Today In History

Today is Friday, Sept. 30, the 273rd day of 2022. There are 92 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1777: The Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pennsylvania.

ON THIS DATE

› 1791: Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” premiered in Vienna, Austria.

› 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.”

› 1947: The World Series was broadcast on television for the first time; the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3 in Game 1 (the Yankees went on to win the Series four games to three).

› 1949: The Berlin Airlift came to an end.

› 1960: “The Flintstones,” network television’s first animated prime-time series, debuted on ABC.

› 1972: Roberto Clemente hit a double against Jon Matlack of the New York Mets during Pittsburgh’s 5-0 victory at Three Rivers Stadium; the hit was the 3,000th and last for the Pirates star.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Angie Dickinson is 91. Singer Cissy Houston is 89. Singer Johnny Mathis is 87. Actor Len Cariou is 83. Singer Marilyn McCoo is

79. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is

77. Singer Deborah Allen is 69. Actor Calvin Levels is 68. Actor Barry Williams is 68. Singer Patrice Rushen is 68. Actor Fran Drescher is 65. Country singer Marty Stuart is 64. Actor Debrah Farentino is

63. Former Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., is 62. Actor Crystal Bernard is

61. Actor Eric Stoltz is 61. Rapper-producer Marley Marl is 60. Country singer Eddie Montgomery (Montgomery-Gentry) is 59. Actor Silas Weir Mitchell is 53. Actor Tony Hale is 52. Actor Jenna Elfman is 51. Actor Ashley Hamilton is 48. Actor Marion Cotillard is 47. Actor Christopher Jackson is 47. Author and journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates is 47. Actor Stark Sands is 44. Actor Mike Damus is 43. Actor Toni Trucks is 42. Olympic gold medal gymnast Dominique Moceanu is

41. Actor Lacey Chabert is 40. Actor Kieran Culkin is 40. Singer-rapper T-Pain is 38.