Page 5: 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 this day in history.   

1923  On September - 24 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  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  NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs on September - 24.   

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  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 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 this day in history george McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)   

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

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 September - 24.   

1932  NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA on this day in history.   

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

1934  On September - 24 edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69   

1935  Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi on September - 24.   

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

1939  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1940  Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR on September - 24.   

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 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 this day in history.   

1948  On September - 24 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 September - 24 birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1301  Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372) was born on September - 24.   

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

1513  Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535) was born on this day in history.   

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on September - 24.   

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on September - 24.   

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  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  Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies on this day in history.   

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  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