September 24

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2023 (Sunday)

2022 (Saturday)

2021 (Friday)

2020 (Thursday)

2019 (Tuesday)

2018 (Monday)

2017 (Sunday)

2016 (Saturday)

2015 (Thursday)

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 98 days remain until the end of the year.

Events[]

787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, the last Byzantine Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, dies.
1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
1830 – A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
1841 – The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
1846 – Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
1853 – Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
1869 – Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
1877 – The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1906 – Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
1929 – Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
1932 – Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
1935 – Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
1946 – The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1950 – The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.^[1]
1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
1960 – USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1968 – First episode of 60 Minutes airs on television.^[2]
1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1975 – Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
2007 – India won first ever T20 international Cricket World Cup.
2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa
2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
2013 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
2015 – At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
2019 – An impeachment inquiry is initiated by the United States House of Representatives against President Donald Trump.

Births[]

AD 15 – Vitellius, Roman emperor (d. 69)^[3]
936 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (d. 983)
1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)^[4]
1418 – Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy (probable;^[5] d. 1462)
1433 – Shekha of Amarsar, Rajput chieftain (d. 1488)
1473 – Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (d. 1528)
1501 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (d. 1576)
1534 – Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
1564 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (d. 1620)
1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general (d. 1634)
1625 – Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (d. 1672)
1667 – Jean-Louis Lully, French composer (d. 1688)
1705 – Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
1717 – Horace Walpole, English historian, author, and politician (d. 1797)^[6]
1755 – John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (d. 1835)
1761 – F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor (d. 1817)
1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator (d. 1875)
1801 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (d. 1862)
1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
1812 – Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores (d. 1845)^[7]
1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
1829 – Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (d. 1885)
1845 – Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and author (d. 1905)
1858 – Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939)
1859 – Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer (d. 1933)
1861 – Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (d. 1936)
1870 – Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d. 1960)
1871 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (d. 1960)
1872 – Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (d. 1941)
1873 – María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer (d. 1957)
1878 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (d. 1947)
1880 – Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (d. 1999)
1882 – Max Decugis, French tennis player (d. 1978)
1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934)
1883 – Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach (d. 1951)
1884 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)
1884 – İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (d. 1973)
1884 – Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer (d. 1953)
1885 – Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (d. 1963)
1890 – Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 1977)
1890 – A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright (d. 1971)
1892 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (d. 1956)
1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1929)
1894 – Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (d. 1968)
1894 – Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
1895 – André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1940)
1898 – Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1968)
1898 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (d. 1990)
1899 – William Dobell, Australian painter (d. 1970)
1900 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
1901 – Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d.2001)
1902 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader and politician, 1st Supreme Leader of Iran (d. 1989)
1905 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
1906 – Leonard Marsh, Canadian sociologist and academic (d. 1982)
1906 – Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer (d. 1982)
1907 – Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (d. 1979)
1909 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect (d. 1966)
1910 – Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (d. 1976)
1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician (d. 1985)
1912 – Robert Lewis Taylor, American soldier and author (d. 1998)
1913 – Herb Jeffries, American singer (d. 2014)
1914 – Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (d. 1970)^[8]
1914 – John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
1914 – Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1991)
1916 – Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author (d. 2004)
1918 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (d. 1997)
1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
1920 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1920 – Jan Carew, Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2012)
1920 – Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
1921 – Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (d. 2008)
1921 – Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2014)
1922 – Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (d. 1967)
1922 – Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1922 – Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
1922 – John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (d. 2012)
1923 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
1923 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1950)
1923 – Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2005)
1924 – Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast
1924 – Voula Zouboulaki, Egyptian-Greek actress (d. 2015)
1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (d. 2004)
1927 – Arthur Malet, English-American actor and singer (d. 2013)
1929 – John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (d. 1991)
1930 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (d. 1998)
1930 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (d. 1977)
1930 – Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (d. 2012)
