Historical Events In September - 24

1972  On September - 24 antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22   

1973  Portuguese Guinea (Guinea-Bissau) declares independence on this day in history.   

1975  On September - 24 ian Hunter actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75   

1975  Clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71 on September - 24.   

1976  Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter on this day in history.   

1976  Rhodesia accepts an American and British plan for majority rule on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54   

1977  On September - 24 ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards   

1978  On September - 24 ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80   

1979  On September - 24 compuServe system started   

1981  Patsy Kelly actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1981  Patsy Kelly, actress (Brigid Murphy-Cop & the Kid), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1982  Sarah Churchill actress, dies at 67 on September - 24.   

1982  Tennis great Bj”rn B”rg retires at 26 on this day in history.   

1982  On September - 24 uS, Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon   

1982  Sarah Churchill, actress (Royal Wedding, Spring Meeting), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1983  Isobel Baillie, oratorio singer, dies on September - 24.   

1984  Neil Hamilton actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85 on September - 24.   

1984  Paul McCartney releases "No More Lonely Nights" on September - 24.   

1984  Neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85 on September - 24.   

1985  Apollo Computer Inc. lays off 300 employees on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)   

1988  On this day in history barbara C Harris of Mass, elected first woman Episcopal bishop   

1988  Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec on this day in history.   

1990  South African president F.W. de Klerk meets Pres Bush in Wash DC on September - 24.   

1990  Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market on this day in history.   

1990  On September - 24 jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34   

1991  On this day in history "Good & Evil" & "Sibs" premiers on ABC TV   

1991  On September - 24 doogie Howser loses his virginity (only on TV would this be an event)   

1991  Theodore Geisel, better known as children's author Doctor Seuss, dies of cancer in La Jolla, CA, at age 87 on this day in history.   

1991  Mary Lawrence, actress (Best Man), dies of respiratory failure at 73 on September - 24.   

1993  On September - 24 america and the Commonwealth lift trade sanctions against South Africa   

1993  Zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89 on September - 24.   

1994  Colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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0015  On September - 24 birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on September - 24.   

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  On September - 24 birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

1625  Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland was born on September - 24.   

0366  On this day in history liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

0768  Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on September - 24.   

0786  On September - 24 al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies   

0911  On September - 24 ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies   

1054  On September - 24 death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  On this day in history death of robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)   

1120  Death of Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) on September - 24.   

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