Page 5: Historical Events In September - 24

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

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

1923  Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) on September - 24.   

1923  Ladislav Fuks, writer on this day in history.   

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

1924  Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge on this day in history.   

1926  Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history nHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs   

1927  On this day in history nHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs   

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 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 September - 24 george McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)   

1930  G Kaufman & M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY on September - 24.   

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  On September - 24 nY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA   

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

1934  Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1935  Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi on this day in history.   

1938  Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title on this day in history.   

1939  On September - 24 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  On September - 24 jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR   

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

1941  Nine Allied governments pledge adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter on this day in history.   

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

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

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  Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk on this day in history.   

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

1948  Mildred Gillars, charged with treason as Nazi radio propagandist Axis Sally, pleads innocent in Washington, DC on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1301  On this day in history birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

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

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

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

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

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.