EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
September 30
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Day 272 of 2026 | Week 40 | 87 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Hurricane Matthew becomes a Category 5 hurricane, making it the strongest hurricane to form in the Caribbean Sea since 2007.
Two paintings with a combined value of $100 million are recovered after having been stolen from the Van Gogh Museum in 2002.
The 7.6 Mw Sumatra earthquake leaves 1,115 people dead.
Controversial drawings of Muhammad are printed in a Danish newspaper.
Israeli–Palestinian conflict: Twelve-year-old Muhammad al-Durrah is shot and killed on the second day of the Second Intifada.
The Tokaimura nuclear accident causes the deaths of two technicians in Japan's second-worst nuclear accident.
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on STS-68.
The 6.2 Mw Latur earthquake shakes Maharashtra, India with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) killing 9,748 and injuring 30,000.
Ethernet specifications are published by Xerox working with Intel and Digital Equipment Corporation.
Finnair Flight 405 is hijacked by Aarno Lamminparras in Oulu, Finland.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American NBA player (LA Clippers)
American professional wrestler whose life is portrayed in film "The Iron Claw"
American character actor (Prison Break
Dominican pitcher (Florida Marlins)
African American graphic designer and caricaturist (Spectra)
American comedian (Kathleen Madigan: Hunting Bigfoot)
British stand-up comedian
Italian actress (Dracula)
American rock Bassist (Goo Goo Dolls - "Iris")
American naval commander and astronaut
Spanish actress (Barocco)
American baseball player (NY Mets
Dutch soccer midfielder (73 caps; Ajax
Italian restaurateur (Osteria Francescana)
Indian cricket wicket-keeper (5 Tests
🎯 yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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