On this day in History - Sep 24

• 0015 - Vitellius was born (d. 0069). Roman Emperor.
• 0366 - Pope Liberius dies.
• 0622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.
• 0768 - Pippin the Short dies (b. 0714). King of the Franks.
• 1054 - Hermannus Contractus dies (b. 1013). Learned monk, scholar.
• 1143 - Agnes of Germany dies (b. 1072). Daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1143 - Pope Innocent II dies
• 1180 - Manuel I Comnenus dies (b. 1118). Byzantine Emperor
• 1213 - Gertrude of Merania dies murderes (b. 1185). Wife of Andrew II of Hungary
• 1275 - Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford dies (b. 1208). Constable of England.
• 1301 - Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford was born (d. 1372). English soldier.
• 1435 - Isabeau of Bavaria dies (b. c. 1370). Wife of Charles VI of France
• 1493 - Christopher Columbus departs on his second expedition to the New World.
• 1494 - Poliziano dies (b. 1454). Italian humanist.
• 1501 - Gerolamo Cardano was born (d. 1576). Italian mathematician.
• 1534 - Guru Ram Das was born (d. 1581). Fourth Sikh Guru.
• 1541 - Paracelsus dies (b. 1493). German alchemist.
• 1545 - Albert of Mainz dies (b. 1490). Archbishop and elector of Mainz.
• 1564 - William Adams was born (d. 1620). British navigator and samurai.
• 1572 - Morre Tupac Amaru, último líder indígena do povo inca
• 1583 - Albrecht von Wallenstein was born (d. 1634). Austrian general.
• 1605 - Manuel Mendes dies (b. c. 1547). Portuguese composer
• 1621- Jan Karol Chodkiewicz dies (b. 1560). Polish military commander.
• 1625 - Johan de Witt was born (d. 1672). Dutch politician.
• 1646 - Duarte Lobo dies (b. c. 1545). Portuguese composer
• 1664 - The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
• 1705 - Leopold Josef Graf Daun was born (d. 1766). Austrian field marshal.
• 1707 - Vicenzo da Filicaja dies (b. 1642). Italian poet.
• 1717 - Horace Walpole was born (d. 1797). British novelist and politician.
• 1724 - Sir Arthur Guinness was born (d. 1803). Founder of Arthur Guinness Son & Co.
• 1732 - Emperor Reigen of Japan dies (b. 1654)
• 1739 - Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin was born (d. 1791). Russian statesman.
• 1742 - Johann Matthias Hase dies (b. 1684). German scientist.
• 1755 - John Marshall was born (d. 1835). Chief Justice of the United States.
• 1789 - The United States Supreme Court and the position of Attorney General are established.
• 1789 - The United States Post Office Department is established.
• 1801 - Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky was born (d. 1862). Ukrainian scientist.
• 1802 - Alexander Radishchev dies (b. 1749). Russian writer.
• 1817 - Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio was born (d. 1901). Spanish poet and philosopher.
• 1834 - Pedro IV of Portugal (Pedro I of Brazil) dies (b. 1798). King of Portugal and Emperor of Brazil.
• 1841 - The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain.
• 1852 - The first airship is displayed.
• 1857 - Richard Mansfield was born (d. 1907). German-born actor.
• 1869 - "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet as Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
• 1870 - Georges Claude was born (d. 1960). French chemist and inventor.
• 1871 - Lottie Dod was born (d. 1960). English athlete.
• 1878 - C. F. Ramuz was born (d. 1947). Swiss writer.
• 1884 - Hugo Schmeisser was born (d. 1953). German weapons designer.
• 1884 - Gustave Garrigou was born (d. 1963). French cyclist.
• 1890 - Mike González was born (d. 1977). Baseball player.
• 1890 - A. P. Herbert was born (d. 1971). British humorist, barrister, novelist.
• 1890 - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
• 1892 - Adélard Godbout was born (d. 1956). Premier of Québec.
• 1894 - Tommy Armour was born (d. 1968). Anglo-American golfer.
