September 24
September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 622 – Prophet Muhammad completes his hijra from Mecca to Medina.
- 1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
- 1645 – Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles
- 1664 – The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
- 1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
- 1780 – Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold's plot to surrender West Point.
- 1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 1841 – The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
- 1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
- 1853 – Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
- 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.
- 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
- 1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
- 1932 – Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
- 1935 – Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
- 1937 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
- 1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
- 1946 – Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy.
- 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, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
- 1960 – USS Enterprise (CVN-65), the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
- 1962 – United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
- 1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
- 1968 – Swaziland joins the United Nations.
- 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1979 – Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
- 1988 – National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
- 1990 – Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.
- 1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
- 2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
- 2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
- 2008 – The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1,389 feet (423 m), at the time becoming the world's highest residence above ground-level.
- 2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of LRAD in U.S. history.
Births
- 15 – Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
- 1301 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of 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)
- 1725 – 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)
- 1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (d. 1875)
- 1801 – Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)
- 1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
- 1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
- 1829 – Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885)
- 1858 – Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939)
- 1859 – Julius Klengel, cellist and composer (d. 1933)
- 1870 – Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (d. 1960)
- 1871 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
- 1878 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
- 1880 – Sarah Knauss, Oldest lived American to date (d. 1999)
- 1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, Founder of Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934)
- 1884 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)
- 1884 – Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)
- 1890 – Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)
- 1890 – A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
- 1892 – Adélard Godbout, premier of Québec (d. 1956)
- 1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues singer and guitarist from Texas (d. 1929)
- 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)
- 1900 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Islamic religious leader and politician (d. 1989)
- 1905 – Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
- 1906 – Leonard Marsh, Canadian social scientist and professor (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Ben Oakland, American composer, lyricist and pianist (d. 1979)
- 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)
- 1913 – Herb Jeffries, American jazz singer
- 1914 – Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
- 1914 – Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1991)
- 1917 – Arthur W. Lehman, American euphonium soloist (d. 2009)
- 1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1919 – Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004)
- 1920 – Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
- 1921 – Jim McKay, American sportscaster (d. 2008)
- 1922 – Jack Costanzo, American percussionist
- 1922 – Ettore Bastianini, Italian opera singer
- 1922 – Bert I. Gordon, American film director
- 1922 – Cornell MacNeil, American operatic baritone
- 1923 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1923 – Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)
- 1924 – Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
- 1924 – Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1924 – Sheila MacRae, singer & actress
- 1924 – Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress
- 1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
- 1927 – Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999)
- 1929 – John Carter (jazz musician), American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player (d. 1991)
- 1929 – Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician
- 1930 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (d. 1998)
- 1930 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977)
- 1930 – John W. Young, American astronaut
- 1931 – Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999)
- 1931 – Mike Parkes, British Formula One driver (d. 1977)
- 1932 – Dominique Michel, Canadian comedian
- 1933 – Raffaele Farina, Archivist of the Roman Catholic Church and cardinal
- 1933 – Mel Taylor, American musician (The Ventures) (d. 1996)
- 1934 – Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer
- 1934 – John Brunner, British author (d. 1995)
- 1934 – Chick Willis, American blues singer
- 1934 – Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994)
- 1935 – Sean McCann, Canadian actor
- 1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)
- 1937 – Takis Loukanidis, Greek footballer
- 1938 – Steve Douglas (saxophonist), American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist (d. 1993)
- 1939 – Wayne Henderson (musician), jazz trombonist and record producer
- 1940 – Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994)
- 1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer and photographer (d. 1998)
- 1941 – John Mackey, football player
- 1942 – Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer
- 1942 – Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
- 1944 – Diana Körner, German actress
- 1945 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist and television anchor
- 1945 – John Rutter, British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer
- 1946 – "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player
- 1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
- 1946 – Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer, member of Fotheringay, Fairport Convention and The Hellecasters
- 1946 – César Pedroso, Cuban pianist with Orquesta Revé and Los Van Van
- 1946 – Uschi Obermaier, German model and actress
- 1947 – Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor
- 1948 – Gordon Clapp, American actor
- 1948 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)
- 1948 – Garth Porter, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer, member of pop group Sherbet
- 1949 – Bill Connors, American jazz musician
- 1950 – Alan Colmes, American talk show host
