Historical Events In September - 24

1922  On September - 24 neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky  

1922  Cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata) on this day in history.  

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

1923  On September - 24 ladislav Fuks, writer  

1924  Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport on this day in history.  

1924  On September - 24 jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge  

1926  On this day in history 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  On September - 24 cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC  

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

1929  Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in the first all-instrument flight on this day in history.  

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

1929  George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University) on September - 24.  

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

1931  On September - 24 round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks  

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

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

1938  On September - 24 alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title  

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

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  Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR on this day in history.  

1941  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs  

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

1948  On this day in history mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC  

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

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

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

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

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

0366  Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies on September - 24.  

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

0786  Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies on September - 24.  

0911  Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies on this day in history.  

1054  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on this day in history.  

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on September - 24.  

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

1143  On September - 24 innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies