September 24

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September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). There are 98 days remaining.

Table of contents

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays

Events

622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina
1493 - Christopher Columbus's second expedition to the New World
1664 - Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England
1789 - Supreme Court of the United States and position of United States Attorney General established
1789 - United States Post Office Department established
1841 - Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Great Britain
1852 - The first dirigible is displayed
1869 - "Black Friday". Gold prices plummet as Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
1890 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy
1908 - The first Ford Model T is built
1948 - Honda Motor Company founded
1957 - President Dwight 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
1993 - Broderbund releases the computer game Myst

Births

15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor
1717 - Horace Walpole, novelist and politician
1755 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, novelist (d. 1940)
1905 - Severo Ochoa, biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
1905 - Howard Hughes, aviator, inventor, film producer, eccentric (d. 1976)
1921 - Jim McKay, sports commentator
1923 - Louis Edmonds, actor (d. 2001)
1924 - Sheila MacRae, singer, actress
1931 - Anthony Newley, actor, singer
1936 - Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets († 1990)
1941 - Linda McCartney, singer and animal rights activist (d. 1998)
1942 - Gerry Marsden, singer ("Gerry and the Pacemakers")
1946 - Mean Joe Greene, American football star
1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
1948 - Phil Hartman, actor (d. 1998)
1948 - Gordon Clapp, actor
1958 - Kevin Sorbo, actor
1959 - Steve Whitmire, voice actor
1962 - Nia Vardalos, actress, writer, comedienne
1962 - Roy Larke, professor of retailing, expert in Japanese marketing
1969 - Antye Greie, musician, poem producer
1976 - Stephanie McMahon, WWE performer

Deaths

366 - Liberius, Pope
1545 - Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz
1939 - Carl Laemmle, film producer
1973 - Pablo Neruda, Nobel Prize winning author
1991 - Dr. Seuss, writer

Holidays

South Africa - Heritage Day
In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives

September 23 ? September 25 ? August 24 ? October 24 ? more historical anniversaries

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries