Historical Events In September - 24

1922  On this day in history neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky   

1922  On this day in history cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata)   

1923  On September - 24 premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin)   

1923  Ladislav Fuks, writer on September - 24.   

1924  On September - 24 boston, Massachusetts opens its airport   

1924  On this day in history jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge   

1926  On September - 24 cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4   

1927  NHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs on this day in history.   

1927  NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs on September - 24.   

1927  On September - 24 richard Swift, composer   

1928  Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC on September - 24.   

1929  Lieutenant James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle pilots a biplane over Mitchel Field in New York to make the first all-instrument flight on September - 24.   

1929  On September - 24 lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in the first all-instrument flight   

1929  On this day in history lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight   

1929  On this day in history george McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)   

1930  G Kaufman & M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY on this day in history.   

1931  Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks on this day in history.   

1932  NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA on this day in history.   

1934  2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium on this day in history.   

1934  On September - 24 edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69   

1935  Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi on September - 24.   

1938  On this day in history alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title   

1939  Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies on September - 24.   

1940  On this day in history the Cdn. Navy received 6 former US Navy "4 stackers" destroyers and renames them HMCS Annapolis, Columbia,Niagra, St. Clair ST. Croix and St. Francis   

1940  On September - 24 jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR   

1941  On September - 24 9 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter   

1941  On September - 24 nine Allied governments pledge adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter   

1942  3,000 Tuczyn Jews are killed after resisting and escaping a Nazi attack. Only 15 survive on this day in history.   

1942  General Blamey assumes command of Allied Land Forces in New Guinea on September - 24.   

1942  HMS SOMALI lost north of Iceland after being stuck by 1 torpedo from German U.703 on 20th in Greenland Sea.floundered while being towed by 'Ashanti', went down in bad weather, 45 men lost on this day in history.   

1943  On September - 24 soviet forces reconquer Smolensk   

1946  Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs on September - 24.   

1948  On September - 24 mildred Gillars, charged with treason as Nazi radio propagandist Axis Sally, pleads innocent in Washington, DC.   

1948  Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC on September - 24.   

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0015  Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on September - 24.   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on this day in history.   

1501  On September - 24 birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)   

1513  On this day in history birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  On this day in history birth of guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)   

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

1583  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on this day in history.   

1625  On this day in history birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland   

0366  On September - 24 liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

0768  Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

0786  On this day in history al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies   

0911  Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies on September - 24.   

1054  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on September - 24.   

1118  On September - 24 death of robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)   

1120  Death of Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) on this day in history.   

1143  On this day in history innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies