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September 30

3 sourced moments from September 30 in history: Mozart conducted the premiere of The Magic Flute in Vienna (1791); The world's first hydroelectric central station switched on (1882); and The Flintstones premieres as the first primetime animated TV series (1960).

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3 things happened on September 30

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1960 Culture & Arts · Film & TV

The Flintstones premieres as the first primetime animated TV series

On 30 September 1960, Hanna-Barbera's Stone Age sitcom debuted on ABC, becoming the first animated series made for prime-time television and adult audiences.

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1882 Technology · Energy

The world's first hydroelectric central station switched on

On a Wisconsin riverbank, a water wheel and an Edison dynamo lit a paper mill and a home—just weeks after Pearl Street.

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1791 Culture & Arts · Performing Arts

Mozart conducted the premiere of The Magic Flute in Vienna

Just two months before his death, Mozart led the first performance of his last operatic masterwork before a suburban Viennese crowd.

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