September 24
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September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of the year.
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Births [change]
- 15 – Lucius Vitellius the Younger, Roman politician (died 69)
- 1301 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (died 1372)
- 1473 - Georg von Frundsberg, German soldier (died 1528)
- 1501 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (died 1576)
- 1534 – Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (died 1581)
- 1564 – William Adams, British navigator and samurai (died 1620)
- 1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (died 1634)
- 1625 – Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (died 1672)
- 1667 - Jean-Louis Lully, French musician and composer (died 1688)
- 1705 – Count Leopold Josef von Daun, Austrian field marshal (died 1766)
- 1714 - Alaungpaya, King of Burma (died 1760)
- 1717 – Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (died 1797)
- 1724 – Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (died 1803)
- 1739 – Grigory Potyomkin, Russian field marshal (died 1791)
- 1755 – John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States (died 1835)
- 1763 - Ezra Butler, 11th Governor of Vermont (died 1838)
- 1801 – Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (died 1862)
- 1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (died 1868)
- 1817 – Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (died 1901)
- 1836 - Pablo Arosemena Alba, 5th President of Panama (died 1920)
- 1851 - Federico Boyd, 4th President of Panama (died 1924)
- 1857 – Richard Mansfield, German-born actor (died 1907)
- 1858 - Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1939)
- 1861 - Walter Simons, German politician and jurist (died 1937)
- 1871 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (died 1960)
- 1878 – C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (died 1947)
- 1880 – Sarah Knauss, American supercentenarian (died 1999)
- 1884 – Ismet Inonu, second President of Turkey (died 1973)
- 1884 – Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (died 1953)
- 1886 - Roberto Maria Ortiz, President of Argentine (died 1942)
- 1890 – A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (died 1971)
- 1892 - Adelard Godbout, 15th Premier of Quebec (died 1956)
- 1894 – Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (died 1968)
- 1895 – André Frédéric Cournand, French born physician, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1988)
- 1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
- 1898 – Howard Walter Florey, Australian-born pharmacologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1945, (died 1968)
- 1899 – Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (died 1970)
- 1905 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish–born biochemist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1993)
- 1909 – Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect and historian of gardens (died 1966)
- 1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (died 1985)
- 1912 – Don Porter, American actor (died 1997)
- 1914 – John Kerr, Governor-General of Australia (died 1991)
- 1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997)
- 1919 – Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (died 2004)
- 1923 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (died 2001)
- 1924 – Theresa Merritt, American actress (died 1998)
- 1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (died 2004)
- 1930 – John Young, American astronaut
- 1931 – Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (died 1999)
- 1934 – Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (died 1994)
- 1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (died 1990)
- 1939 - Wayne Henderson, American musician
- 1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer and activist (died 1998)
- 1942 – Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer
- 1942 – Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
- 1943 - Antonio Tabucchi, Italian writer (died 2012)
- 1945 - John Rutter, English composer
- 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 (died 1998)
- 1950 – Alan Colmes, American talk show host
- 1951 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish movie director
- 1952 – Mark Sandman, American musician (died 1999)
- 1954 – Patrick Kelly, American fashion designer (died 1990)
- 1954 – Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer
- 1955 – Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
- 1956 – Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
- 1957 - Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
- 1958 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
- 1959 - Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-British businessman
- 1959 – Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
- 1961 - Jack Dee, British comedian
- 1962 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress, writer, and comedienne
- 1962 – Mike Phelan, English footballer
- 1962 – Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
- 1964 – Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player
- 1966 – Michael J. Varhola, American writer, editor, publisher, and game designer.
- 1969 – Shawn Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1969 – Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer
- 1970 – Karen Forkel, German athlete
- 1974 - Kati Wolf, Hungarian singer
- 1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American business person and writer (WWE)
- 1978 – Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
- 1979 – Casey Johnson, American socialite and heiress (died 2010)
- 1980 – Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
- 1980 – John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
- 1980 - Victoria Pendleton, British cyclist
- 1981 - Drew Gooden, American basketball player
- 1982 – Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
- 1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast
- 1985 – Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress
- 1988 – Kyle Sullivan, American actor
Deaths [change]
- 366 - Pope Liberius (b. 352)
- 768 – Pippin the Younger, King of the Franks (b. 714)
- 1054 - Hermann von Reichenau, German scholar, mathematician and astronomer (b. 1013)
- 1143 - Agnes of Germany (b. 1072)
- 1143 - Pope Innocent I
- 1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
- 1494 – Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
- 1541 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer and general occultist (b. 1493)
- 1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
- 1802 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1749)
- 1834 – Emperor Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
- 1877 – Saigo Takamori, Japanese samurai (b. 1828)
- 1896 – Louis De Geer, first Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
- 1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish doctor, won the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
- 1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Thailand (b. 1892)
- 1930 - William A. MacCorkle, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
- 1945 - Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
- 1950 - Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
- 1969 – Warren McCulloch, American neuropsychologist (b. 1898)
- 1973 - Josue de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer and activist (b. 1908)
- 1982 - Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)
- 1991 – Dr. Seuss, American writer (b. 1904)
- 1993 - Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
- 1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
- 2002 - Tim Rose, American-born English musician (b. 1940)
- 2004 - Francoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
- 2005 - Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2008 - Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2009 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist (b. 1975)
- 2009 – Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
- 2010 – Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
Events [change]
- 622 – The Prophet Muhammad completes his hijra (pilgrimage) from Mecca to Medina.
- 1664 – The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam (New York) to England.
- 1780 - Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British major John Andre exposes Arnold's plan to surrender West Point.
- 1789 - United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of United States Attorney General and the Federal Judiciary System, also ordering the composition of the United States Supreme Court.
- 1841 - The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
- 1852 - The first airship powered by a steam engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 kilometres) from Paris to Trappes.
- 1853 - France takes control of New Caledonia.
- 1869 – The Black Friday crisis occurs in the United States, in relation to gold prices.
- 1877 - Battle of Shiroyama: Decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese over the Satsuma Rebellion.
- 1906 – Devils Tower in Wyoming becomes the first National Monument in the United States.
- 1932 - Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
- 1946 - Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
- 1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
- 1950 - Forest fires black out the Sun over parts of Canada and New England.
- 1957 – The Camp Nou football (soccer) stadium opens in Barcelona, Spain.
- 1962 - The United States Court of Appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
- 1968 – Swaziland joins the UN.
- 1968 - The TV programme 60 Minutes is first broadcast on CBS.
- 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal.
- 1979 - Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first electronic mail service.
- 1988 – The National League for Democracy is founded by Aung San Suu Kyi in Burma.
- 1988 - 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul: Canada's Ben Johnson wins the Men's 100 metres race over Carl Lewis, smashing the world record. However, Johnson fails a drug test shortly after, leading to a major scandal.
- 1990 - The Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.
- 1991 - Nirvana's Nevermind album is released in the US.
- 1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as King.
- 1996 – Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Test-ban Treaty at the UN.
- 2005 – Hurricane Rita strikes land near the Texas–Louisiana border.
- 2007 - 30,000 to 100,000 people protest in Rangoon against Burma's ruling military junta.
Observances [change]
- Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau
- Heritage Day in South Africa
- Mahidol Day in Thailand
- New Caledonia Day
- Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago
