Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!
This day in 312 marked the start of Imperial Indication. On this day in 366, Liberius ended his reign as Catholic Pope. In 673 on this day, the Synod of Hertford opened, canons made for English Church. This day in 787 marked the second Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council), which opened in Asia Minor. On this day in 1180, Manuel I Komnenos, the last Emperor of the Komnenian Restoration, died. The Byzantine Empire slipped into what proved to be terminal decline. Columbus' second expedition to the so-called "New World" came on this day in 1493. In 1537 on this day, the Uprising in Lubeck failed. On this day in 1625, the Dutch attacked San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jacques Specx was appointed Governor-General of the Dutch-Indies on this day in 1629. In 1657 on this day, the first autopsy & coroner's jury verdict was recorded in Maryland. On this day in 1664, Dutch Fort Orange (New Netherlands) in present day Albany, NY, surrendered to the English. French King Louis XIV expelled all Jews from French possessions in America on this day in 1683. On this day in 1688, France declared war on the Grand Alliance (Germany). The Treaty of Altranstädt was agreed to on this day in 1706, between Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen. Faneuil Hall, Boston, opened to the public on this day in 1742. First St Leger horserace held at Doncaster on this day in 1776. The US Congress created the Post Office on this day in 1789. Also on this day in 1789, the US Federal Judiciary Act was passed & created a six-person Supreme Court. President George Washington nominated John Jay as the first Chief Justice. Russia & Ottoman Empire signed the Peace Treaty of Adrianople on this day in 1829. In 1862 on this day during the American Civil War, the Confederate Congress adopted the Confederate seal. On this day in 1943 during World War II, Soviet Red Army forces reconquered Smolensk. American President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to desegregate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, on this day in 1957. On this day in 1996, author Stephen King published two books on the same day. The two books, "Desperation" and "The Regulators," were loosely related.
Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:
• This day in 312 marked the start of Imperial Indication. On this day in 366, Liberius ended his reign as Catholic Pope. In 673 on this day, the Synod of Hertford opened, canons made for English Church. This day in 787 marked the second Council of Nicaea (7th ecumenical council), which opened in Asia Minor.
• On this day in 1180, Manuel I Komnenos, the last Emperor of the Komnenian Restoration, died. The Byzantine Empire slipped into what proved to be terminal decline. Columbus' second expedition to the so-called "New World" came on this day in 1493. In 1537 on this day, the Uprising in Lubeck failed.
• On this day in 1625, the Dutch attacked San Juan, Puerto Rico. Jacques Specx was appointed Governor-General of the Dutch-Indies on this day in 1629. In 1657 on this day, the first autopsy & coroner's jury verdict was recorded in Maryland. On this day in 1664, Dutch Fort Orange (New Netherlands) in present day Albany, NY, surrendered to the English.
Bust of King Louis XIV, known as "The Sun King"
• French King Louis XIV expelled all Jews from French possessions in America on this day in 1683.
• On this day in 1688, France declared war on the Grand Alliance (Germany). The Treaty of Altranstädt was agreed to on this day in 1706, between Charles XII of Sweden & August II of Saksen. Faneuil Hall, Boston, opened to the public on this day in 1742. First St Leger horserace held at Doncaster on this day in 1776. The US Congress created the Post Office on this day in 1789.
• Also on this day in 1789, the US Federal Judiciary Act was passed & created a six-person Supreme Court. President George Washington nominated John Jay as the first Chief Justice.
Statue of Geroge Washington in the Morristown Greens, NJ
• American President George Washington nominated John Jay to become the first Chief Justice.
1789 - US Attorney General Office is created
Russia & Ottoman Empire signed the Peace Treaty of Adrianople on this day in 1829.
1838 - Anti-Corn-Law League forms to repeal English Corn Law
1841 - Britain obtains Sarawak from Brunei (James Brooke appointed Rajah)
1850 - Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England
1852 - Henri Giffard, a French engineer, makes 1st engine powered dirigible/airship flight with steam power
1853 - 1st round-the-world trip by yacht (Cornelius Vanderbilt)
1853 - France annexes New Caledonia
1853 - Northern Daily Times, 1st provincial daily newspaper, starts in London
In 1862 on this day during the American Civil War, the Confederate Congress adopted the Confederate seal.
