SEPTEMBER 30 IN HISTORY

1496 - Stephen the Great completed the foundation of St. Nicholas Church of Popauti, agerpres reports.
1882 - Death of playwright and translator Mihail Pascaly (b. 1830)
1882 - Birth of geographer Constantin I. Bratescu, corresponding member of the Romanian Academy (d. October 23, 1945)
1900 - Birth of actor Constantin Lungeanu (d. October 3, 1975)
1916 - Death of poet and playwright Mihail Saulescu (b. February 23, 1888)
1917 - Birth of famous radio drama actor and director Ion Vova, a.k.a. Mr Radio (d. January 7, 2011)
1928 - Birth of Elie Wiesel, Romanian-born US writer and philosopher, the 1986 Nobel for Peace prize laureate, honorary foreign member of the Romanian Academy (d. July 2, 2016)
1931 - Birth of actor Dem Radulescu (d. September 10, 2000)
1959 - Death of Andrei Radulescu, jurist, historian, member of the Romanian Academy (b. 28 November 1880)
1964 - Birth of actor Mihai Constantin
1967 - Birth of jazz singer Teodora Enache
1975 - Birth of gymnast Marius Urzica, men's pommel horse Olympic, world and European champion
2000 - The National Council of the Social Democratic Romanian Party (PSDR) approved protocol for a merger with the Romanian Socialist Democratic Party (PDSR) and for joining the Social Democratic Pole of Romania, along with the party's governing principles and programmes
2006 - Death of screenwriter, writer and publicist Andras Suto (b. June 17, 1927)
2007 - Patriarch of the Romanian Christian Orthodox Church Daniel was enthroned at the Patriarchy Cathedral of Bucharest
2007 - Death of bariton David Ohanesian (b. 6 January, 1927)
2015 - Death of folk music singer Lucretia Ciobanu (b. 27 October 1924)