Historical Events In September - 24

1922  Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky on September - 24.   

1922  Cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata) on September - 24.   

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

1923  Ladislav Fuks, writer on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history boston, Massachusetts opens its airport   

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 September - 24.   

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

1927  Richard Swift, composer on September - 24.   

1928  On this day in history cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC   

1929  On September - 24 lieutenant James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle pilots a biplane over Mitchel Field in New York to make the first all-instrument flight.   

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 September - 24.   

1929  George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University) on this day in history.   

1930  On September - 24 g Kaufman & M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY   

1931  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history 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 September - 24.   

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 September - 24.   

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

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on this day in history.   

1501  Girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545) was born on this day in history.   

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

0768  On September - 24 pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53   

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

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

1120  On this day in history death of welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)   

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