1865 - James Cooke walks tightrope from Cliff House to Seal Rocks, SF
1869 - Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould & Fisk attempt to corner gold
1872 - Franz Grillparzer's "Ein Bruderzwist in Habsburg," premieres in Vienna
1877 - Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
1881 - Henry Morton Stanley signs contract with Congo monarch
1883 - National black convention meets in Louisville, Kentucky
1884 - Dixey, Rice & Gill's musical "Adonis," premieres in NYC
1885 - Five German warships depart to Zanzibar
1889 - Alexander Dey patents dial time recorder
1890 - Pres of Mormon Church in Salt Lake City issues a manifesto advising members that teaching & practice of polygamy should be abandoned
1895 - 1st round-the-world trip by a woman on a bicycle (took 15 months)
1902 - Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of Red Circle" (BG)
1903 - Alfred Deakin succeeds Edmund Baston as Australia premier
1916 - Indians' Marty Kavanaugh, hits AL's 1st pinch-hit grand slam
Baseball Great Babe RuthBaseball Great Babe Ruth 1919 - Babe Ruth sets season homer mark at 28 off of Yankee Bob Shawkey
1922 - Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky
1922 - Roger Hornsby sets NL HR mark at 42
1923 - Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin)
1924 - Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport
1928 - Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC
1929 - Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight
1929 - Yanks Tom Zachary ends season 12-0
1930 - G Kaufman & M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY
1930 - Noel Coward's "Private Lives," premieres in London
1930 - Portsmouth beats Brooklyn in 1st NFL game played under floodlights
1931 - Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants & Yanks
32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt32nd US President Franklin D. Roosevelt 1932 - NY Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt visits LA
1934 - 2,500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium
1934 - Idle Detroit wins pennant, as Red Sox beat Yankees 5-0
1935 - Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
1938 - Alice Marble wins her 2nd singles US tennis title
1938 - Don Budge becomes 1st tennis player to win a grand slam
1940 - Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
1940 - Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire factory in Southampton
1941 - Nine Allied governments pledge adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter
1941 - Bomb explosion in German headquarter in Hotel Continental in Kiev
The flag of the USSR (Soviet Union)
On this day in 1943 during World War II, Soviet Red Army forces reconquered Smolensk.
1948 - Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC
1948 - The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1950 - "Operation Magic Carpet" - all Jews from Yemen move to Israel
1951 - Industrial estate at Harlow New Town UK opens
1951 - USSR performs nuclear test
1952 - Dutch minister Dark sentences war criminal W Lages to death
1952 - Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5
1953 - "Take a Giant Step," opens on Broadway
Heavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky MarcianoHeavyweight Boxing Champion Rocky Marciano 1953 - Rocky Marciano TKOs Roland LaStarza in 11 for heavyweight boxing title
1954 - Tonight Show premieres on NBC (Johnny takes over 8 years later)
1954 - Yanks tie a record, 3 of their pinch hitters strike out in 1 inning
1955 - "Catch a Star" closes at Plymouth Theater NYC after 23 performances
1955 - Pres Eisenhower suffers a heart attack on vacation in Denver
1955 - Washington Senators lose their 99th & 100th games of season
1956 - 1st transatlantic telephone cable in use (Newfoundland-Scotland)
1957 - Brooklyn Dodgers play last game at Ebbets Field, defeat Pirates 2-0
General Dwight Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
American President Eisenhower ordered federal troops to desegregate schools in Little Rock, Arkansas, on this day in 1957.
1957 - Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
1958 - 1st welded aluminum girder highway bridge completed, Urbandale, Ia
1960 - International Development Association (UN agency) comes into existence
1960 - USS Enterprise, 1st nuclear power aircraft carrier, launched
1961 - Mickey Wright wins LPGA Sacramento Valley Golf Open
1962 - KWSU TV channel 10 in Pullman, WA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 - US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss
1963 - Idle Dodgers clinch their 2nd LA pennant as Cubs beat Cards
1963 - US Senate ratifies treaty with Britain & USSR limit nuclear testing
1964 - "Munsters" premieres on TV
1964 - 1st Minuteman II ICBM was tested
This picture was taken, and recently cropped, by me. Taken from the Ringo Starr and His All-Starr Band show in Worcester, Massachusetts, June 11, 2016
This picture was taken, and recently cropped, by me for the Ringo Starr In Conversation at Strands Bookstore - October 26, 2015
• 1964 - Ringo forms Brikley Building Company Ltd On September 24, 1964, Beatles drummer Ringo Starr famously set up or registered Brickley Building Company Ltd as a private corporate entity during the height of Beatlemania.
