What Happened on September 24?
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EVENTS ON SEPTEMBER 24
1906 Atlanta race massacre
Year:
1906
Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
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1890 Manifesto
Year:
1890
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
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Battle of Shiroyama
Year:
1877
The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
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Heath Cobblers
Year:
1875
The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.
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Devils Tower
Year:
1906
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
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HMA No. 1
Year:
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.
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Earl W. Bascom
Year:
1935
Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Year:
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).
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Jimmy Doolittle
Year:
1929
Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
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Black Friday (1869)
Year:
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.
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BIRTHS ON SEPTEMBER 24
Fats Navarro
Year of birth:
1923
Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (died 1950)
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Louis Edmonds
Year of birth:
1923
Louis Edmonds, American actor (died 2001)
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Raoul Bott
Year of birth:
1923
Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2005)
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Ettore Bastianini
Year of birth:
1922
Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (died 1967)
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Bert I. Gordon
Year of birth:
1922
Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2023)
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Arthur Malet
Year of birth:
1927
Arthur Malet, English-American actor and singer (died 2013)
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John Carter (jazz musician)
Year of birth:
1929
John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (died 1991)
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Józef Krupiński
Year of birth:
1930
Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (died 1998)
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Angelo Muscat
Year of birth:
1930
Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (died 1977)
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Benjamin Romualdez
Year of birth:
1930
Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (died 2012)
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DEATHS ON SEPTEMBER 24
Louis Gerhard De Geer
Year of death:
1896
Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (born 1818)
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Patrick Gilmore
Year of death:
1892
Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (born 1829)
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Niels Ryberg Finsen
Year of death:
1904
Niels Ryberg Finsen, Faroese-Danish physician and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1860)
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Mahidol Adulyadej
Year of death:
1929
Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (born 1892)
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William A. MacCorkle
Year of death:
1930
William A. MacCorkle, American lawyer and politician, 9th Governor of West Virginia (born 1857)
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Daniel Harvey Hill
Year of death:
1889
D. H. Hill, American general and academic (born 1821)
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Charles Leroux
Year of death:
1889
Charles Leroux, American balloonist and skydiver (born 1856)
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Bartholomew Teeling
Year of death:
1798
Bartholomew Teeling, leader of the United Irishmen executed during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 (born c. 1774)
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Alexander Radishchev
Year of death:
1802
Alexander Radishchev, Russian author and critic (born 1749)
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Pedro I of Brazil
Year of death:
1834
Pedro I of Brazil (born 1798)
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HOLIDAYS ON SEPTEMBER 24
Rupert of Salzburg
Christian feast day: Rupert of Salzburg
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Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces Day (Peru)
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September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day: September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
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Public holidays in Cambodia
Constitution Day (Cambodia)
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New Caledonia
New Caledonia Day (New Caledonia)
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Our Lady of Walsingham
Christian feast day: Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England)
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Pacificus of San Severino
Christian feast day: Pacificus of San Severino
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Feast of Our Lady of Ransom
Christian feast day: Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)
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Anathalon
Christian feast day: Anathalon (in Brescia)
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Émilie Gamelin
Christian feast day: Blessed Émilie Gamelin (Canada)
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