WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

Today is Wednesday, September 30, the 273rd day of 2009. There are 92 days left in the year.

1452 _ First book published, Johann Guttenberg's Bible

1659 _ Robinson Crusoe is shipwrecked (according to Defoe)

1791 _ Mozart's opera ``The Magic Flute" premiers in Vienna

1846 _ Anesthetic ether used for first time (for extracting a tooth)

1880 _ Henry Draper takes that first photograph of the Orion Nebula

1898 _ City of New York established

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

1939 _ Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland

1968 _ First Boeing 747 rolls out

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