Page 5: Historical Events In September - 24

1922  Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky on this day in history.   

1922  Cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata) on this day in history.   

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

1923  On this day in history ladislav Fuks, writer   

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

1924  On this day in history jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge   

1926  Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 on September - 24.   

1927  On September - 24 nHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs   

1927  On September - 24 nHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs   

1927  Richard Swift, composer on this day in history.   

1928  Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history 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  On September - 24 george McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)   

1930  On this day in history g Kaufman & M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY   

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 September - 24.   

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  Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi on this day in history.   

1938  Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title on September - 24.   

1939  On September - 24 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 this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history 9 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter   

1941  On September - 24 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  On this day in history general Blamey assumes command of Allied Land Forces in New Guinea   

1942  On September - 24 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 September - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1948  Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC on September - 24.   

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0015  On this day in history birth of vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)   

1301  On this day in history birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

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

1513  On September - 24 birth of catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)   

1534  Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581) was born on this day in history.   

1564  William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620) was born on this day in history.   

1583  On September - 24 birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

1625  On September - 24 birth of johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland   

0366  On this day in history liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies   

0768  Pippin III, the short, King of France, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

0786  Al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies on this day in history.   

0911  On September - 24 ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies   

1054  On September - 24 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