September 24

==Events== ===Pre-1600=== *787 – The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Radecki|first1=Francisco|last2=Radecki|first2=Dominic|title=Tumultuous Times: The Twenty General Councils of the Catholic Church and Vatican II and Its Aftermath|location=Wayne, Mich.|publisher=St. Joseph's Media|date=2004|isbn=9780971506107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KSEePYkCaRwC&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=73|postscript=none}}; {{cite book|last=Hussey|first=J.M.|title=The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire|location=Oxford, UK|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=2011|isbn=9780199582761|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rQiIhf44LI4C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false|page=47}}</ref> *1568 – Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 |page=279 |title=1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History |author=R.G. Grant |publisher=Book Sales |year=2017|isbn=9780785835530 }}</ref>

===1601–1900=== *1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath in England occurs, ending in a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles I. *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 James Brooke. *1846 – Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey. *1852 – The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels {{convert|17|mi|km}} 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 Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. *1875 – The 1864 play ''Heath Cobblers'' by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://naytelmat.fi/a/aleksis-kivi|title=Aleksis Kivi|website=Naytelmat.fi|access-date=24 September 2023|language=fi}}</ref> *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 – Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. 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.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Field|first=Robert|title=Revisiting the 1950 Great Smoke Pall|journal=Canadian Smoke Newsletter|date=Fall 2008|pages=13–16|url=http://www.espo.nasa.gov/arctas/docs/CanadianSmokeNwsltr_Feb2009.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404051331/http://www.espo.nasa.gov/arctas/docs/CanadianSmokeNwsltr_Feb2009.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-04|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> *1954 – AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.<ref>{{cite web|title=On This Day In Automotive History Motoring|website=365 Days Of Motoring|date=24 September 1954 |url=https://365daysofmotoring.com/the-iconic-routemaster-bus-was-first-revealed-to-the-public-by-london-transport-at-the-commercial-motor-show-in-earls-court/}}</ref> *1954 – The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.<ref>{{Cite thesis |title=Cruceños into Cambas: Regionalism and Revolutionary Nationalism in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia (1935-1959) |last=Pruden |first=Hernan |publisher=Stony Brook University |url=https://commons.library.stonybrook.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1713&context=stony-brook-theses-and-dissertations-collection |page=148|year=2012|degree=PhD}}</ref> *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.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-7C F-BIAP Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590924-0|access-date=23 September 2021|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref> *1960 – {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}}, 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, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mumbai Mirror |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/mumbai/other/photo-46-years-ago-a-japanese-plane-landed-at-juhu-instead-of-the-airport/articleshow/65926303.html}}</ref> *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 – South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 4121 Jetstream 41 ZS-NRM Durban International Airport (DUR) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090924-0 |access-date=2020-09-22 |website=Aviation Safety Network |publisher=Flight Safety Foundation}}</ref> *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. *2023 – NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Miller|first=Katrina|date=2023-09-24|title=A NASA Spacecraft Comes Home With an Asteroid Gift for Earth|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/science/nasa-osiris-rex-asteroid-sample-landing.html|access-date=2023-09-25|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

==Births== ===Pre-1600=== *15 – Vitellius, Roman emperor (died 69)<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rIsS4YOW5J8C&pg=PA1273|year=1849|publisher=Taylor and Walton|pages=1273}}</ref> * 936 – 'Adud al-Dawla, Buyid king (died 983) *1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (died 1372)<ref>Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage'', 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, vol. 3, p. 3706</ref> *1418 – Anne of Cyprus, Duchess of Savoy (probable;<ref>{{cite book|author=Ludwig Finscher|title=Musicological Studies and Documents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNUK5WrjHqAC|year=1995|publisher=American Institute of Musicology|isbn=978-3-7751-2501-7|page=84}}</ref> (died 1462) *1433 – Shekha of Amarsar, Rajput chieftain (died 1488) *1473 – Georg von Frundsberg, German Knight and landowner (died 1528) *1501 – Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician, physician, and astrologer (died 1576) *1534 – Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (died 1581) *1564 – William Adams, English sailor and navigator (died 1620) *1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian general (died 1634)

===1601–1900=== *1625 – Johan de Witt, Dutch mathematician and politician (died 1672) *1667 – Jean-Louis Lully, French composer (died 1688) *1705 – Count Leopold Joseph von Daun, Austrian field marshal (died 1766) *1717 – Horace Walpole, English historian, author, and politician (died 1797)<ref>{{cite book|author=Tim Mowl|title=Horace Walpole: The Great Outsider|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GRpF0RQbduAC&pg=PA10|year=1996|publisher=Ardent Media|pages=10}}</ref> *1755 – John Marshall, American Continental Army officer, jurist, and politician, 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (died 1835) *1761 – F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor (died 1817) *1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor and educator (died 1875) *1801 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist (died 1862) *1802 – Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (died 1868) *1812 – Mary Ann Browne, British poet and writer of musical scores (died 1845)<ref name="Rogers1867">{{cite book|last=Rogers|first=Charles|title=Lyra Britannica, a collection of British hymns, with biographical sketches of the hymn writers, by C. Rogers|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7xADAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA251|edition=Public domain|year=1867|pages=251–}}</ref> *1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (died 1901) *1829 – Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, Secretary of State of Texas (died 1885) *1845 – Nikolai Anderson, Estonian philologist and author (died 1905) *1858 – Eugene Foss, American businessman and politician, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (died 1939) *1859 – Julius Klengel, German cellist and composer (died 1933) *1861 – Bhikaiji Cama, Indian activist (died 1936) *1870 – Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (died 1960) *1871 – Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (died 1960) *1872 – Jaan Teemant, Estonian lawyer and politician, 7th State Elder of Estonia (died 1941) *1873 – María de las Mercedes Adam de Aróstegui, Cuban pianist and composer (died 1957) *1878 – Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss author and poet (died 1947) *1880 – Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (died 1999) *1882 – Max Decugis, French tennis player (died 1978) *1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, American businessman, founded Mars, Incorporated (died 1934) * 1883 – Lawson Robertson, Scottish-American high jumper and coach (died 1951) *1884 – Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (died 1963) * 1884 – İsmet İnönü, Turkish general and politician, 2nd President of Turkey (died 1973) * 1884 – Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer and engineer (died 1953) *1885 – Artur Lemba, Estonian pianist, composer, and educator (died 1963) *1890 – Mike González, Cuban baseball player, coach, and manager (died 1977) * 1890 – A. P. Herbert, English author and playwright (died 1971) *1892 – Adélard Godbout, Canadian agronomist and politician, 15th Premier of Québec (died 1956) *1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1929) *1894 – Tommy Armour, Scottish-American golfer and sportscaster (died 1968) * 1894 – Billy Bletcher, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1979) *1895 – André Frédéric Cournand, French physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1988) *1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (died 1940) *1898 – Howard Florey, Australian pharmacologist and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1968) * 1898 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, American astronomer (died 1990) *1899 – William Dobell, Australian painter (died 1970) * 1899 – Bessie Braddock, British politician (died 1970)<ref>{{cite ODNB|url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/37214|last= Ingham|first= Robert|title= Braddock [née Bamber], Elizabeth Margaret|year= 2005|doi= 10.1093/ref:odnb/37214|access-date= 22 October 2015}} {{subscription required}}</ref> *1900 – Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (died 1955)

===1901–present=== *1901 – Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (died 2001) *1905 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1993) *1906 – Leonard Marsh, Canadian sociologist and academic (died 1982) * 1906 – Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer (died 1982) *1907 – Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (died 1979) *1909 – Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect (died 1966) *1910 – Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (died 1976) *1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician, General Secretary of the Communist Party and de facto leader of the USSR (died 1985)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Konstantin-Chernenko}}</ref> *1912 – Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (died 1998) *1913 – Herb Jeffries, American singer (died 2014) *1914 – Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (died 1970)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2010-01/23/content_9365379.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004135957/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hkedition/2010-01/23/content_9365379.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-04|title=Electric phantom – the indomitable Esther Eng|date=2012-10-04|access-date=2018-06-10}}</ref> * 1914 – John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (died 1991) * 1914 – Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1991) *1916 – Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author (died 2004) *1918 – Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (died 1997) * 1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (died 1997) *1920 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1945) * 1920 – Jan Carew, Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (died 2012) * 1920 – Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (died 2013) *1921 – Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (died 2008) * 1921 – Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2014) *1922 – Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (died 1967) * 1922 – Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023) * 1922 – Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (died 1998) * 1922 – John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (died 2012) *1923 – Louis Edmonds, American actor (died 2001) * 1923 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (died 1950) * 1923 – Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2005) *1924 – Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (died 2020) * 1924 – Voula Zouboulaki, Egyptian-Greek actress (died 2015) *1925 – Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (died 2004) *1927 – Arthur Malet, English-American actor and singer (died 2013) *1929 – John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (died 1991) *1930 – Jack Gaughan, American illustrator (died 1985)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Reginald|first1=Robert|last2=Menville|first2=Douglas|last3=Burgess|first3=Mary A.|title=Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature: A Checklist, 1700–1974 with Contemporary Science Fiction Authors. Volume II|location=Detroit|publisher=Gale Research Co.|date=1979|isbn=9780810310513|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L25ycEzuXxIC|page=910}}</ref> * 1930 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (died 1998) * 1930 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (died 1977) * 1930 – Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (died 2012) * 1930 – John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (died 2018)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Sept. 24: Nia Vardalos, Ben Platt |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/09/24/Famous-birthdays-for-Sept-24-Nia-Vardalos-Ben-Platt/8271663987809/#:~:text=Famous%20birthdays%20for%20Sept.,%2C%20Ben%20Platt%20%2D%20UPI.com |publisher=UPI |access-date=23 September 2023 |date=24 September 2022}}</ref> *1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (died 2021)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dame Elizabeth Blackadder obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/aug/25/dame-elizabeth-blackadder-obituary |website=The Guardian|language=en |date=25 August 2021|access-date=25 August 2021}}</ref> * 1931 – Cardiss Collins, American lawyer and politician (died 2013) * 1931 – Brian Glanville, English journalist and author (died 2025) * 1931 – Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (died 1999) * 1931 – Mike Parkes, English race car driver (died 1977) *1932 – Miguel Montuori, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (died 1998) * 1932 – Walter Wallmann, German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (died 2013) *1933 – Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal * 1933 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (died 1996) *1934 – Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager (died 2018) * 1934 – John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (died 1995) * 1934 – John Kasmin, English art dealer * 1934 – Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic (died 2019) * 1934 – Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (died 2013) * 1934 – Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (died 1994) * 1934 – Donald Wrye, American director, screenwriter, and producer (died 2015) *1936 – Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (died 2013) * 1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (died 1990)<ref name="UPI" /> *1938 – Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (died 1993) *1939 – Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (died 2014) * 1939 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (died 2015) * 1939 – Jacques Vallée, French ufologist *1940 – Yves Navarre, French author (died 1994) *1941 – John Mackey, American football player (died 2011) * 1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (died 1998)<ref name="UPI" /> *1942 – Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021) *1944 – Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (died 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<ref name="AP" /> (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Lou Dobbs, conservative news host, dies at 78 |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/lou-dobbs-conservative-news-host-dies-78/story?id=112076998 |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=ABC News |language=en}}</ref> * 1945 – Carson Van Osten, American comics creator and musician (died 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<ref name="UPI" /> * 1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland * 1946 – César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter (died 2022) * 1946 – Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer * 1946 – María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer *1947 – Stephen Mueller, American painter (died 2011) *1948 – Gordon Clapp, American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1948 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (died 1998)<ref name="UPI" /> * 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<ref name="AP" /> *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 (died 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<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for September 24, 2022 includes celebrities Nia Vardalos, Stephanie McMahon |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/09/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-september-24-2022-includes-celebrities-nia-vardalos-stephanie-mcmahon.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=23 September 2023 |date=24 September 2022}}</ref> *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<ref name="AP" /> * 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<ref name="UPI" /> * 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<ref name="AP" /> * 1969 – Christopher Pincher, English politician * 1969 – Shamim Sarif, English author, director, and screenwriter * 1969 – Paul Ray Smith, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 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<ref>{{cite web |title=Gillian Lindsay Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gillian-lindsay-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025528/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gillian-lindsay-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=17 April 2020 |language=en}}</ref> * 1973 – Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player and coach *1974 – John McDonald, American baseball player *1976 – Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player * 1976 – Ian Bohen, American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and businesswoman<ref name="AP" /> * 1976 – Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actor and singer (died 2013) * 1976 – Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer *1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager * 1977 – Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/2280/kabeer-gbaja-biamila |publisher=ESPN |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> * 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<ref name="UPI" /> * 1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast<ref name="UPI" /> * 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 – Bobby Brown, American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Bobby Brown |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/201628/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> *1985 – Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer *1986 – Max Lercher, Austrian politician<ref>{{cite web |title=Recherchieren: Personen - Maximilian Lercher |url=https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5642 |publisher=Austrian Parliament |access-date=31 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929200544/https://www.parlament.gv.at/person/5642 |archive-date=29 September 2024 |location=Vienna, Austria |language=de}}</ref> * 1986 – Eloise Mumford, American actress<ref name="UPI" /> *1987 – Spencer Treat Clark, American actor<ref name="AP" /> * 1987 – Matthew Connolly, English footballer * 1987 – Grey Damon, American actor<ref name="AP" /> *1988 – Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player * 1988 – Steven Kampfer, American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Steven Kampfer |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/steven-kampfer-8474000 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> * 1988 – Kyle Sullivan, American actor<ref name="AP" /> *1989 – Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/804542/pia-wurtzbach-celebrates-birthday-with-so-much-cake/story/%3famp|title=Pia Wurtzbach celebrates birthday with 'so much cake'|date=September 24, 2021|publisher=GMA News and Public Affairs}}</ref> *1990 – Vontaze Burfict, American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Vontaze Burfict |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/15246/vontaze-burfict |publisher=ESPN |access-date=23 September 2023}}</ref> * 1991 – Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer *1993 – Sonya Deville, American wrestler and mixed martial artist<ref>{{cite web |title=Sonya Deville |url=https://www.espn.com/wwe/story/_/id/21655908/wwe-profile-page-sonya-deville |publisher=ESPN |access-date=23 September 2023 |date=3 December 2017}}</ref> * 1993 – Ben Platt, American actor, singer, and songwriter<ref name="AP" /> *1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer *1998 – Nikolas Cruz, American mass murderer<ref>{{cite web |title=A lost and lonely killer |date=24 February 2018 |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/2018/02/24/a-lost-and-lonely-killer/ |publisher=Sun Sentinel |access-date=13 June 2024}}</ref> *2002 – Gaeul, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer<ref>{{cite web |title=How Old Are the IVE Members? |url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/how-old-are-the-ive-members/ |publisher=The Escapist |access-date=5 January 2026}}</ref> *2003 – Joe Locke, Manx actor<ref name="UPI" />

