September 24

September 24 in recent years

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2007 (Monday)

2006 (Sunday)

2005 (Saturday)

2004 (Friday)

2003 (Wednesday)

2002 (Tuesday)

2001 (Monday)

2000 (Sunday)

September 24 is the 268th day of the year (269th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 97 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events[]

622 - Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.
1664 - The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
1789 - The office of the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the United States Post Office Department are established.
1841 - The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain.
1852 - The first airship is displayed.
1869 - "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
1877 - Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
1890 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1903 - Edmund Barton steps down as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by Alfred Deakin.
1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument.
1935 - Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia
1946 - Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong
1947 - Majestic 12 is allegedly established by secret executive order of President Harry Truman
1948 - The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1950 - Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A Blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe.
1957 - Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, to enforce desegregation.
1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1988 - Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson beats Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in the 100 metres sprint in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping.)
1990 - Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn
1994 - National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
2007 - Iranian Presidednt Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a controversial speech on the campus of Columbia University.

Births[]

15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
1301 - Ralph Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
1501 - Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (d. 1576)
1513 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)
1534 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
1564 - William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)
1583 - Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634)
1625 - Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
1705 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
1717 - Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
1724 - Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
1739 - Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)
1755 - John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1835)
1801 - Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)
1802 - Adolphe d'Archaic, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
1817 - Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
1829 - Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885)
1857 - Richard Mansfield, German-born actor (d. 1907)
1870 - Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (d. 1960)
1871 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
1878 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
1884 - Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)
1884 - Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)
1890 - A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
1890 - Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)
1892 - Adélard Godbout, premier of Québec (d. 1956)
1894 - Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)
1895 - André Frédéric Cournand, French Nobel Laureate (d. 1988)
1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
1898 - Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (d. 1968)
1899 - Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970)
1900 - Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
1905 - Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
1909 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (d. 1966)
1910 - Jean Servais, Belgian actor (d. 1976)
1911 - Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985)
1912 - Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997)
1914 - Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
1918 - Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
1919 - Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004)
1921 - Jim McKay, American sports commentator
1921 - Sheila MacRae, singer & actress
1922 - Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998)
1922 - Cornell MacNeil, American baritone
1923 - Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
1923 - Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)
1924 - Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
1925 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
1927 - Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999)
1929 - Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician
1930 - John W. Young, American astronaut
1930 - Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977)
1930 - Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (d. 1998)
1931 - Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999)
1931 - Mike Parkes, British Formula One driver (d. 1977)
1932 - Dominique Michel, French Canadian comedian
1934 - Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994)
1934 - Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer
1934 - John Brunner, British autor (d. 1995)
1935 - Sean McCann, Canadian actor
1936 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)
1940 - Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994)
1941 - Linda McCartney, American singer (d. 1998)
1941 - John Mackey, National Football League player
1942 - Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer
1942 - Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
1944 - Diana Körner, German actress
1945 - Lou Dobbs, American journalist
1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player
1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
1947 - Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor
1948 - Gordon Clapp, American actor
1948 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)
1948 - Heinz Chur, German composer
1950 - Alan Colmes, American talk show host
1950 - Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
1952 - Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999)
1955 - Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
1956 - Hubie Brooks, Baseball player
1958 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor
1959 - Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
1961 - Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster
1961 - John Logan, American screenwriter
1962 - Jack Dee, British comedian
1962 - Mike Phelan, English former footballer
1962 - Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress
1964 - Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player
1965 - Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords)
1966 - Michael J. Varhola, American author
1966 - Bernard Gilkey, Baseball player
1966 - Stacy Galina, American actress
1969 - Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
1969 - Donald DeGrate, American music producer
1969 - Megan Ward, American actress
1969 - Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model
1971 - Kevin Millar, American baseball player
1971 - Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve)
1973 - Eddie George, American football player
1974 - John McDonald, American baseball player
1976 - Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler
1976 - Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
1977 - Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer
1978 - Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
1978 - Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant
1979 - Jose Paulo Hardy, Web Designer
1979 - Katja Kassin, German pornographic actress
1979 - Fabio Aurelio, Brazilian footballer
1978 - Ross Matthews, American television personality and comedian
1980 - John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
1980 - Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornstar
1980 - Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
1980 - Dean Canto, Australian racing driver
1980 - Brian Lemon, Irish UFC Fighter
1980 - Daniele Bennati, Italian professional road racing cyclist
1981 - Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver
1982 - Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
1982 - Paul Hamm, American gymnast
1982 - Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
1983 - Randy Foye, American basketball player
1984 - Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writer
1986 - Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television
1987 - Matthew Connolly, English footballer
1987 - Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
1988 - Kyle Sullivan, American actor
1988 - Lisa Wang, American gymnast
1995 - Andy Shemelzman, American scholar