• 1895 - André Frédéric Cournand was born (d. 1988). French Nobel Laureate.
• 1896 - F. Scott Fitzgerald was born (d. 1940). American novelist.
• 1898 - Howard Walter Florey was born (d. 1968). Australian scientist, who shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Alexander Fleming for his role in the extraction of penicillin.
• 1899 - Sir William Dobell was born (d. 1970). Australian portrait artist.
• 1900 - Ham Fisher was born (d. 1955). American cartoonist.
• 1903 - Edmund Barton steps down as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeded by Alfred Deakin.
• 1904 - Niels Ryberg Finsen dies (b. 1860). Danish physician. Nobel Prize in Medicine.
• 1905 - Severo Ochoa was born (d. 1993). Spanish–American biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate in 1959.
• 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation's first National Monument.
• 1908 - The first Ford Model T is built.
• 1909 - Gerard Ciołek was born (d. 1966). Polish architect.
• 1911 - Konstantin Chernenko was born (d. 1985). Soviet premier
• 1912 - Don Porter was born (d. 1997). American actor.
• 1918 - Audra Lindley was born (d. 1997). American actress.
• 1919 - Dayton Allen was born (d. 2004). American actor and comedian.
• 1921 - Jim McKay was born. American sports commentator
• 1922 - Theresa Merritt was born (d. 1998). American actress.
• 1923 - Louis Edmonds was born (d. 2001). American actor.
• 1923 - Fats Navarro was born (d. 1950). American jazz trumpet player.
• 1924 - Nina Bocharova was born. Soviet gymnast.
• 1924 - Sheila MacRae was born. Singer, actress.
• 1925 - Autar Singh Paintal was born (d. 2004). Indian medical scientist.
• 1929 - Edward M. Lawson was born. Canadian politician.
• 1930 - John W. Young was born. American astronaut.
• 1930 - William A. MacCorkle dies (b. 1857). Governor of West Virginia.
• 1931 - Anthony Newley was born (d. 1999). British actor, singer.
• 1932 - Dominique Michel was born. French Canadian comedian.
• 1932 - Svetlana Beriosova was born (d. 10 Nov 1988). British ballerina
• 1933 - Mike Donlin dies (b. 1878). American baseball player.
• 1933 - Alice Muriel Williamson dies (b. 1869). British novelist.
• 1934 - Manfred Wörner was born (d. 1994). German politician and diplomat.
• 1934 - Tommy Anderson was born. Scottish footballer.
• 1936 - Jim Henson was born (d. 1990). American puppeteer.
• 1938 - Lev Schnirelmann dies (b. 1900). Russian mathematician.
• 1939 - Carl Laemmle dies (b. 1867). German film producer.
• 1939 - José Maria Nicolau dies (n. 1908). Portuguese cyclist.
• 1940 - Baseball: Jimmie Foxx becomes the second member of the 500 home run club with a home run at Shibe Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• 1941 - Linda McCartney was born (d. 1998). American singer and animal rights activist.
• 1942 - Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen was born. Finnish singer.
• 1942 - Gerry Marsden was born. English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
• 1944 - II Guerra Mundial: Invasão da Checoslovaquia e Hungría por parte do exército soviético.
• 1945 - Hans Geiger dies (b. 1882). German physicist.
• 1945 - Lou Dobbs was born. American journalist.
• 1946 - "Mean" Joe Greene was born. American football player.
• 1946 - Lars Emil Johansen was born. Prime Minister of Greenland.
• 1947 - Erik Hivju was born. Norwegian actor.
• 1948 - Phil Hartman was born (d. 1998). American actor.
• 1948 - Gordon Clapp was born. American actor.
• 1948 - The Honda Motor Company is founded.
• 1948 - Warren William dies (b. 1894). American actor.
• 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.
• 1950 - Alan Colmes was born. American talk show host.
• 1951 - Pedro Almodóvar was born. Spanish movie director
• 1952 - Mark Sandman was born (d. 1999). American musician.
• 1955 - Riccardo Illy was born. Italian politician.
• 1956 - Hubie Brooks was born. Baseball player.
• 1956 - José Maria Alves da Cunha dies. Portuguese actor.
• 1957 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
• 1958 - Kevin Sorbo was born. American actor
• 1959 - Steve Whitmire was born. American voice actor.
• 1961 - The old Deutsche Opernhaus in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg returns to its newly rebuilt house as the Deutsche Oper Berlin.
• 1961 - Allen Bestwick was born. Nascar Broadcaster.
• 1961 - John Logan was born. American screenwriter
• 1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
• 1962 - Nia Vardalos was born. Canadian actress, writer, and comedienne.
• 1962 - Jack Dee was born. British comedian.
• 1964 - Rafael Palmeiro was born. Cuban-born baseball player.
• 1966 - Michael J. Varhola was born. American author.
• 1966 - Bernard Gilkey, baseball player
• 1968 - Suazilândia is admited as member of United Nations
• 1969 - Donald DeGrate, Jr. was born. Music producer
• 1969 - Shawn "Clown" Crahan was born. American musician (Slipknot)
• 1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares unilaterally its independence from Portugal.
• 1973 - Eddie George was born. American football player
• 1975 - Earle Cabell dies (b. 1906). Texas politician.
• 1976 - Stephanie McMahon-Levesque was born. American professional wrestler.
• 1978 - Wietse van Alten was born. Dutch archer.
• 1978 - Tarek Saab was born. American TV show contestant.
• 1980 - John Arne Riise was born. Norwegian footballer.
• 1980 - Sabrine Maui was born. Filipino pornstar
• 1981 - Patsy Kelly dies (b. 1910). American actress.
• 1982 - Morgan Hamm was born. American gymnast.
• 1982 - Paul Hamm was born. American gymnast.
• 1982 - Sarah Churchill dies (b. 1914). British actress.
• 1984 - Neil Hamilton dies (b. 1899). American actor.
• 1985 - Portugal: Elevação de Castanheira do Ribatejo , Póvoa de Santa Iria e Vialonga a vila
• 1988 - 1988 Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson "defeated" 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.)
• 1991 - Nirvana releases Nevermind.
• 1991 - Red Hot Chili Peppers releases their ground breaking album Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
• 1991 - Dr. Seuss dies (b. 1904). American children's writer.
• 1991 - Peter Bellamy dies (b. 1944). English folk singer.
• 1993 - Brøderbund releases the computer game Myst.
• 1993 - Bruno Pontecorvo dies (b. 1913). Italian physicist
• 1993 - Ian Stuart Donaldson dies (b. 1957). British musician.
• 1994 - National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various people to help fight against dictatorship of Myanmar.
• 1995 - Acordo firmado entre Israel e OLP que prevê a retirada das tropas israelenses da Cisjordânia (v. Acordo de Paz) 2003 - Rosalie Allen dies (b. 1924). American singer and disc jockey.
• 2002 - Mike Webster dies (b. 1952). National Football League player.
• 2003 - Edward Said dies (b. 1935). Palestinian-born literary critic.
• 2003 - Rosalie Allen dies (b. 1924). American singer and disc jockey.
• 2003 - Anthony Durante dies (b. 1967). American wrestler.
• 2003 - Lyle Bettger dies (b. 1915). American actor.
• 2004 - Françoise Sagan dies (b. 1935). French writer.
• 2004 - Escândalo do mensalão: Jornal do Brasil publica o artigo Miro denuncia propina no Congresso
• 2004 - Hurricane Ivan dissipates over Texas, and heads north into the plains.
• 2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
• 2005 - Teen Titans Series 5 Begins in the US (projected)
• 2005 - Tommy Bond dies (b. 1926). American actor.
• 2006 - World Heart Day
• 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.
• R.C. Saints - conception of John the Baptist; Our Lady of Mercy
• 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
• Trinidad and Tobago - Republic Day (1976)
• Bhutan - Blessed Rainy Day (in 2006)