September 24
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September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in
leap years). There are 98 days remaining.
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Events
\n*622 - Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina\n*1493 - Christopher Columbus's second expedition to the New World\n*1664 - Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England\n*1789 - Supreme Court of the United States and position of United States Attorney General established\n*1789 - United States Post Office Department established\n*1841 - Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain\n*1852 - The first airship is displayed\n*1869 - "Black Friday". Gold prices plummet as Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.\n*1890 - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy\n*1908 - The first Ford Model T is built\n*1948 - Honda Motor Company founded\n*1957 - President Dwight Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation\n*1962 - United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith\n*1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal\n*1993 - Broderbund releases the computer game Myst\n*1996 - The group Weezer releases Pinkerton.
Births
\n*15 - Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)\n*1534 - Guru Ram Das, Fourth Sikh Guru/Master (d. 1581)\n*1564 - William Adams, English navigator and Japanese samurai (d. 1620)\n*1717 - Horace Walpole, novelist and politician (d. 1797)\n*1755 - John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1835)\n*1896 - F Scott Fitzgerald, novelist (d. 1940)\n*1905 - Severo Ochoa, biochemist, Nobel Prize winner\n*1905 - Howard Hughes, aviator, inventor, film producer, eccentric (d. 1976)\n*1921 - Jim McKay, sports commentator\n*1923 - Louis Edmonds, actor (d. 2001)\n*1924 - Sheila MacRae, singer, actress\n*1931 - Anthony Newley, actor, singer (d. 1999)\n*1936 - Jim Henson, creator of the Muppets (d. 1990)\n*1941 - Linda McCartney, singer and animal rights activist (d. 1998)\n*1942 - Gerry Marsden, singer ("Gerry and the Pacemakers")\n*1946 - Mean Joe Greene, American football star\n* 1946 - Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland\n*1948 - Phil Hartman, actor (d. 1998)\n*1948 - Gordon Clapp, actor\n*1951 - Pedro Almodovar, movie director\n*1956 - Hubie Brooks, baseball player\n*1958 - Kevin Sorbo, actor\n*1959 - Steve Whitmire, voice actor\n*1962 - Nia Vardalos, actress, writer, comedienne\n*1962 - Roy Larke, professor of retailing, expert in Japanese marketing\n*1969 - Antye Greie, German musician, poem producer\n*1976 - Stephanie McMahon, WWE performer
Deaths
\n*366 - Pope Liberius\n*768 - Pippin the Short, King of the Franks\n*1143 - Pope Innocent II\n*1545 - Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz\n*1939 - Carl Laemmle, film producer\n*1973 - Pablo Neruda, Nobel Prize winning author\n*1991 - Dr. Seuss, writer
Holidays
\n*South Africa - Heritage Day\n*In ancient Latvia, the third day of Mikeli, and the only day of the year during which men proposed to their prospective wives
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