35 to carve the head of...

• Taylor Holmes

  Actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 81.

See all famous people who died on September 30th

Western Zodiac - Astrological Sign

Libra

Libra personality

Who should a Libra marry?

Babies born in September are either Virgo or Libra. People born before September 22nd are Virgo, while people born from September 23rd have the sign of Libra

Personality of September born

Chinese Zodiac

Rat

The day of the week was Tuesday.

September 30th marks the 273rd day of the Gregorian calendar for the year 2008.

There are 92 days remaining until the end of the year. Calculate the number of days between two dates.

September 2008 calendar

Top #5 songs in the USA

1. T.I. - Whatever You Like
2. Pink - So What
3. Kanye West - Love Lockdown
4. Rihanna - Disturbia
5. Taylor Swift - Love Story

Top #5 R&B songs

1. T.I. - Whatever You Like
2. T-Pain Featuring Lil Wayne - Can't Believe It
3. Jazmine Sullivan - Need U Bad
4. Jennifer Hudson - Spotlight
5. Lil Wayne Featuring Bobby Valentino & Kidd Kidd - Mrs. Officer

Top #5 Latin songs

1. Luis Fonsi - No Me Doy Por Vencido
2. Flex - Te Quiero
3. Los Pikadientes de Caborca - La Cumbia Del Rio
4. Vicente Fernandez - Para Siempre
5. Alacranes Musical - Dame Tu Amor

Championship

• Bristol City - Plymouth : 2 - 2
• Burnley - Watford : 3 - 2
• Cardiff - Coventry : 2 - 1
• Crystal Palace - Charlton : 1 - 0
• Derby - Birmingham : 1 - 1

League 1

• Colchester - Leicester : 0 - 1

Stock Markets

• ExxonMobil XOM: opens at $75.62
• Apple AAPL: opens at $108.25
• Microsoft MSFT: opens at $25.77
• General Electric GE: opens at $23.87
• International Business Machines IBM: opens at $115.83

Exchange Rates

• 1 USD = 105.98 JPY
• 1 USD = 1.0628 CAD
• 1 USD = 1.1217 CHF
• 1 USD = 6.8441 CNY
• 1 EUR = 149.6 JPY