September 24

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

Events

622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.
1493 - Christopher Columbus departs on his second expedition to the New World.
1664 - The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
1789 - The United States Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General are established.
1789 - The United States Post Office Department is established.
1841 - The 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 succeeded by Alfred Deakin.
1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument.
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 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1988 - Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson beats Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in 100 metres sprinting in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping in sports.)
1994 - National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various people to help fight against dictatorship of Myanmar.
2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
2005 - Massive protest drawing 300,000 people to Washington DC in a march past the White house to end the war in Iraq

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)
1534 - Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
1564 - William Adams, British navigator and samurai (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)
1724 - Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
1755 - John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1835)
1801 - Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)
1802 - Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
1817 - Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
1857 - Richard Mansfield, German-born actor (d. 1907)
1871 - Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
1878 - C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
1884 - Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)
1890 - A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
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, Australian Nobel Laureate (d. 1968)
1899 - Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970)
1905 - Severo Ochoa, Spanish Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
1909 - Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (d. 1966)
1911 - Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985)
1912 - Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997)
1918 - Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
1919 - Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004)
1921 - Jim McKay, American sports commentator
1923 - Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
1924 - Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998)
1924 - Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
1925 - Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
1930 - John Young, American astronaut
1931 - Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999)
1934 - Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994)
1934 - Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer
1936 - Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)
1941 - Linda McCartney, American singer and activist (d. 1998)
1942 - Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer
1942 - Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
1945 - Lou Dobbs, American journalist
1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player
1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
1948 - Gordon Clapp, American actor
1948 - Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)
1950 - Alan Colmes, American talk show host
1951 - Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish movie director
1952 - Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999)
1955 - Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
1956 - Hubie Brooks, baseball player
1958 - Kevin Sorbo, American actor
1959 - Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
1962 - Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress, writer, and comedienne
1962 - Jack Dee, British comedian
1964 - Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player
1966 - Michael J. Varhola, American author
1969 - Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
1969 - Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer
1976 - Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler
1978 - Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
1978 - Tarek Saab, American television show contestant
1980 - John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
1980 - Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornstar actress
1982 - Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
1982 - Paul Hamm, American gymnast

Deaths

366 - Pope Liberius
768 - Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)
1054 - Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
1143 - Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
1143 - Pope Innocent II
1180 - Manuel I Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor
1213 - Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
1275 - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France
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
1621 - Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
1646 - Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer
1707 - Vicenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
1732 - Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1802 - Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
1834 - Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (b. 1798)
1904 - Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
1923 - Sheila MacRae, Singer, actress (b. 1862)
1930 - William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1939 - Carl Laemmle, German film producer (b. 1867)
1975 - Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
1981 - Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
1984 - Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
1991 - Dr. Seuss, American children's writer (b. 1904)
1991 - Peter Bellamy, Folk Singer (b. 1944)
1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
2003 - Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
2003 - Edward Said, Palestinian-born literary critic (b. 1935)
2003 - Anthony Durante, Professional wrestler better known as Pitbull #2
2004 - Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
2005 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)

Holidays

Late Roman Empire - start of the indiction year (at least since the time of Bede)
In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives.
Catholic Calendar: Our Lady of Mercy
Also see September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Guinea-Bissau - Independence Day (declared, from Portugal, 1973)
New Caledonia - Territorial Day
South Africa - Heritage Day.
Barcelona, Spain - La Mercè the festival for Barcelona's patron saint. A lot of art and musical activities: Festival Website (obsolete link)
Trinidad and Tobago - Republic Day (1976)
French Republican Calendar - Châtaigne (Chestnut) Day, third day in the Month of Vendémiaire

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