Historical Events In September - 24

1922  On this day in history neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky   

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

1923  On September - 24 premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin)   

1923  On September - 24 ladislav Fuks, writer   

1924  Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport on September - 24.   

1924  Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge on September - 24.   

1926  Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4 on this day in history.   

1927  On this day in history nHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs   

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

1927  On this day in history richard Swift, composer   

1928  Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC on September - 24.   

1929  On September - 24 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 this day in history.   

1929  On September - 24 george McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University)   

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

1931  On September - 24 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  2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium on this day in history.   

1934  On September - 24 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  On this day in history alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title   

1939  Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies on September - 24.   

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 September - 24.   

1940  Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR on September - 24.   

1941  9 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter on September - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history general Blamey assumes command of Allied Land Forces in New Guinea   

1942  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 on September - 24.   

1943  Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history yanks set season attendance record of 2,309,029 besting 1929 Cubs   

1948  On September - 24 mildred Gillars, charged with treason as Nazi radio propagandist Axis Sally, pleads innocent in Washington, DC.   

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

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 September - 24 birth of william Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)   

1583  On this day in history birth of albrecht Eusebius Wenzel von Wallenstein, German general   

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

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  On this day in history al-Hadi, Arabic kalief of Islam (185-86), dies   

0911  Ludwig III, the child, last Carolingian German King (899-911), dies on this day in history.   

1054  Death of Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013) on this day in history.   

1118  On September - 24 death of robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)   

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

1143  Innocent II, [Gregorio de' Papareschi], Ital Pope (1130-43), dies on September - 24.