September 24

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'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 - Mormon Church 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

• 1717 - Horace Walpole, novelist and politician
• 1755 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
• 1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, novelist (+ 1940)
• 1905 - Severo Ochoa, biochemist, Nobel Prize winner
• 1905 - Howard Hughes, aviator, inventor, film producer, eccentric (+ 1976)
• 1921 - Jim McKay[?], sports commentator
• 1923 - Louis Edmonds[?], actor (+ 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 (+ 1998)
• 1942 - Gerry Marsden[?], singer ("Gerry and the Pacemakers")
• 1946 - Mean Joe Greene[?], American football star
• 1948 - Phil Hartman, actor (+ 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
• 1976 - Stephanie McMahon[?], WWE performer

Deaths

• 366 - Liberius, Pope
• 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

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