Historical Events In September - 24

1972  Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 on this day in history.   

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

1975  Ian Hunter actor (Sir Richard-Robin Hood), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1975  On September - 24 clive Morton, actor (Goodbye Mr Chips, Moonraker), dies at 71   

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

1976  On September - 24 rhodesia accepts an American and British plan for majority rule   

1976  On September - 24 bruno VeSota, actor/director (Chopper, Teenage Doll), dies at 54   

1977  Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history ruth Etting, US dancer/singer (Ziegfeld Follies), dies at 80   

1979  On this day in history compuServe system started   

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

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 September - 24.   

1982  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history neil Hamilton actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85   

1984  Paul McCartney releases "No More Lonely Nights" on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history neil Hamilton, actor (Com Gordon-Batman), dies of asthma at 85   

1985  On this day in history apollo Computer Inc. lays off 300 employees   

1985  Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m) on September - 24.   

1988  On September - 24 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  Jay Currin, stuntman/actor (Back to the Beach, Serial), dies at 34 on this day in history.   

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

1991  Doogie Howser loses his virginity (only on TV would this be an event) on this day in history.   

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

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  On September - 24 zita Johann, Hungarian/US actress (Mummy), dies at 89   

1994  On September - 24 colin Berry Haycraft, publisher, dies at 65   

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0015  On this day in history birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

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

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on September - 24.   

1513  On this day in history birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  On September - 24 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  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 this day in history.   

0768  Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  On September - 24 death of robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)   

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 this day in history.