September 24

Events

Pre-1600

*787 – Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.
*1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.

1601–1900

* 1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
* 1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
* 1745 – Jacobite rising of 1745: Bonnie Prince Charles defeats a British government army in the Battle of Prestonpans.
*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 James Brooke.
* 1846 – Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
*1852 – The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels from Paris to Trappes.
*1853 – Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
*1869 – Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States 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.

1901–present

* 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.
*1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
*1959 – TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.
*1960 – , the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
* 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.
*2008 – Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
*2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
* 2009 – SA Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.
*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.

Births

Pre-1600

* 15 – Vitellius, Roman emperor (d. 69)
* 936 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (d. 983)
*1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
*1418 – Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy (probable; 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)

1601–1900

* 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)
* 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)
*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)
* 1899 – Bessie Braddock, British politician (d. 1970)
*1900 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)

1901–present

*1901 – Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d.2001)
*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 author (d. 1998)
*1913 – Herb Jeffries, American singer (d. 2014)
*1914 – Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (d. 1970)
* 1914 – John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia, 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 (d. 2020)
* 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 printmaker (d. 2021)
* 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 (d. 2019)
* 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 (d. 2021)
*1944 – Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (d. 2020)
* 1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman
* 1944 – Victoria Vetri, Playboy's 1967 Miss September and 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

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