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Today September 24th 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
622 – Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina.
1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
1664 – The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
1789 – The office of the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the United States Post Office Department, are established.
1841 – The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain.
1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
1869 – 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.
1877 – Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1903 – Edmund Barton steps down as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by Alfred Deakin.
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation s first National Monument.
1928 – Major riot during a whalf strike in Port Adelaide involving up 4,000 waterside workers
1935 – Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong
1947 – Majestic 12 is allegedly established by secret executive order of President Harry Truman
1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1950 – Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A Blue moon (in the
Births
1957 – Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division 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.
1990 – Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn
1994 – National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
1996 – U.S. President Bill Clinton signs the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
2007 – Sugababes legendary single About You Now, is released on this day. About You Now peaked #1 on downloads alone in the Top 40.
Deaths
15 – Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
1301 – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
1501 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (d. 1576)
1513 – Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)
1534 – Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
1564 – William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)
1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634)
1625 – Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
1705 – Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
1717 – Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
1725 – Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
1739 – Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)
1755 – John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1835)
1801 – Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)
1802 – Adolphe d Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
1829 – Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885)
1858 – Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939)
1870 – Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (d. 1960)
1871 – Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
1878 – C. F. Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
1884 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)
1884 – Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)
1890 – Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)
1890 – A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
1892 – Adélard Godbout, premier of Québec (d. 1956)
1894 – Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)
1895 – André Frédéric Cournand, French Nobel Laureate (d. 1988)
1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
1898 – Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (d. 1968)
1899 – Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970)
1900 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
1902 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian politician, religious figure, and political leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution (d. 1989)
1905 – Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
1909 – Gerard Ciolek, Polish architect (d. 1966)
1910 – Jean Servais, Belgian actor (d. 1976)
1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985)
1912 – Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997)
1914 – Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
1919 – Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004)
1920 – Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1921 – Jim McKay, American sportscaster (d. 2008)
1922 – Cornell MacNeil, American baritone
1923 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
1923 – Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)
1924 – Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
1924 – Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998)
1924 – Sheila MacRae, singer & actress
1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
1927 – Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999)
1929 – Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician
1930 – Józef Krupinski, Polish poet (d. 1998)
1930 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977)
1930 – John W. Young, American astronaut
1931 – Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999)
1931 – Mike Parkes, British Formula One driver (d. 1977)
1932 – Dominique Michel, Canadian comedian
1933 – Raffaele Cardinal Farina, Archivist of the Holy Roman Church
1934 – Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer
1934 – John Brunner, British author (d. 1995)
1934 – Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994)
1935 – Sean McCann, Canadian actor
1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)
1940 – Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994)
1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer (d. 1998)
1941 – John Mackey, football player
1942 – Ilkka Danny Lipsanen, Finnish singer
1942 – Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
1944 – Diana Körner, German actress
1945 – Lou Dobbs, American journalist
1946 – Mean Joe Greene, American football player
1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
1947 – Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor
1948 – Heinz Chur, German composer
1948 – Gordon Clapp, American actor
1948 – Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)
1950 – Alan Colmes, American talk show host
1950 – Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer
1950 – Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
1951 – Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar
1952 – Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999)
1955 – Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
1956 – Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
1957 – Tod Howarth, American rock musician
1958 – Kevin Sorbo, American actor
1959 – Steve Whitmire, American voice actor
1961 – Allen Bestwick, Nascar broadcaster
1961 – John Logan, American screenwriter
1962 – Jack Dee, British comedian
1962 – Rosamund Kwan, Hong Kong actress
1962 – Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
1962 – Mike Phelan, English footballer
1962 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress
1964 – Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player
1965 – Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords)
1966 – Stacy Galina, American actress
1966 – Bernard Gilkey, Baseball player
1966 – Michael J. Varhola, American author
1969 – Shawn Clown Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
1969 – Shamim Sarif, English novelist and filmmaker
1969 – Donald DeGrate, Jr., American music producer
1969 – Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model
1969 – Megan Ward, American actress
1971 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
1971 – Kevin Millar, American baseball player
1971 – Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve)
1973 – Eddie George, American football player
1974 – John McDonald, American baseball player
1975 – Kyle Turley, football player
1975 – Mike Gallay, Canadian comedian and filmmaker
1976 – Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
1976 – Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler
1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer
1978 – Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
1978 – Tarek Saab, American TV show contestant
1979 – Justin Bruening, American actor
1979 – Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
1979 – Katja Kassin, German pornographic actress
1979 – Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian
1980 – Daniele Bennati, Italian professional road racing cyclist
1980 – Dean Canto, Australian racing driver
1980 – Sabrine Maui, Filipino/American pornographic actress
1980 – Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
1980 – John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
1981 – Drew Gooden, American basketball player
1981 – Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver
1982 – Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast
1982 – Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
1983 – Randy Foye, American basketball player
1984 – Szilvia Molnar, Swedish writer
1986 – Leah Dizon, American model and singer
1987 – Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
1987 – Matthew Connolly, English footballer
1988 – Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
1988 – Kyle Sullivan, American actor
1988 – Lisa Wang, American gymnast
Holidays and observances
366 – Pope Liberius
768 – Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)
1054 – Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
1118 – Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)
1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1143 – Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
1143 – Pope Innocent II
1180 – Manuel I Comnenus, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
1213 – Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
1275 – Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (b. c.1370)
1494 – Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
1541 – Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (b. 1493)
1545 – Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (b. 1490)
1605 – Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (b. c.1547)
1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
1646 – Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (b. c.1565)
1707 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1742 – Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
1802 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
1834 – Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (b. 1798)
1896 – Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (b. 1818)
1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
1930 – William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
1933 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player (b. 1878)
1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
1938 – Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
1939 – Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer (b. 1867)
1945 – Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
1948 – Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
1954 – Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)
1962 – Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (b. 1887)
1975 – Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German army general and politician (b. 1897)
1981 – Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
1982 – Sarah Churchill, British actress (b. 1914)
1984 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
1991 – Dr. Seuss, American children s writer (b. 1904)
1991 – Peter Bellamy, British folk singer (b. 1944)
1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
1996 – Zeki Müren, Turkish musician (b. 1931)
2002 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (b. 1953)
2002 – Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
2003 – Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
2003 – Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
2004 – Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
2005 – Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
2006 – Michael Ferguson, Irish politician (b. 1953)
2008 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918)
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