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Today is Monday, September 30, 2024, 05:30 (UTC/GMT). This is day 274 of 2024. There are 92 days remaining. There are 6,889,258 articles on the English Wikipedia. Picture of the day The Dewey Arch was a triumphal arch in Madison Square, New York City. It was erected for a parade on September 30, 1899, in honor of Admiral George Dewey, to celebrate his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay in the Philippines the previous year. Constructed around two months before the parade, the arch was made of the plaster-based material staff, typically used in temporary buildings. After the parade, the arch began to deteriorate and it was demolished in 1900 after an attempt to raise money to rebuild it in stone was unsuccessful. The arch's larger sculptures were sent to Charleston, South Carolina, for an exhibit, after which they were either destroyed or lost.Photograph credit: Detroit Publishing Company About Me Hello, be nice, I'm New. In the news, On this day-------------------------------> In the news Will Ashcroft In Australian rules football, the Brisbane Lions defeat the Sydney Swans to win the Grand Final (Norm Smith Medal winner Will Ashcroft pictured). Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is killed by an Israeli airstrike in Dahieh, Lebanon. Hurricane Helene leaves more than 100 people dead across the southeastern United States. British actress Maggie Smith dies at the age of 89. Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected President of Sri Lanka. Ongoing: Israel–Hamas war Israel–Hezbollah conflict Russian invasion of Ukraine timeline Sudanese civil war timeline Recent deaths: Roy Clay Fredric Jameson Mercury Morris Sayuri Dick Diamonde David Graham On this day... September 30: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in Canada Times Square Theater 1139 – A violent earthquake struck the Caucasus near Ganja, killing up to an estimated 300,000 people. 1791 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera The Magic Flute, composed shortly before his death, premiered at Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna. 1920 – Times Square Theater (pictured) opened on Broadway with a production of The Mirage, a play written by its owner, Edgar Selwyn. 1939 – NBC broadcast the first televised American football game, between the Fordham Rams and the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets. 2000 – Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah was shot dead in the Gaza Strip; the Israel Defense Forces initially accepted responsibility but retracted it five years later. Adelaide of Vianden (d. 1376) Doris Mackinnon (b. 1883) Raël (b. 1946) Jessye Norman (d. 2019) More anniversaries: September 29 September 30 October 1