- 1950 – Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer
- 1950 – Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
- 1951 – Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar
- 1952 – Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer
- 1952 – Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999)
- 1952 – Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (d. 2008)
- 1955 – Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
- 1956 – Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
- 1957 – Tod Howarth, American rock musician
- 1957 – Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
- 1958 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
- 1959 – Theo Paphitis, Cyprus-born British entrepreneur
- 1959 – Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer and voice actor
- 1960 – Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host
- 1961 – Allen Bestwick, NASCAR broadcaster
- 1961 – John Logan, American screenwriter
- 1961 – Luc Picard, Canadian writer
- 1961 – Jack Dee, British comedian
- 1962 – Rosamund Kwan, Hong Kong actress
- 1962 – Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
- 1962 – Mike Phelan, English 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)
- 1965 – Janet Weiss, American drummer (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- 1966 – Stacy Galina, American actress
- 1966 – Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player
- 1966 – Stefan Molyneux, Canadian philosopher
- 1966 – Michael J. Varhola, American author
- 1967 – William So, Hong Kong Singer
- 1969 – Shawn Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1969 – Shamim Sarif, English novelist and filmmaker
- 1969 – Paul Ray Smith, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2003)
- 1969 – DeVante Swing, American music producer
- 1969 – Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model
- 1969 – Megan Ward, American actress
- 1969 – Lisa Matthews, American model
- 1971 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
- 1971 – Mike Michalowicz, American author and entrepreneur
- 1971 – Kevin Millar, American baseball player
- 1971 – Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve)
- 1973 – Eddie George, American football player
- 1973 – Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player
- 1974 – John McDonald, American baseball player
- 1975 – Mike Gallay, Canadian comedian and filmmaker
- 1975 – Kyle Turley, American football player
- 1976 – Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
- 1976 – Georgios Georgiou, Greek footballer
- 1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American professional wrestler
- 1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer
- 1978 – Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
- 1979 – Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
- 1979 – Justin Bruening, American actor
- 1979 – Katja Kassin, German pornographic actress
- 1979 – Kim Jong Min, Korean singer
- 1979 – Jenny Platt, English Actress
- 1979 – Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian
- 1979 – Casey Johnson, American heiress and socialite (d. 2010)
- 1980 – Daniele Bennati, Italian road racing cyclist
- 1980 – Dean Canto, Australian racing driver
- 1980 – Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornographic actress
- 1980 – Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
- 1980 – John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
- 1981 – Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver
- 1981 – Drew Gooden, American basketball player
- 1981 – Fernanda Urrejola, Chilean actress
- 1982 – Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
- 1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast
- 1982 – Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
- 1983 – Randy Foye, American basketball player
- 1983 – Liam Finn, New Zealand musician and songwriter
- 1984 – Tyrone Maria, Curaçao footballer
- 1984 – Taylor Eigsti, American jazz pianist and composer
- 1985 – Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress
- 1986 – Leah Dizon, American model and singer
- 1987 – Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
- 1988 – Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Kyle Sullivan, American actor
- 1991 – Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
Deaths
- 366 – Pope Liberius
- 768 – Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)
- 1054 – Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
- 1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
- 1143 – Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
- 1143 – Pope Innocent II
- 1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
- 1213 – Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
- 1218 – Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)
- 1228 – Stefan Nemanjić, Serbian King (b. 1165)
- 1275 – Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
- 1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (b. c.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 (b. c.1547)
- 1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
- 1646 – Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (b. c.1565)
- 1707 – Vincenzo 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)
- 1889 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and parachutist (b. 1856)
- 1892 – Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer (b. 1829)
- 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)
- 1929 – Prince Mahidol of the Kingdom of Thailand (b. 1892)
- 1930 – William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
- 1933 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player (b. 1878)
- 1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
- 1936 – József Klekl, Slovene writer and journalist (b. 1879)
- 1938 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
- 1939 – Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer (b. 1867)
- 1945 – Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
- 1948 – Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1950 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
- 1954 – Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)
- 1962 – Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (b. 1887)
- 1973 – Josué de Castro, Brazilian writer, physician, geographer and activist against hunger (b. 1908)
- 1975 – Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
- 1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German army general and politician (b. 1897)
- 1981 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
- 1982 – Sarah Churchill, British actress and the daughter of Winston Churchill (b. 1914)
- 1984 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1991 – Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), American children's writer (b. 1904)
- 1991 – Peter Bellamy, British folk singer (b. 1944)
- 1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
- 1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
- 1994 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer (b. 1932)
- 1996 – Zeki Müren, Turkish musician (b. 1931)
- 1998 – Jeff Moss, American puppeteer (b. 1942)
- 2002 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (b. 1953)
- 2002 – Mike Webster, American football 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)
- 2006 – Michael Ferguson, Irish politician (b. 1953)
- 2006 – Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and athlete (b. 1909)
- 2008 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2009 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist (b. 1975)
- 2009 – Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
- 2010 – Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
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