Deaths[]

366 - Pope Liberius
768 - Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)
1054 - Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
1118 - Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)
1120 - Welf II (b. 1072)
1143 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV (b. 1072)
1143 - Pope Innocent II
1180 - Manuel I Comnenus, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
1213 - Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
1275 - Humphrey de Bohun, Constable of England (b. 1208)
1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (bc. 1370)
1494 - Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
1541 - Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (b. 1493)
1545 - Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (b. 1490)
1605 - Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (bc. 1547)
1621 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
1646 - Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (bc. 1565)
1707 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
1732 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1742 - Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
1802 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
1834 - Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (b. 1798)
1896 - Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (b. 1818)
1904 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
1930 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1933 - Mike Donlin, baseball player (b. 1878)
1933 - Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
1938 - Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
1939 - Carl Laemmle, German film producer (b. 1867)
1945 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
1948 - Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
1954 - Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)
1962 - Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (b. 1887)
1975 - Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
1981 - Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
1982 - Sarah Churchill, British actress (b. 1914)
1984 - Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
1991 - Theodore Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, American children's writer (b. 1904)
1991 - Peter Bellamy, folk singer (b. 1944)
1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
1993 - Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
2002 - Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (b. 1953)
2002 - Mike Webster, National Football League player (b. 1952)
2003 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
2003 - Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
2005 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)

Holidays and observances[]

Late Roman Empire - start of the indiction year (at least since the time of Bede).
In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives.
Catholic Calendar: Our Lady of Mercy and Our Lady of Walsingham.
Also see September 24.
Guinea-Bissau - Independence Day (declared, from Portugal, 1973).
New Caledonia - Territorial Day.
England - Our Lady of Walsingham.
South Africa - Heritage Day.
Barcelona, Spain - La Mercè the festival for Barcelona's patron saint. A lot of art and musical activities.
Trinidad and Tobago - Republic Day (1976).
French Republican Calendar - Châtaigne (Chestnut) Day, third day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
Kings Day - Celebrating Birthday of Rajadhiraja,Sriraj.

External links[]

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127 Familypedia people were born on September 24

	Father	Mother
Adrianus Adrianusz (1693-)	Adrianus Adrianusz (1660-)	Gertrudis Schout (1657-)
Eleazer Alden (1694-1773)	Joseph Alden (1668-1747)	Hannah Dunham (1670-1748)
Brigham Young Allred (1862-1949)	James Tillmon Sanford Allred (1825-1905)	Elizabeth Bridget Manwaring (1821-1866)
Elizabeth Jane Ames (1817-1850)	Simon Eames (1790-1841)	Jane Robinson (1793-1842)
Olive Andrews (1818-1879)	John Andrews (1791-1886)	Mary Morse (1791-)
Millard Andrus (1856-1936)	Milo Andrus (1814-1893)	Jane Lancaster Munday (1832-1900)
Katharina von Sachsen-Lauenburg-Ratzeburg (1513-1535)	Magnus I. von Sachsen-Lauenburg (1470-1543)	Katharina von Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel (1488-1563)
Mary Barnard (1609-1683)	Richard Barnard (1568-1641)	Mary Bernard (1570-1665)
Lucreece Bassano (1556-1632)	Antonio Bassano (1511-1574)	Ellena De Nazzi (1515-1571)
Johann Georg Beingesser (1761-1823)	Johannes Georgius Beingesser (1718-)	Barbara Frantz (-)
Elizabeth Benedict (1791-1849)	John Benedict (1741-1808)	Marcy White (1759-)
Sarah Benkner (1766-1831)
Robert Bent (1566-1631)
Everard Vivian Abraham Blundell (1895-1964)	John Blundell (1843-1927)	Phoebe Anna Shumack (1857-1943)
Abigail Bradford (1728-1768)	Gamaliel Bradford (1704-1778)	Abigail Bartlett (1703-1776)
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133 Familypedia people died on September 24