==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * 366 – Pope Liberius * 768 – Pepin the Short, Frankish king (born 714) * 887 – Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty (born 821) *1054 – Hermann of Reichenau, German composer, mathematician, and astronomer (born 1013)<ref>{{cite web |title=Hermann Von Reichenau {{!}} German scholar |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hermann-von-Reichenau |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=31 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *1120 – Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (born 1072) *1143 – Agnes of Germany (born 1072) * 1143 – Pope Innocent II *1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (born 1118) *1218 – Robert of Knaresborough (born 1160) *1228 – Stefan the First-Crowned, Serbian king (born 1165) *1270 – Philip of Montfort, Lord of Castres *1275 – Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, English politician, Lord High Constable of England (born 1208) *1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria (born 1370) *1459 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark and Sweden (born 1382) *1494 – Poliziano, Italian poet and scholar (born 1454) *1534 – Michael Glinski, Lithuanian prince (born c. 1470) *1541 – Paracelsus, German-Swiss physician, botanist, and chemist (born 1493) *1545 – Albert of Mainz, German cardinal (born 1490) *1562 – Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (born 1495) *1572 – Túpac Amaru, last of the Incas

===1601–1900=== *1605 – Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer and educator (born 1547) *1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish commander (born 1560) *1646 – Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer and educator (born 1565) *1655 – Frederick, Landgrave of Hesse-Eschwege (born 1617) *1707 – Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet and author (born 1642) *1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan (born 1654) *1742 – Johann Matthias Hase, German mathematician, astronomer, and cartographer (born 1684) *1790 – John Keyse Sherwin, English engraver (born 1751) *1798 – Bartholomew Teeling, leader of the United Irishmen executed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798<ref>{{cite book |last=Woods |first=C.J.|author-link= |date= |title=Dictionary of Irish Biography |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/teeling-bartholomew-a8484 |location= |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |page= |isbn=}}</ref> (born c. 1774) *1802 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (born 1749) *1834 – Pedro I of Brazil (born 1798) *1848 – Branwell Brontë, English painter and poet (born 1817) *1863 – William Debenham, English businessman, founded Debenhams (born 1794) *1889 – D. H. Hill, American general and academic (born 1821) * 1889 – Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (born 1856) *1892 – Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (born 1829) *1896 – Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1818)

