September 24

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). There are 98 days remaining.

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Events

• 622 – Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina
• 1493 – Christopher Columbus departs on his second expedition to the New World
• 1664 – Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England
• 1789 – Supreme Court of the United States and the position of United States Attorney General established
• 1789 – United States Post Office Department established
• 1841 – Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain
• 1852 – The first airship is displayed
• 1869 – "Black Friday". Gold prices plummet as Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
• 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 succeded by Alfred Deakin.
• 1908 – The first Ford Model T is built
• 1948 – Honda Motor Company founded
• 1957 – President Dwight Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation.
• 1961 – The old Deutsche Opernhaus in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg returned to its newly rebuilt house as the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
• 1962 – United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith
• 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal
• 1991 – Nirvana releases Nevermind.
• 1993 – Broderbund releases the computer game Myst.

Births

• 15 – Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
• 1534 – Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
• 1564 – William Adams, British navigator and Japanese samurai (d. 1620)
• 1717 – Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
• 1755 – John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1835)
• 1857 – Richard Mansfield, actor (d. 1907)
• 1871 – Lottie Dod, English athlete
• 1878 – C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
• 1890 – A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
• 1894 – Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)
• 1896 – F Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
• 1905 – Howard Hughes, American aviator, inventor, film producer, eccentric (d. 1976)
• 1905 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1921 – Jim McKay, American sports commentator
• 1923  – Ladislav Fuks, Czech writer (d. 1994)
• 1931 – Anthony Newley, British actor, singer (d. 1999)
• 1936 – Jim Henson, American creator of the Muppets (d. 1990)
• 1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer and animal rights activist (d. 1998)
• 1942 – Gerry Marsden, singer ("Gerry and the Pacemakers")
• 1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
• 1948 – Phil Hartman, American actor (d. 1998)
• 1948 – James Sherriffs, American teacher, scholar
• 1951 – Pedro Almodovar, Spanish movie director
• 1952 – Mark Sandman, musician and lead singer of Morphine (band) (d. 1999)
• 1956 – Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
• 1958 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
• 1959 – Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
• 1962 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress, writer, comedienne
• 1969 – Donald DeGrate, Jr. aka Devante Swing, R&B music producer
• 1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American WWE performer
• 1982 – Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
• 1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast, gold medalist at 2004 Olympic games

Deaths

• 366 – Pope Liberius
• 768 – Pippin the Short, King of the Franks
• 1143 – Pope Innocent II
• 1545 – Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz
• 1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician
• 1930 – William A. MacCorkle, governor of West Virginia
• 1939 – Carl Laemmle, film producer
• 1973 – Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet, winner of the Nobel Prize
• 1980 – John Bonham, Drummer for Led Zeppelin
• 1991 – Dr. Seuss, American children's writer
• 2004 – Françoise Sagan, French writer

Holidays

• South Africa – Heritage Day
• In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives
• Barcelona Spain – La Mercè the festival for Barcelona's patron saint. A lot of art and musical activities: Festival Website (obsolete link)

External links

• BBC: On This Day

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