SEPTEMBER 24

Contents

Events

Births

Deaths

Holidays and observances

External links

Events

★ 622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.

★ 1664 - The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England.

★ 1789 - The United States Supreme Court, the position of Attorney General, and the United States Post Office Department are established.

★ 1841 - The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain.

★ 1852 - The first airship is displayed.

★ 1869 - "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

★ 1877 - Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion

★ 1890 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

★ 1903 - Edmund Barton steps down as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by Alfred Deakin.

★ 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument.

★ 1935 - Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi

★ 1946 - Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong

★ 1947 - Majestic 12 is allegedly established by secret executive order of President Harry Truman

★ 1948 - The Honda Motor Company is founded.

★ 1950 - Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A Blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe.

★ 1957 - Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.

★ 1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

★ 1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.

★ 1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

★ 1988 - Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson beats Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in 100 metres sprinting in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping in sports.)

★ 1990 - Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn

★ 1994 - National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various people to help fight against dictatorship of Myanmar.

★ 2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.

Births

★ 15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)

★ 1301 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)

★ 1501 - Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (d. 1576)

★ 1534 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)

★ 1564 - William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)

★ 1583 - Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634)

★ 1625 - Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)

★ 1705 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)

★ 1717 - Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)

★ 1724 - Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)

★ 1739 - Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)

★ 1755 - John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1835)

★ 1801 - Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)

★ 1802 - Adolphe d'Archaic, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)

★ 1817 - Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)

★ 1829 - Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885)

★ 1857 - Richard Mansfield, German-born actor (d. 1907)

★ 1870 - Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (d. 1960)

★ 1871 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)

★ 1878 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)

★ 1884 - Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)

★ 1884 - Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)

★ 1890 - A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)

★ 1890 - Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)

★ 1892 - Adélard Godbout, premier of Québec (d. 1956)

★ 1894 - Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)

★ 1895 - André Frédéric Cournand, French Nobel Laureate (d. 1988)

★ 1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)

★ 1898 - Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (d. 1968)

★ 1899 - Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970)

★ 1900 - Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)

★ 1905 - Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)

★ 1909 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (d. 1966)

★ 1911 - Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985)

★ 1912 - Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997)

★ 1914 - Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)

★ 1918 - Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)

★ 1919 - Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004)

★ 1921 - Jim McKay, American sports commentator

★ 1922 - Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998)

★ 1923 - Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)

★ 1923 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)

★ 1924 - Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast

★ 1924 - Sheila MacRae, singer & actress

★ 1925 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)

★ 1927 - Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999)

★ 1929 - Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician

★ 1930 - John W. Young, American astronaut

★ 1930 - Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1971)

★ 1930 - Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (d. 1998)

★ 1931 - Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999)

★ 1932 - Dominique Michel, French Canadian comedian

★ 1934 - Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994)

★ 1934 - Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer

★ 1936 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)

★ 1941 - Linda McCartney, American singer (d. 1998)

★ 1941 - John Mackey, National Football League player

★ 1942 - Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer

★ 1942 - Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)

★ 1945 - Lou Dobbs, American journalist

★ 1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player

★ 1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland

★ 1947 - Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor

★ 1948 - Gordon Clapp, American actor

★ 1948 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)

★ 1950 - Alan Colmes, American talk show host

★ 1950 - Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress

★ 1952 - Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999)

★ 1955 - Riccardo Illy, Italian politician

★ 1956 - Hubie Brooks, baseball player

★ 1958 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor

★ 1959 - Steve Whitmire, American voice actor

★ 1961 - Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster

★ 1961 - John Logan, American screenwriter

★ 1962 - Jack Dee, British comedian

★ 1962 - Mike Phelan, English former footballer

★ 1962 - Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress

★ 1964 - Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player

★ 1965 - Sean McNabb, American bassist

★ 1966 - Michael J. Varhola, American author

★ 1966 - Bernard Gilkey, baseball player

★ 1966 - Stacy Galina, American actress

★ 1969 - Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)

★ 1969 - Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer

★ 1969 - Megan Ward, American actress

★ 1969 - Goya Toledo, Spanish-born Mexican actress and model

★ 1971 - Kevin Millar, American baseball player

★ 1973 - Eddie George, American football player

★ 1974 - John McDonald, American baseball player

★ 1976 - Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler

★ 1978 - Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer

★ 1978 - Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant

★ 1980 - John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer

★ 1980 - Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornstar

★ 1980 - Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer

★ 1980 - Dean Canto, Australian racing driver

★ 1980 - Brian Lemon, Irish UFC Fighter

★ 1981 - Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver

★ 1982 - Morgan Hamm, American gymnast

★ 1982 - Paul Hamm, American gymnast

★ 1982 - Jeff Karstens, American baseball player

★ 1983 - Randy Foye, American basketball player

★ 1984 - Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writer

★ 1986 - Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television

★ 1987 - Matthew Connolly, English footballer

★ 1988 - Kyle Sullivan, American actor

Deaths

★ 366 - Pope Liberius

★ 768 - Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)

★ 1054 - Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)

★ 1118 - Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)

★ 1120 - Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)

★ 1143 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)

★ 1143 - Pope Innocent II

★ 1180 - Manuel I Comnenus, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)

★ 1213 - Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)

★ 1275 - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)

★ 1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (bc. 1370)

★ 1494 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)

★ 1541 - Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (b. 1493)

★ 1545 - Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (b. 1490)

★ 1605 - Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (bc. 1547)

★ 1621 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)

★ 1646 - Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (bc. 1565)

★ 1707 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)

★ 1732 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)

★ 1742 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)

★ 1802 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)

★ 1834 - Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (b. 1798)

★ 1896 - Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (b. 1818)

★ 1904 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)

★ 1930 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)

★ 1933 - Mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878)

★ 1933 - Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)

★ 1938 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)

★ 1939 - Carl Laemmle, German film producer (b. 1867)

★ 1945 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)

★ 1948 - Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)

★ 1954 - Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)

★ 1962 - Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (b. 1887)

★ 1975 - Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)

★ 1981 - Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)

★ 1982 - Sarah Churchill, British actress (b. 1914)

★ 1984 - Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)

★ 1991 - Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, American children's writer (b. 1904)

★ 1991 - Peter Bellamy, folk singer (b. 1944)

★ 1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)

★ 1993 - Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)

★ 2002 - Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (b. 1953)

★ 2002 - Mike Webster, National Football League player (b. 1952)

★ 2003 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)

★ 2003 - Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)

★ 2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)

★ 2005 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances

★ Late Roman Empire - start of the indiction year (at least since the time of Bede).

★ In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives.

★ Catholic Calendar: Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady of Walsingham.

★ Also see September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).

★ Guinea-Bissau - Independence Day (declared, from Portugal, 1973).

★ New Caledonia - Territorial Day.

★ England - Our Lady of Walsingham.

★ South Africa - Heritage Day.

★ Barcelona, Spain - La Mercè the festival for Barcelona's patron saint. A lot of art and musical activities.

★ Trinidad and Tobago - Republic Day (1976).

★ French Republican Calendar - Châtaigne (Chestnut) Day, third day in the Month of Vendémiaire.

External links

★ BBC: On This Day

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★ On This Day in Canada
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