September 24

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). There are 98 days remaining.

Events

• 622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina
• 1493 - Christopher Columbus departs on his second expedition to the New World
• 1664 - Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England
• 1789 - Supreme Court of the United States and the position of United States Attorney General established
• 1789 - United States Post Office Department established
• 1841 - Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain
• 1852 - The first airship is displayed
• 1869 - "Black Friday". Gold prices plummet as Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
• 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 succeded by Alfred Deakin.
• 1908 - The first Ford Model T is built
• 1948 - Honda Motor Company founded
• 1957 - President Dwight Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation.
• 1961 - The old Deutsche Opernhaus in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg returned to its newly rebuilt house as the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
• 1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith
• 1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal
• 1991 - Nirvana releases Nevermind.
• 1993 - Broderbund releases the computer game Myst.

Births

• 15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
• 1534 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
• 1564 - William Adams, British navigator and Japanese samurai (d. 1620)
• 1717 - Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
• 1755 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1835)
• 1857 - Richard Mansfield , actor (d. 1907)
• 1871 - Lottie Dod, English athlete
• 1878 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
• 1890 - A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
• 1894 - Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)
• 1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
• 1905:
  • Howard Hughes, American aviator, inventor, film producer, eccentric (d. 1976)
  • Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1921 - Jim McKay, American sports commentator
• 1923 - Ladislav Fuks, Czech writer (d. 1994)
• 1931 - Anthony Newley, British actor, singer (d. 1999)
• 1936 - Jim Henson, American creator of the Muppets (d. 1990)
• 1941 - Linda McCartney, American singer and animal rights activist (d. 1998)
• 1942 - Gerry Marsden, singer ("Gerry and the Pacemakers")
• 1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
• 1948 - Phil Hartman, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1948 - James Sherriffs, American teacher, scholar
• 1951 - Pedro Almodovar, Spanish movie director
• 1952 - Mark Sandman , musician and lead singer of Morphine (band) (d. 1999)
• 1956 - Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
• 1958 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor
• 1959 - Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
• 1962 - Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress, writer, comedienne
• 1969 - Donald DeGrate, Jr. aka Devante Swing, R&B music producer
• 1976 - Stephanie McMahon, American WWE performer
• 1982:
  • Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
  • Paul Hamm, American gymnast, gold medalist at 2004 Olympic games

Deaths

• 366 - Pope Liberius
• 768 - Pippin the Short, King of the Franks
• 1143 - Pope Innocent II
• 1545 - Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz
• 1904 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician
• 1930 - William A. MacCorkle, governor of West Virginia
• 1939 - Carl Laemmle, film producer
• 1973 - Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, winner of the Nobel Prize
• 1980 - John Bonham, Drummer for Led Zeppelin
• 1991 - Dr. Seuss, American children's writer
• 2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer

Holidays

• South Africa - Heritage Day
• In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives
• Barcelona Spain - La Mercè the festival for Barcelona's patron saint. A lot of art and musical activities: Festival Website

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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