This happened today
Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940, went down in history with his policy of “appeasement” towards the Nazis. He is especially remembered for the infamous Munich Agreement, signed on September 30, 1938, in which London and Paris gave in to Hitler’s demands, effectively giving him Czechoslovakia. Chamberlain declared that he guaranteed “peace to our age.” However, in the following months he ordered the rearmament of the United Kingdom, which may have meant that he didn’t believe it either. Churchill’s comment remains in the annals: “They could choose between dishonor and war. They have chosen dishonor and they will have war.” Eight years later, this terrible war is over. On September 30, 1946, in Nuremberg, judges began to announce (which lasted more than 24 hours) the verdict of the International Military Tribunal: 12 people were sentenced to death, including Goering, Ribbentrop, Keitel and Bormann. (Luigi Gaetani)
Born of the day
Deborah Kerr, 30 September 1921, Scottish actress.
Truman Capote, September 30, 1924, American novelist, screenwriter and playwright.
Angie Dickinson, September 30, 1931, American actress.
Altan, September 30, 1942, cartoonist and cartoonist.
Renato Zero, September 30, 1950, singer, songwriter and producer.
Lella Costa, September 30, 1952, actress, comedian and cabaret performer.
Ermenegildo Zegna, September 30, 1955, entrepreneur.
Giorgio Panariello, September 30, 1960, comedian, cabaret performer and impersonator.
Massimo Bottura, September 30, 1962, chef, gastronome and entrepreneur.
Frank Rijkaard, 30 September 1962, is a former Dutch footballer and football manager.
Monica Bellucci, September 30, 1964, actress and supermodel.
Olivier Giroud, 30 September 1986, French footballer.
Deaths of the day
Rudolf Diesel, September 30, 1913, German engineer.
James Dean, September 30, 1955, American actor.
Simone Signoret, born September 30, 1985, is a French actress and writer.
Novella Parijini, September 30, 1993, artist.
Oreste Del Buono, September 30, 2003, writer, journalist and translator.
Bernardo Caprotti, September 30, 2016, entrepreneur.
Cinema, September 30, 2020, Argentine cartoonist.
Saint of the Day
Saint Jerome, priest and teacher of the Church. He was born in Stridon in 347 and studied in Rome and Trier, where he devoted himself to improving rhetoric and writing. Thanks to his knowledge, he translated the entire Bible from the original texts into Latin.