TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Today is Tuesday, September 30, the 274th day of 2008. There are 92 days left in the year.

1452 _ First book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible

1659 _ Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)

1846 _ Anesthetic ether used for first time (Dr Wm Morton extracts a tooth)

1898 _ City of N.Y. established

1929 _ First manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)

1935 _ Gershwin's ``Porgy & Bess" premiers in Boston

1946 _ 22 Nazi leaders found guilty of war crimes at Nuremberg, Von Ribbentrop and Goering sentenced to death by Nuremberg trial

1949 _ Berlin Airlift ends after 277,000 flights

1968 _ First Boeing 747 rolls out

1981 _ Seoul, South Korea is selected to host 1988 Summer Olympics