Page 5: Historical Events In September - 24

1922  On September - 24 neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky   

1922  On September - 24 cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata)   

1923  Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin) on this day in history.   

1923  Ladislav Fuks, writer on this day in history.   

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  On September - 24 cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4   

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

1927  NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history richard Swift, composer   

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  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  Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight on this day in history.   

1929  George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University) on September - 24.   

1930  G Kaufman & M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks   

1932  On September - 24 nY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA   

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

1934  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On September - 24 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   

1940  On this day in history jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR   

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

1941  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history soviet forces reconquer Smolensk   

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  On this day in history mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC   

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0015  Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69) was born on this day in history.   

1301  On September - 24 birth of ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)   

1501  On this day in history birth of girolamo Cardano, Italy, mathematician/astrologer (Ars Magna-1545)   

1513  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  Albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general was born on September - 24.   

1625  Johan de Witt, statesman/advisor of Holland was born on September - 24.   

0366  Liberius, Italian Pope (352-66), dies on this day in history.   

0768  On September - 24 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 this day in history.   

1118  Death of Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160) on September - 24.   

1120  Death of Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072) on September - 24.   

1143  On this day in history innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies