September 24 All Events |
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| September 24th, 2015 (September 24 2015) | Birth | Vitellius, Roman Emperor (died in 69) | |
| September 24th, 2007 (September 24 2007) | Event | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a controversial speech on the campus of Columbia University. | |
| September 24th, 2005 (September 24 2005) | Event | Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana. | |
| September 24th, 2005 (September 24 2005) | Death | Tommy Bond, American actor (born in 1926) | |
| September 24th, 2004 (September 24 2004) | Death | Francoise Sagan, French writer (born in 1935) | |
| September 24th, 2003 (September 24 2003) | Death | Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (born in 1924) | |
| September 24th, 2003 (September 24 2003) | Death | Lyle Bettger, American actor (born in 1915) | |
| September 24th, 2002 (September 24 2002) | Death | Youssouf Togoimi, Chadian rebel (born in 1953) | |
| September 24th, 2002 (September 24 2002) | Death | Mike Webster, National Football League player (born in 1952) | |
| September 24th, 1996 (September 24 1996) | Event | U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| September 24th, 1994 (September 24 1994) | Event | National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar. | |
| September 24th, 1994 (September 24 1994) | Death | Urmas Alender, Estonian singer (born in 1953) | |
| September 24th, 1993 (September 24 1993) | Death | Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (born in 1913) | |
| September 24th, 1993 (September 24 1993) | Death | Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (born in 1957) | |
| September 24th, 1991 (September 24 1991) | Death | Theodor Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss, American children s writer (born in 1904) | Dr. Seuss Quotes |
| September 24th, 1991 (September 24 1991) | Death | Peter Bellamy, folk singer (born in 1944) | |
| September 24th, 1990 (September 24 1990) | Event | Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn | |
| September 24th, 1988 (September 24 1988) | Event | Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson beats Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in the 100 metres sprint in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping.) | |
| September 24th, 1988 (September 24 1988) | Birth | Karl Alzner, Canadian hockey player | |
| September 24th, 1988 (September 24 1988) | Birth | Kyle Sullivan, American actor | |
| September 24th, 1988 (September 24 1988) | Birth | Lisa Wang, American gymnast | An Wang Quotes |
| September 24th, 1987 (September 24 1987) | Birth | Spencer Treat Clark, American actor | |
| September 24th, 1987 (September 24 1987) | Birth | Matthew Connolly, English footballer | |
| September 24th, 1986 (September 24 1986) | Birth | Leah Dizon, model, singer and Japanese television | |
| September 24th, 1984 (September 24 1984) | Birth | Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writer | |
| September 24th, 1984 (September 24 1984) | Death | Neil Hamilton, American actor (born in 1899) | |
| September 24th, 1983 (September 24 1983) | Birth | Randy Foye, American basketball player | |
| September 24th, 1982 (September 24 1982) | Birth | Morgan Hamm, American gymnast | |
| September 24th, 1982 (September 24 1982) | Birth | Paul Hamm, American gymnast | |
| September 24th, 1982 (September 24 1982) | Birth | Jeff Karstens, American baseball player | |
| September 24th, 1982 (September 24 1982) | Death | Sarah Churchill, British actress (born in 1914) | |
| September 24th, 1981 (September 24 1981) | Birth | Drew Gooden, National Basketball Association player | |
| September 24th, 1981 (September 24 1981) | Birth | Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver | |
| September 24th, 1981 (September 24 1981) | Death | Patsy Kelly, American actress (born in 1910) | |
| September 24th, 1980 (September 24 1980) | Birth | Daniele Bennati, Italian professional road racing cyclist | |
| September 24th, 1980 (September 24 1980) | Birth | Dean Canto, Australian racing driver | |
| September 24th, 1980 (September 24 1980) | Birth | Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornstar | |
| September 24th, 1980 (September 24 1980) | Birth | Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer | |
| September 24th, 1980 (September 24 1980) | Birth | John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer | |
| September 24th, 1980 (September 24 1980) | Death | John Bonham, British musician | |
| September 24th, 1979 (September 24 1979) | Birth | Justin Bruening, American actor | |
| September 24th, 1979 (September 24 1979) | Birth | Fabio Aurelio, Brazilian footballer | |
| September 24th, 1979 (September 24 1979) | Birth | Katja Kassin, German pornographic actress | |
| September 24th, 1979 (September 24 1979) | Birth | Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian | |
| September 24th, 1978 (September 24 1978) | Birth | Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer | |
| September 24th, 1978 (September 24 1978) | Birth | Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant | |
| September 24th, 1978 (September 24 1978) | Death | Hasso von Manteuffel, German army general and politician (born in 1897) | |
| September 24th, 1977 (September 24 1977) | Birth | Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer | |
| September 24th, 1976 (September 24 1976) | Birth | Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player | |
| September 24th, 1976 (September 24 1976) | Birth | Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler | |
| September 24th, 1975 (September 24 1975) | Birth | Kyle Turley, former National Football League offensive lineman | |
| September 24th, 1975 (September 24 1975) | Death | Earle Cabell, Texas politician (born in 1906) | |
| September 24th, 1974 (September 24 1974) | Birth | John McDonald, American baseball player | |
| September 24th, 1973 (September 24 1973) | Event | Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. | |
| September 24th, 1973 (September 24 1973) | Birth | Eddie George, American football player | |
| September 24th, 1971 (September 24 1971) | Birth | Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist & entomologist | |
| September 24th, 1971 (September 24 1971) | Birth | Kevin Millar, American baseball player | |
| September 24th, 1971 (September 24 1971) | Birth | Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve) | |
| September 24th, 1969 (September 24 1969) | Birth | Shawn "Clown" Crahan, American musician (Slipknot) | |
| September 24th, 1969 (September 24 1969) | Birth | Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer | |
| September 24th, 1969 (September 24 1969) | Birth | Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model | |
| September 24th, 1969 (September 24 1969) | Birth | Megan Ward, American actress | |
| September 24th, 1966 (September 24 1966) | Birth | Stacy Galina, American actress | |
| September 24th, 1966 (September 24 1966) | Birth | Bernard Gilkey, Baseball player | |
| September 24th, 1966 (September 24 1966) | Birth | Michael J. Varhola, American author | |
| September 24th, 1965 (September 24 1965) | Birth | Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords) | |
| September 24th, 1964 (September 24 1964) | Birth | Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player | |
| September 24th, 1962 (September 24 1962) | Event | United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith. | |
| September 24th, 1962 (September 24 1962) | Birth | Jack Dee, British comedian | Jack Dee Quotes |
| September 24th, 1962 (September 24 1962) | Birth | Rosamund Kwan, Hong Kong Actress | |
| September 24th, 1962 (September 24 1962) | Birth | Mike Phelan, English former footballer | |
| September 24th, 1962 (September 24 1962) | Birth | Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress | |
| September 24th, 1962 (September 24 1962) | Death | Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (born in 1887) | |
| September 24th, 1961 (September 24 1961) | Birth | Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster | |
| September 24th, 1961 (September 24 1961) | Birth | John Logan, American screenwriter | |
| September 24th, 1959 (September 24 1959) | Birth | Steve Whitmire, American voice actor | |
| September 24th, 1958 (September 24 1958) | Birth | Kevin Sorbo, American actor | |
| September 24th, 1957 (September 24 1957) | Event | Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona. | |
| September 24th, 1957 (September 24 1957) | Event | President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| September 24th, 1956 (September 24 1956) | Birth | Hubie Brooks, American baseball player | |
| September 24th, 1955 (September 24 1955) | Birth | Riccardo Illy, Italian politician | |
| September 24th, 1954 (September 24 1954) | Death | Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (born in 1904) | |
| September 24th, 1952 (September 24 1952) | Birth | Mark Sandman, American musician (died in 1999) | |
| September 24th, 1951 (September 24 1951) | Birth | Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar | |
| September 24th, 1950 (September 24 1950) | Event | Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New Englandied in A Blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe. | |
| September 24th, 1950 (September 24 1950) | Birth | Alan Colmes, American talk show host | |
| September 24th, 1950 (September 24 1950) | Birth | Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress | |
| September 24th, 1948 (September 24 1948) | Event | The Honda Motor Company is founded. | |
| September 24th, 1948 (September 24 1948) | Birth | Heinz Chur, German composer | |
| September 24th, 1948 (September 24 1948) | Birth | Gordon Clapp, American actor | |
| September 24th, 1948 (September 24 1948) | Birth | Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (died in 1998) | |
| September 24th, 1948 (September 24 1948) | Death | Warren William, American actor (born in 1894) | |
| September 24th, 1947 (September 24 1947) | Event | Majestic 12 is allegedly established by secret executive order of President Harry Truman | |
| September 24th, 1947 (September 24 1947) | Birth | Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor | |
| September 24th, 1946 (September 24 1946) | Event | Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong | |
| September 24th, 1946 (September 24 1946) | Birth | "Mean" Joe Greene, American football player | |
| September 24th, 1946 (September 24 1946) | Birth | Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland | |
| September 24th, 1945 (September 24 1945) | Birth | Lou Dobbs, American journalist | |
| September 24th, 1945 (September 24 1945) | Death | Hans Geiger, German physicist (born in 1882) | |
| September 24th, 1944 (September 24 1944) | Birth | Diana Korner, German actress | |
| September 24th, 1942 (September 24 1942) | Birth | Ilkka "Danny" Lipsanen, Finnish singer | |
| September 24th, 1942 (September 24 1942) | Birth | Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers) | |
| September 24th, 1941 (September 24 1941) | Birth | Linda McCartney, American singer (died in 1998) | Linda McCartney Quotes |
| September 24th, 1941 (September 24 1941) | Birth | John Mackey, National Football League player | |
| September 24th, 1940 (September 24 1940) | Birth | Yves Navarre, French writer (died in 1994) | |
| September 24th, 1939 (September 24 1939) | Death | Carl Laemmle, German film producer (born in 1867) | |
| September 24th, 1938 (September 24 1938) | Death | Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (born in 1900) | |
| September 24th, 1936 (September 24 1936) | Birth | Jim Henson, American puppeteer (died in 1990) | |
| September 24th, 1935 (September 24 1935) | Event | Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi | |
| September 24th, 1935 (September 24 1935) | Birth | Sean McCann, Canadian actor | |
| September 24th, 1934 (September 24 1934) | Birth | Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer | |
| September 24th, 1934 (September 24 1934) | Birth | John Brunner, British author (died in 1995) | |
| September 24th, 1934 (September 24 1934) | Birth | Manfred Worner, German politician and diplomat (died in 1994) | |
| September 24th, 1933 (September 24 1933) | Death | Mike Donlin, baseball player (born in 1878) | |
| September 24th, 1933 (September 24 1933) | Death | Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (born in 1869) | |
| September 24th, 1932 (September 24 1932) | Birth | Dominique Michel, French Canadian comedian | |
| September 24th, 1931 (September 24 1931) | Birth | Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (died in 1999) | |
| September 24th, 1931 (September 24 1931) | Birth | Mike Parkes, British Formula One driver (died in 1977) | |
| September 24th, 1930 (September 24 1930) | Birth | Jozef Krupinski, Polish poet (died in 1998) | |
| September 24th, 1930 (September 24 1930) | Birth | Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (died in 1977) | |
| September 24th, 1930 (September 24 1930) | Birth | John W. Young, American astronaut | |
| September 24th, 1930 (September 24 1930) | Death | William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (born in 1857) | |
| September 24th, 1929 (September 24 1929) | Birth | Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician | |
| September 24th, 1927 (September 24 1927) | Birth | Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (died in 1999) | |
| September 24th, 1925 (September 24 1925) | Birth | Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (died in 2004) | |
| September 24th, 1924 (September 24 1924) | Birth | Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast | |
| September 24th, 1924 (September 24 1924) | Birth | Theresa Merritt, American actress (died in 1998) | |
| September 24th, 1924 (September 24 1924) | Birth | Sheila MacRae, singer & actress | |
| September 24th, 1923 (September 24 1923) | Birth | Louis Edmonds, American actor (died in 2001) | |
| September 24th, 1923 (September 24 1923) | Birth | Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (died in 1950) | |
| September 24th, 1922 (September 24 1922) | Birth | Cornell MacNeil, American baritone | |
| September 24th, 1921 (September 24 1921) | Birth | Jim McKay, American sportscaster (died in 2008) | |
| September 24th, 1920 (September 24 1920) | Birth | Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (died in 1945) | |
| September 24th, 1919 (September 24 1919) | Birth | Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (died in 2004) | |
| September 24th, 1918 (September 24 1918) | Birth | Audra Lindley, American actress (died in 1997) | |
| September 24th, 1914 (September 24 1914) | Birth | Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (died in 1991) | |
| September 24th, 1912 (September 24 1912) | Birth | Don Porter, American actor (died in 1997) | |
| September 24th, 1911 (September 24 1911) | Birth | Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (died in 1985) | Konstantin Chernenko Quotes |
| September 24th, 1910 (September 24 1910) | Birth | Jean Servais, Belgian actor (died in 1976) | |
| September 24th, 1909 (September 24 1909) | Birth | Gerard Ciolek, Polish architect (died in 1966) | |
| September 24th, 1906 (September 24 1906) | Event | U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation s first National Monument. | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
| September 24th, 1905 (September 24 1905) | Birth | Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (died in 1993) | |
| September 24th, 1904 (September 24 1904) | Death | Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (born in 1860) | |
| September 24th, 1903 (September 24 1903) | Event | Edmund Barton steps down as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by Alfred Deakin. | |
| September 24th, 1900 (September 24 1900) | Birth | Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (died in 1955) | |
| September 24th, 1899 (September 24 1899) | Birth | Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (died in 1970) | |
| September 24th, 1898 (September 24 1898) | Birth | Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (died in 1968) | |
| September 24th, 1896 (September 24 1896) | Birth | F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (died in 1940) | F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes |
| September 24th, 1896 (September 24 1896) | Death | Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (born in 1818) | |
| September 24th, 1895 (September 24 1895) | Birth | Andre Frederic Cournand, French Nobel Laureate (died in 1988) | |
| September 24th, 1894 (September 24 1894) | Birth | Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (died in 1968) | |
| September 24th, 1892 (September 24 1892) | Birth | Adelard Godbout, premier of Quebec (died in 1956) | |
| September 24th, 1890 (September 24 1890) | Event | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| September 24th, 1890 (September 24 1890) | Birth | Mike Gonzalez, baseball player (died in 1977) | |
| September 24th, 1890 (September 24 1890) | Birth | A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (died in 1971) | A. P. Herbert Quotes |
| September 24th, 1884 (September 24 1884) | Birth | Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (died in 1963) | |
| September 24th, 1884 (September 24 1884) | Birth | Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (died in 1953) | |
| September 24th, 1878 (September 24 1878) | Birth | C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (died in 1947) | |
| September 24th, 1877 (September 24 1877) | Event | Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion | |
| September 24th, 1871 (September 24 1871) | Birth | Lottie Dod, English athlete (died in 1960) | |
| September 24th, 1870 (September 24 1870) | Birth | Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (died in 1960) | |
| September 24th, 1869 (September 24 1869) | Event | "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| September 24th, 1858 (September 24 1858) | Birth | Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1939) | |
| September 24th, 1852 (September 24 1852) | Event | The first airship is displayed. | |
| September 24th, 1841 (September 24 1841) | Event | The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain. | |
| September 24th, 1834 (September 24 1834) | Death | Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (born in 1798) | |
| September 24th, 1829 (September 24 1829) | Birth | Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (died in 1885) | |
| September 24th, 1817 (September 24 1817) | Birth | Ramon de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (died in 1901) | Philo Quotes |
| September 24th, 1802 (September 24 1802) | Birth | Adolphe d Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (died in 1868) | |
| September 24th, 1802 (September 24 1802) | Death | Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (born in 1749) | |
| September 24th, 1801 (September 24 1801) | Birth | Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (died in 1862) | |
| September 24th, 1789 (September 24 1789) | Event | The office of the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the United States Post Office Department are established. | |
| September 24th, 1755 (September 24 1755) | Birth | John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (died in 1835) | John Marshall Quotes |
| September 24th, 1742 (September 24 1742) | Death | Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (born in 1684) | |
| September 24th, 1739 (September 24 1739) | Birth | Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian statesman (died in 1791) | |
| September 24th, 1732 (September 24 1732) | Death | Emperor Reigen of Japan (born in 1654) | |
| September 24th, 1725 (September 24 1725) | Birth | Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (died in 1803) | |
| September 24th, 1717 (September 24 1717) | Birth | Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (died in 1797) | Horace Quotes |
| September 24th, 1707 (September 24 1707) | Death | Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (born in 1642) | |
| September 24th, 1705 (September 24 1705) | Birth | Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (died in 1766) | |
| September 24th, 1664 (September 24 1664) | Event | The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England. | |
| September 24th, 1646 (September 24 1646) | Death | Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (bc. 1565) | |
| September 24th, 1625 (September 24 1625) | Birth | Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (died in 1672) | |
| September 24th, 1621 (September 24 1621) | Death | Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (born in 1560) | |
| September 24th, 1605 (September 24 1605) | Death | Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (bc. 1547) | |
| September 24th, 1583 (September 24 1583) | Birth | Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (died in 1634) | |
| September 24th, 1564 (September 24 1564) | Birth | William Adams, British navigator (died in 1620) | |
| September 24th, 1545 (September 24 1545) | Death | Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (born in 1490) | |
| September 24th, 1541 (September 24 1541) | Death | Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (born in 1493) | |
| September 24th, 1534 (September 24 1534) | Birth | Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (died in 1581) | |
| September 24th, 1513 (September 24 1513) | Birth | Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (died in 1535) | |
| September 24th, 1501 (September 24 1501) | Birth | Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (died in 1576) | |
| September 24th, 1494 (September 24 1494) | Death | Poliziano, Italian humanist (born in 1454) | |
| September 24th, 1435 (September 24 1435) | Death | Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (bc. 1370) | |
| September 24th, 1301 (September 24 1301) | Birth | Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (died in 1372) | |
| September 24th, 1275 (September 24 1275) | Death | Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (born in 1208) | |
| September 24th, 1213 (September 24 1213) | Death | Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (born in 1185) | |
| September 24th, 1180 (September 24 1180) | Event | Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline. | |
| September 24th, 1180 (September 24 1180) | Death | Manuel I Comnenus, Greek Byzantine Emperor (born in 1118) | |
| September 24th, 1143 (September 24 1143) | Death | Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1072) | |
| September 24th, 1143 (September 24 1143) | Death | Pope Innocent II | |
| September 24th, 1120 (September 24 1120) | Death | Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (born in 1072) | |
| September 24th, 1118 (September 24 1118) | Death | Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (born in 1160) | |
| September 24th, 1054 (September 24 1054) | Death | Hermannus Contractus, scholar (born in 1013) | |
| September 24th, 0768 (September 24 0768) | Death | Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (born in 714) | |
| September 24th, 0622 (September 24 0622) | Event | Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. | |
| September 24th, 0366 (September 24 0366) | Death | Pope Liberius | |