1930 – John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2018)
1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and educator
1931 – Cardiss Collins, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
1931 – Brian Glanville, English journalist and author
1931 – Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (d. 1999)
1931 – Mike Parkes, English race car driver (d. 1977)
1932 – Miguel Montuori, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1932 – Walter Wallmann, German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (d. 2013)
1933 – Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal
1933 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (d. 1996)
1934 – Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager
1934 – John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 1995)
1934 – John Kasmin, English art dealer
1934 – Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic
1934 – Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
1934 – Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (d. 1994)
1934 – Donald Wrye, American director, screenwriter and producer (d. 2015)
1936 – Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (d. 2013)
1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer and screenwriter, created The Muppets (d. 1990)
1938 – Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (d. 1993)
1939 – Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (d. 2014)
1939 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (d. 2015)
1939 – Jacques Vallée, French ufologist
1940 – Yves Navarre, French author (d. 1994)
1941 – John Mackey, American football player (d. 2011)
1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (d. 1998)
1942 – Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1944 – Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic
1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman
1944 – Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss September & 1968 Playmate of the Year.
1945 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author
1945 – Carson Van Osten, American comics creator and musician (d. 2015)
1945 – John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer
1946 – Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer
1946 – Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor
1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
1946 – César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter
1946 – Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer
1946 – María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer
1947 – Stephen Mueller, American painter (d. 2011)
1948 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)
1948 – Garth Porter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
1949 – Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
1949 – Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal
1950 – Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
1950 – John Kessel, American author, poet, and playwright
1950 – Harriet Walter, English actress
1951 – Douglas Kmiec, American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta
1952 – Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager
1952 – Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
1954 – Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
1955 – Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia
1956 – Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
1957 – Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
1958 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor and producer
1959 – Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman
1959 – Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer
1960 – Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1961 – Christopher L. Eisgruber, American lawyer and academic
1961 – John Logan, American screenwriter and producer
1961 – Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
1962 – Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager
1962 – Mike Phelan, English footballer, coach, and manager
1962 – Tim Supple, English director and producer
1962 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter
1962 – Ilgvars Zalāns, Latvian painter
1963 – Michael Potter, Australian rugby player and coach
1963 – Ben Preston, English journalist
1964 – Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-American baseball player
1964 – Marko Pomerants, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
1964 – Ronald van der Kemp, Dutch fashion designer
1965 – Robert Irvine, English chef and television host
1965 – Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
1965 – Sean McNabb, American singer and bass player
1965 – Janet Weiss, American drummer
1966 – Christophe Bouchut, French race car driver
1966 – Rajesh Khattar, Indian voice actor
1966 – Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player
1966 – Stefan Molyneux, Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger
1966 – Michael O. Varhola, American journalist and author
1967 – Noreena Hertz, English economist, author, and academic
1969 – Shawn Crahan, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
1969 – Christopher Pincher, English politician
1969 – Shamim Sarif, English author, director, and screenwriter
1969 – Paul Ray Smith, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2003)
1969 – Megan Ward, American actress
1971 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
1971 – Mike Michalowicz, American businessman and author
1971 – Kevin Millar, American baseball player and sportscaster
1971 – Peter Salisbury, English drummer
1972 – Conor Burns, British politician
1972 – Kate Fleetwood, English actress
1973 – Eddie George, American football player and sportscaster
1973 – Gillian Lindsay, Scottish rower^[9]
1973 – Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player and coach
1974 – John McDonald, American baseball player
1976 – Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and businesswoman
1976 – Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2013)
1976 – Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer
1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager
1977 – Casey Rabach, American football player
1978 – Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
1979 – Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
1979 – Kim Jong-min, South Korean singer
1980 – Daniele Bennati, Italian cyclist
1980 – Dean Canto, Australian race car driver
1980 – Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
1980 – Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist
1980 – John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
1981 – Ryan Briscoe, Australian race car driver
1981 – Drew Gooden, American basketball player
1982 – Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast
1982 – Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
1983 – Liam Finn, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Randy Foye, American basketball player
1983 – Ben Harris, Australian rugby league player
1984 – Taylor Eigsti, American pianist and composer
1984 – Senzo Meyiwa, South African footballer (d. 2014)
1985 – Eric Adjetey Anang, Ghanaian sculptor and carpenter
1985 – Eleanor Catton, Canadian-New Zealand author
1985 – Cameron Price, Australian news journalist
1985 – Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer
1987 – Matthew Connolly, English footballer
1987 – Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer
1988 – Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
1989 – Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015 titleholder
1991 – Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
1991 – Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
1993 – Ben Platt, American actor
1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo, English Footballer

