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This day in history: September 30

1. 1975

   The Boeing AH-64 Apache, the primary attack helicopter for a number of countries, made its first flight.

2. 1982

   Cheers, an American television sitcom, debuted with its pilot episode on NBC.

3. 1998

   The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a nonprofit organization that manages the assignment of domain names and IP addresses in the Internet, was incorporated.

4. 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.

5. 2005

   The Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published controversial editorial cartoons depicting Muhammad, sparking protests across the Islamic world by many who viewed them as Islamophobic and blasphemous.

6. 2009

   A 7.6 MW earthquake struck off the southern coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, killing 1,115 and impacting an estimated 1.2 million people.

7. 2019

   President Martín Vizcarra dissolved the Congress of Peru, resulting in a constitutional crisis.

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