Today’s highlights

On Sept. 30, 1949, the Berlin Airlift came to an end after delivering more than 2.3 million tons of cargo to blockaded residents of West Berlin over the prior 15 months.

On this date

1777: The Continental Congress — forced to flee in the face of advancing British forces — moved to York, Pennsylvania.

1938: Addressing the public after co-signing the Munich Agreement, which allowed Nazi annexation of Czechoslovakia’s Sudetenland, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain proclaimed, “I believe it is peace for our time.”

1947: The World Series was broadcast on television for the first time, as the New York Yankees defeated the Brooklyn Dodgers 5-3 in Game 1; the Yankees would go on to win the Series four games to three.

1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy.

1955: Actor James Dean was killed at age 24 in a two-car collision near Cholame, California.

1962: James Meredith, a Black student, was escorted by federal marshals to the campus of the University of Mississippi; Meredith’s presence sparked rioting that left two people dead.

2022: Russian President Vladimir Putin signed treaties to illegally annex more occupied Ukrainian territory in a sharp escalation of his seven-month invasion.

Today’s birthdays

Actor Angie Dickinson is 93. Singer Cissy Houston is 91. Singer Johnny Mathis is 89. Actor Len Cariou is 85. Singer Marilyn McCoo is 81. Actor Barry Williams is 70. Singer Patrice Rushen is 70. Actor Fran Drescher is 67. Rock singer Trey Anastasio (Phish) is 60.