===1901–present=== *1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860) *1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (born 1892) *1930 – William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (born 1857) *1933 – Mike Donlin, American baseball player and actor (born 1878) * 1933 – Alice Muriel Williamson, English author (born 1869) *1936 – József Klekl, Slovene priest and journalist (born 1879) *1938 – Lev Schnirelmann, Belarusian-Russian mathematician and academic (born 1900) *1939 – Carl Laemmle, German-American film producer, founded Universal Studios (born 1867) * 1939 – Charles Tatham, American fencer (born 1854) *1945 – Hans Geiger, German physicist and academic, co-invented the Geiger counter (born 1882) *1947 – Andrew C. McLaughlin, American historian and author (born 1861) *1948 – Warren William, American actor (born 1894) *1950 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (born 1863) *1962 – Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1887) *1973 – August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (born 1887) * 1973 – Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (born 1908) *1975 – Earle Cabell, American businessman and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1906) *1976 – Philip Gbeho, Ghanaian composer and educator (born 1904) *1978 – James Bassett, American journalist and author (born 1912) * 1978 – Ida Noddack, German chemist and physicist (born 1896)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Marshall |first1=James L. |title=Ida Noddack: Foreteller of Nuclear Fission |journal=ACS Symposium Series |date=January 2018 |volume=1311 |pages=105–149 |doi=10.1021/bk-2018-1311.ch005|isbn=978-0-8412-3391-1 }}</ref> * 1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel, German general and politician (born 1897) *1980 – Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1896) *1981 – Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (born 1910) *1982 – Sarah Churchill, English actress (born 1914) * 1982 – Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (born 1906) *1984 – Neil Hamilton, American actor (born 1899) *1991 – Dr. Seuss, American children's book writer, poet, and illustrator (born 1904) *1993 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1957) * 1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist and academic (born 1913) *1994 – Barry Bishop, American mountaineer, photographer, and scholar (born 1932) *1996 – Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1931) *1998 – Jeff Moss, American composer and screenwriter (born 1942) *2002 – Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian politician (born 1953) * 2002 – Mike Webster, American football player (born 1952) *2003 – Rosalie Allen, American singer and radio host (born 1924) * 2003 – Lyle Bettger, American actor (born 1915) *2004 – Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (born 1935) *2006 – Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (born 1953) * 2006 – Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (born 1909) *2008 – Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (born 1917) * 2008 – Irene Dailey, American actress (born 1920) * 2008 – Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (born 1918) *2009 – Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (born 1975) *2010 – Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937) *2012 – Pierre Adam, French cyclist (born 1924) * 2012 – Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923) * 2012 – Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934) *2013 – Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (born 1924) * 2013 – Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (born 1921) * 2013 – Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (born 1931) * 2013 – Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (born 1912) * 2013 – Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (born 1924) * 2013 – Paul Oliver, American football player (born 1984) *2014 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (born 1920) * 2014 – Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (born 1941) * 2014 – Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1929) *2015 – Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (born 1914) * 2015 – Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (born 1925) *2016 – Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (born 1935) * 2016 – Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (born 1928) * 2016 – Bill Nunn, American actor (born 1953) * 2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947) *2020 – Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dean Jones, ODI batting pioneer, dies aged 59|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/29958649/former-australia-batsman-dean-jones-dies-aged-59|access-date=2020-09-26|website=www.espncricinfo.com|date=24 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> *2022 – Pharoah Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pharoah Sanders, giant of spirit-driven jazz, dies at 81|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/09/24/1124925662/pharoah-sanders-dies-at-81-obituary|access-date=2023-04-12|website=www.npr.org|date=24 September 2022 |language=en |last1=Flanagan |first1=Andrew }}</ref> *2025 – Sara Jane Moore, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1930)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kalodimos |first1=Demetria |last2=Cavendish |first2=Steve |title=Sara Jane Moore, Who Tried to Kill President Ford, Dies in Franklin at 95 |url=https://nashvillebanner.com/2025/09/24/sara-jane-moore-dies-gerald-ford/ |website=Nashville Banner |date=September 24, 2025 |access-date=September 25, 2025}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances== *Armed Forces Day (Peru) *Christian feast day: **Anathalon (in Brescia) **Antonio Gonzalez **Blessed Émilie Gamelin<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Blessed_Emilie_Tavernier_Gamelin-EN.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2021-09-23 |archive-date=2021-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018171056/https://www.cccb.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Blessed_Emilie_Tavernier_Gamelin-EN.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> (Canada) **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)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Khmer Times |url=https://www.khmertimeskh.com/501761578/cambodia-commemorates-32nd-constitutional-day/#:~:text=On%20September%2024%2C%201993%2C%20at,of%20the%20Kingdom%20of%20Cambodia.}}</ref> *Heritage Day (South Africa)<ref>{{Cite web |title=South African Government |url=https://www.gov.za/news/events/commemorative-events/heritage-day}}</ref> *Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal in 1973. *Mahidol Day (Thailand)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Department of Information, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Thailand |url=https://info.mfa.go.th/en/content/prince-mahidol-day-and-education-for-humanity-2?cate=62280bdcc2c8fe0f4227f2c8}}</ref> *New Caledonia Day (New Caledonia) *Republic Day (Trinidad and Tobago)<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Library and Information System Authority |url=https://www.nalis.gov.tt/resources/tt-content-guide/republic-day/}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/24/ |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=09|day=24}} * {{cite news |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/september/24 |title=Historical Events on September 24 |newspaper=OnThisDay.com}}

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