	Father	Mother	Age at death
Trijn Andries (1690-1746)			56
Elizabeth Adair (1756-1823)
Herman Elisha Adair (1883-1958)	Elisha Young Adair (1832-1903)	Lucy Frances Freeman (1846-1931)
Ebenezer Adams (1744-1820)	John Adams (1714-1806)	Thankful Washburn (1714-1805)
Emma Adlam (1854-1913)	Matthew Adlam (-1908)	Eliza	59
Mahidol Adulyadej (1892-1929)	Chulalongkorn the Great (1853-1910)	Savang Vadhana (1862-1955)
Samuel Alger (1786-1874)	John Alger (1750-1800)	Elizabeth Humes (1746-1791)
Brigham Young Allred (1862-1949)	James Tillmon Sanford Allred (1825-1905)	Elizabeth Bridget Manwaring (1821-1866)
Elizabeth Diantha Allred (1852-1942)	James Tillmon Sanford Allred (1825-1905)	Elizabeth Bridget Manwaring (1821-1866)
James Burr Allred (1899-1959)	Almond Renne Allred (1864-1949)	Mary Magdalene Henson (1871-1954)
María Julia Alsogaray (1942-2017)	Álvaro Carlos Alsogaray (1913-2005)	Edith Lea Ana Gay (1919-2004)
Heinrich Adolf von Bardeleben (1819-1895)	Johann August Andreas Schwager (c1790-1822)	Friederike Dorothea Ulrike Jochmuß (c1800-1822)
Joshua Bates (1788-1864)	Joshua Bates (1755-1804)	Tirzah Pratt (1764-1841)
Warren Wallace Beckwith (1874-1955)	Warren Winslow Beckwith (1833-1905)	Luzenia Wallace Porter (1841-1880)
John Bennion (1786-1846)	William Bennion (1760-1839)	Elizabeth Eubale (1755-1824)
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103 Familypedia people were first married on September 24

	Father	Mother	Joined with
Franz Ferdinand von Hohenberg (1969-)	Franz Ferdinand von Hohenberg (1937-1978)	Heide Zechling (1941-)	Christiane Pirker (1970-)
Richard Allyn (1563-1651)	Matthew Allyn (1536-1566)	Katherine Allyn (1536-1565)	Margaret Wyatt (1557-1642)
Frank Leonard Andrews (1881-1936)	William Andrews (c1844-1928)	Ellen Hillier (1852-1923)	Mary Ann Argent (1877-1944)
Constance of Aragon (1318-1346)	Alfonso IV of Aragon (1299-1336)	Teresa of Entença (1300-1327)	Jaime III de Mallorca (1315-1349)
Jaime III de Mallorca (1315-1349)	Ferran de Mallorca (1278-1316)	Isabelle de Sabran (?-1315)	Constance of Aragon (1318-1346)
Mary Ann Argent (1877-1944)	John George Argent (1854-1918)	Mary Ann Chivell (1853-1939)	Frank Leonard Andrews (1881-1936)
Lewis Cass Austin (1859-1926)	Jesse Austin (1815-1904)	Sarah Ann Chaney (c1822-1869)	Floretta J. Mann (1856-1887)
George Henry Avery (1847-1928)	John Abel Avery (1798-1880)	Charlotte Emma Davis (1808-1874)	Rachel Cook (1854-1895)+Ellen Baker (1873-1947)
Timothy Baldwin (1691-1757)	Samuel Baldwin (1655-1696)	Abigail Baldwin (1658-1739)	Bathsheba Stone (1695-1776)
Sarah Mary Bartlett (1612-1691)			Christopher Grant (1608-1685)
Thomas Kinnicut Beecher (1824-1900)	Lyman Beecher (1775-1863)	Harriet Porter (1790-1835)	Olivia Day (1826-1853)+Frances Juliana Jones (1826-1905)
John Bennion (1786-1846)	William Bennion (1760-1839)	Elizabeth Eubale (1755-1824)	Elizabeth Roberts (1790-1830)
Mavis Adelina Blanch (1913-1995)	Bernard Blanch (1888-1964)	Lilly May Pitts (1892-1931)	Charles Edward Moore (1911-2001)
Amy Louisa Botting (1917-1995)	Charles Henry Botting (1884)	Elizabeth May Tullett (1885)	Gordon Walter Maynard (1915-1995)
John Thomas Burgess (1844-1899)	Thomas Burgess	Mary Ann Cadwallader	Phebe Eliza Laffoon
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