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 September - 24 premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin)   

1923  On September - 24 ladislav Fuks, writer   

1924  On September - 24 boston, Massachusetts opens its airport   

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  Richard Swift, composer on September - 24.   

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  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  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  On September - 24 george McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1939  Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR   

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

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 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 this day in history soviet forces reconquer Smolensk   

1946  On this day in history yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs   

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

1301  On September - 24 birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

1501  On this day in history birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)   

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

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on this day in history.   

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0366  On September - 24 liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

0768  On this day in history 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  On September - 24 death of hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)   

1118  On this day in history death of robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)   

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