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On September 30th...

106 B.C. Roman General Pompey was born (according to tradition).

1846 Dr. William T.G. Morton used sulfuric ether to remove an ulcerated tooth from a patient who experienced no pain during the procedure.

1946 The first verdicts of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials were announced.

1954 The world's first nuclear powered ship, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned.

1985 Charles Richter, co-creator of the Richter Scale, died.
1985 French actress
Simone Signoret died.

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