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| Birthday September 24, 1717 Horace Walpole, English writer |
| Birthday September 24, 1755 John Marshall, Supreme Court Chief Justice |
| Birthday September 24, 1827 Union General Henry Slocum is born |
| Birthday September 24, 1870 Georges Claude, invented neon light |
| Birthday September 24, 1890 Sir Alan Herbert, English journalist & writer |
| Birthday September 24, 1896 F Scott Fitzgerald, in St Paul, Minn (Great Gatsby) |
| Birthday September 24, 1921 Jim McKay, ABC Sportscaster |
| Birthday September 24, 1924 Sheila MacRae, in London, Actress |
| Birthday September 24, 1930 John W Young, astronaut (Gemini 3, 10, Apollo 10, 16, STS-1, 9) |
| Birthday September 24, 1931 Anthony Newley, Actor, song writer |
| Birthday September 24, 1934 John Brunner, British sci-fi author (Sheep Look Up) |
| Birthday September 24, 1936 Jim Hensen, who made Kermit & Miss Piggy what they are today |
| Birthday September 24, 1942 Linda Eastman McCartney |
| History September 24, 0622 Muhammad completes Hegira |
| History September 24, 1776 Congress prepares instructions for negotiating treaty with France |
| History September 24, 1789 Congress' 1st Judiciary Act for Attorney General & Supreme Court |
| History September 24, 1789 Congress creates the Post Office |
| History September 24, 1845 1st baseball team organized |
| History September 24, 1846 Battle of Monterey |
| History September 24, 1852 a new invention the dirigible is demonstrated |
| History September 24, 1853 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt) |
| History September 24, 1865 James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks SF |
| History September 24, 1869 Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold |
| History September 24, 1890 The Mormon Church officially renounces polygamy |
| History September 24, 1895 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months) |
| History September 24, 1918 Bulgaria seeks ceasefire with Allied powers |
| History September 24, 1919 Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey |
| History September 24, 1927 Yanks set record of 106 victories |
| History September 24, 1929 Lt James H Doolittle guided a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in the 1st all-instrument flight |
| History September 24, 1930 Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights |
| History September 24, 1934 Babe Ruth made his farewell appearance as a baseball player |
| History September 24, 1939 Ruth's final Yankee Stadium appearance Less than 2500 on hand |
| History September 24, 1941 Japanese gather preliminary data on Pearl Harbor |
| History September 24, 1941 9 Allied govts pledged adherence to the Atlantic Charter |
| History September 24, 1948 Honda Motor Company is incorporated |
| History September 24, 1953 United States will not cringe before Soviet weapons |
| History September 24, 1954 Tonight Show premieres on NBC |
| History September 24, 1954 Yanks tie a record 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning |
| History September 24, 1955 Pres Eisenhower suffered a heart attack on vacation in Denver |
| History September 24, 1957 Bkln Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field defeat Pirates 2-0 |
| History September 24, 1957 Eisenhower orders US troops to desegregate Little Rock schools |
| History September 24, 1958 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed Urbandale Ia |
| History September 24, 1960 1st atomic powered aircraft carrier the Enterprise is launched |
| History September 24, 1960 USS Enterprise 1st nuclear-powered aircraft carrier launched |
| History September 24, 1963 Senate ratifies treaty with Britain & USSR limit nuclear testing |
| History September 24, 1963 McNamara and Taylor assess situation in Vietnam |
| History September 24, 1964 Warren Commission report delivered to President Johnson |
| History September 24, 1964 The Munsters premier |
| History September 24, 1966 Last Train To Clarksville gives the made-for-TV Monkees a real-life pop hit |
| History September 24, 1966 Hurricane Inez batters Caribbean |
| History September 24, 1967 Political instability continues in South Vietnam |
| History September 24, 1968 60 Minutes premiers |
| History September 24, 1968 That's Life premiers - A Broadway musical type TV show |
| History September 24, 1969 The Chicago Seven go on trial |
| History September 24, 1969 Trial of `Chicago 8' began |
| History September 24, 1970 1st Automated return of lunar sample by Luna 16 |
| History September 24, 1971 A game warden is reported missing |
| History September 24, 1974 Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal |
| History September 24, 1975 Redford stars in Three Days of the Condor |
| History September 24, 1976 Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by President Carter |
| History September 24, 1978 Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0 rasing his record to 23-3 ERA 174 |
| History September 24, 1979 CompuServe system started |
| History September 24, 1988 Ben Johnson wins gold, temporarily |
| History September 24, 1996 Stephen King releases two books at once |