Page 5: Historical Events In September - 24

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

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

1923  On September - 24 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 September - 24.   

1924  Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge on September - 24.   

1926  Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 on September - 24.   

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

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

1927  Richard Swift, composer on September - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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  George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University) on September - 24.   

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  NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA on September - 24.   

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

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

1935  On this day in history 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 September - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history soviet forces reconquer Smolensk   

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

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

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

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

1534  On September - 24 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  On this day in history birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

1625  On September - 24 birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland   

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

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 this day in history ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies   

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

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  Innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies on September - 24.