Historical Events In September - 24

1922  Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky on September - 24.  

1922  On September - 24 cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata)  

1923  On this day in history premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin)  

1923  Ladislav Fuks, writer on September - 24.  

1924  Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport on September - 24.  

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  On this day in history nHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs  

1927  On September - 24 nHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs  

1927  On September - 24 richard Swift, composer  

1928  On this day in history cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC  

1929  On this day in history lieutenant James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle pilots a biplane over Mitchel Field in New York to make the first all-instrument flight.  

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 September - 24 lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight  

1929  George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University) on this day in history.  

1930  On this day in history g Kaufman & M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY  

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 September - 24.  

1932  On this day in history nY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA  

1934  On September - 24 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium  

1934  Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 on September - 24.  

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

1938  Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title on September - 24.  

1939  On this day in history carl Laenmie, film producer, dies  

1940  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 on September - 24.  

1940  Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR on September - 24.  

1941  9 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter on this day in history.  

1941  Nine Allied governments pledge adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter on September - 24.  

1942  3,000 Tuczyn Jews are killed after resisting and escaping a Nazi attack. Only 15 survive on September - 24.  

1942  On September - 24 general Blamey assumes command of Allied Land Forces in New Guinea  

1942  On this day in history 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  

1943  On September - 24 soviet forces reconquer Smolensk  

1946  Yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs on this day in history.  

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

1948  On September - 24 mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC  

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0015  On this day in history 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 September - 24.  

1513  Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535) was born on September - 24.  

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on September - 24.  

1564  On September - 24 birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)  

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

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

0366  Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies on this day in history.  

0768  On September - 24 pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53  

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  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on this day in history.  

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on this day in history.  

1120  On September - 24 death of welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)  

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