Deaths[]

366 – Pope Liberius
768 – Pepin the Short, Frankish king (b. 714)
887 – Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 821)
1054 – Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1013)^[10]
1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1143 – Agnes of Germany (b. 1072)
1143 – Pope Innocent II
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (b. 1118)
1218 – Robert of Knaresborough (b. 1160)
1228 – Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (b. 1165)
1270 – Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres
1275 – Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (b. 1208)
1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria (b. 1370)
1459 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (b. 1382)
1494 – Poliziano, Italian poet and scholar (b. 1454)
1534 – Michael Glinski, Lithuanian prince (b. c. 1470)
1541 – Paracelsus, German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (b. 1493)
1545 – Albert of Mainz, German cardinal (b. 1490)
1562 – Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1495)
1572 – Túpac Amaru, last of the Incas
1605 – Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1547)
1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish commander (b. 1560)
1646 – Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer and educator (b. 1565)
1655 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (b. 1617)
1707 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet and author (b. 1642)
1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1742 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (b. 1684)
1790 – John Keyse Sherwin, English engraver (b. 1751)
1802 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (b. 1749)
1834 – Pedro I of Brazil (b. 1798)
1848 – Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (b. 1817)
1863 – William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (b. 1794)
1889 – D. H. Hill, American general and academic (b. 1821)
1889 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (b. 1856)
1892 – Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
1896 – Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860)
1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
1930 – William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1933 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (b. 1878)
1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (b. 1869)
1936 – József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (b. 1879)
1938 – Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
1939 – Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (b. 1867)
1939 – Charles Tatham, American fencer (b. 1854)
1945 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (b. 1882)
1947 – Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (b. 1861)
1948 – Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
1950 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
1962 – Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
1973 – August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (b. 1887)
1973 – Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (b. 1908)
1975 – Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1906)
1976 – Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (b. 1904)
1978 – James Bassett, American journalist and author (b. 1912)
1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (b. 1897)
1980 – Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896)
1981 – Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (b. 1910)
1982 – Sarah Churchill, English actress (b. 1914)
1982 – Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (b. 1906)
1984 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
1991 – Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (b. 1904)
1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957)
1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1913)
1994 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (b. 1932)
1996 – Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (b. 1931)
1998 – Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (b. 1942)
2002 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (b. 1953)
2002 – Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
2003 – Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (b. 1924)
2003 – Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
2004 – Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (b. 1935)
2006 – Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (b. 1953)
2006 – Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (b. 1909)
2008 – Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)
2008 – Irene Dailey, American actress (b. 1920)
2008 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (b. 1918)
2009 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (b. 1975)
2010 – Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (b. 1937)
2012 – Pierre Adam, French cyclist (b. 1924)
2012 – Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (b. 1923)
2012 – Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (b. 1934)
2013 – Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (b. 1924)
2013 – Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (b. 1921)
2013 – Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (b. 1931)
2013 – Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (b. 1912)
2013 – Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (b. 1924)
2013 – Paul Oliver, American football player (b. 1984)
2014 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (b. 1920)
2014 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (b. 1941)
2014 – Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (b. 1929)
2015 – Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (b. 1914)
2015 – Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (b. 1925)
2016 – Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1935)
2016 – Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979)
2016 – Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
2016 – Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (b. 1947)

Holidays and observances[]

Armed Forces Day (Peru)
Christian feast day:
- Anathalon (in Brescia)
- Antonio Gonzalez
- Gerard of Csanád
- Our Lady of Mercy and its related observance:
  - La Mercè (Barcelona)
- Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)
- Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England)
- Pacificus of San Severino
- Rupert of Salzburg
- September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Constitution Day (Cambodia)
Earliest day on which Maple Leaf Day can fall, while September 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in September. (Canada)
Heritage Day (South Africa).
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal in 1973.
Mahidol Day (Thailand)
New Caledonia Day (New Caledonia)
Republic Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

References[]

↑ Field, Robert (Fall 2008). "Revisiting the 1950 Great Smoke Pall" (PDF). Canadian Smoke Newsletter: 13–16. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/episode-1-of-60-minutes-condensed/
↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Taylor and Walton. 1849. p. 1273.
↑ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3706}}
↑ Ludwig Finscher (1995). Musicological Studies and Documents. American Institute of Musicology. p. 84. ISBN 978-3-7751-2501-7.
↑ Tim Mowl (1996). Horace Walpole: The Great Outsider. Ardent Media. p. 10.
↑ Rogers, Charles (1867). Lyra Britannica, a collection of British hymns, with biographical sketches of the hymn writers, by C. Rogers (Public domain ed.). pp. 251–.
↑ "Electric phantom - the indomitable Esther Eng". 2012-10-04. Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2018-06-10.
↑ "Gillian Lindsay Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
↑ "Hermann Von Reichenau | German scholar". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

External links[]

"On This Day". BBC.
The New York Times: On This Day
"Historical Events on September 24". OnThisDay.com.
"Today in Canadian History". Canada Channel.

[1] Field, Robert (Fall 2008). "Revisiting the 1950 Great Smoke Pall" (PDF). Canadian Smoke Newsletter: 13–16. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

[2] ttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/episode-1-of-60-minutes-condensed/

[3] Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Taylor and Walton. 1849. p. 1273.

[4] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 3706}}

[5] Ludwig Finscher (1995). Musicological Studies and Documents. American Institute of Musicology. p. 84. ISBN 978-3-7751-2501-7.

[6] Tim Mowl (1996). Horace Walpole: The Great Outsider. Ardent Media. p. 10.

[Rogers1867-7] Rogers, Charles (1867). Lyra Britannica, a collection of British hymns, with biographical sketches of the hymn writers, by C. Rogers (Public domain ed.). pp. 251–.

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