1964 - Willi Stoph succeeds Otto Great as premier of German DR
1965 - Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament
• 1965 - Saudi Arabian & Egyptian accord over Yemen
1965 - Stefan Stefanopoulos forms Greek government
1966 - -30] Hurricane Inez, kills 293 in Caribbean, Florida & Mexico
1966 - France performs nuclear test at Fangataufa Island
1967 - Cards Jim Bakken kicks 7 field goals vs Steelers
1967 - Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Mickey Wright Golf Invitational
1968 - "60 Minutes" premieres on CBS-TV
1968 - "That's Life" premieres-A Broadway musical type TV show
1968 - NY Met manager Gil Hodges suffers a heart attack
1968 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1969 - 1st Elvis convention, 2500 fans attend in Cincinnati
1969 - NY Mets clinch NL East pennant
1969 - Ton Duc Thang elected president of North Vietnam
1969 - Trial of "Chicago 8" (protesters at Dem Natl Conv) begins
1970 - 1st Automated return of lunar sample by Luna 16
• 1970 - Soviet Luna 16 lands on earth after 1st unmanned round trip to moon
1971 - 90 Russian diplomats expelled from Britain for spying
1971 - Eyskens-Cools disbands Belgium parliament
1971 - Houston Astros beat SD Padres, 2-1, in 21 innings
1972 - Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22
1972 - Jack Tatum, Oakland, returns a fumble 104 yds vs Green Bay (rec)
1972 - NY Jet Joe Namath passes for 6 touchdowns vs Balt Colt (44-34)
1973 - Guinea-Bissau declares independence from Portugal
1973 - St Louis Cards Jim Bakken sets NFL record kicking 7 field goals
1974 - Al Kaline, Detroit Tiger, is 12th to get 3,000 hits
1974 - Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th HR, 1st American to win a Japanese HR title
1976 - "Oh! Calcutta!" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 5959 performances
1976 - Newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst sentenced to 7 years for her part in a 1974 bank robbery. Released after 22 months by Pres Carter
1977 - "Estrada" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 7 performances
1977 - 1st broadcast of "Love Boat" on ABC-TV
1977 - Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards
1978 - Donna Caponi Young/Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Ping Team Golf Classic
1978 - Dutch women hockey team wins world championship
1978 - Ron Guidry beats Cleveland 4-0, raising his record to 23-3 ERA 1.74
1978 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1979 - CompuServe began operation as 1st computer information service
• 1979 - Ghana adopts constitution
1979 - Pete Rose reaches 200 hits in a season for 10th time
1979 - Russian ice skaters Protopopov & Beloussova ask for asylum in Switzerland
1979 - USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1980 - Braves join every NL team with 1,000,000+ attendance for this season
1980 - Iraqi troops cross Iran's border, encircling Abadan
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - Tennis great Bjorn Borg retires at 26
• 1982 - US, Italian & French peacekeeping troops begin arriving in Lebanon
1983 - Braves Dale Murphy is 6th to hit 30 HRs & steal 30 bases in season
1983 - Test cricket debut of Shoaib Mohammad, son of Hanif, v India Jullundur
1983 - USSR performs underground nuclear test
1984 - Cubs clinch NL East title
Musician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartneyMusician & member of the Beatles Paul McCartney
Picture taken during the recent Paul McCartney concert in Syracuse that my son and I attended.
1984 - Paul McCartney release "No More Lonely Nights"
1985 - Apollo Computer Inc lays off 300 employees
1985 - Fastest English Channel crossing by a relay team set (15h 30m)
1985 - Montreal Expo Andre Dawson is 9th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (5th), and joins Willey McCovey to hit 2 HRs in an inn twice
1987 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1988 - Barbara C Harris of Mass, elected 1st woman Episcopal bishop
1988 - Canada's Ben Johnson runs drug-assisted 100 m in 9.79 sec
1988 - Carl Lewis runs world record 100m (9.92 sec)
1988 - Dave Stieb has no-hitter broken up with 2 outs in the 9th
1988 - Jackie Joyner-Kersee of USA sets heptathlon woman's record (7,291)
1989 - 28th Ryder Cup: US & Europe draw, 14-14 at The Belfry, England
1989 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Nippon Travel-MBS Golf Classic
• 1990 - East Germany leaves Warsaw Pact
Statue of South African President & Nobel Peace Prize Recipient F.W. de Klerk in Cape Town
• 1990 - South African President F W de Klerk meets US President Bush in Washington DC
1990 - Supreme Soviet gives approval to switch to free market
Olympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl LewisOlympic Sprinter and Long jumper Carl Lewis
Flag of Germany (formerly West Germany during the Cold War)
1990 - West German Pres Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty
1990 - Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn
1993 - 1st Israeli killed by Islamics after PLO signs peace accord
1993 - Norodom Sihanouk again installed as King of Cambodia
1994 - Parliamentary election in Ukraine
1994 - National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
1995 - 31st Ryder Cup: Europe beats US, 14½-13½ at Oak Hill County Club (Rochester, New York, US)
King of Cambodia Norodom SihanoukKing of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk 1995 - Annika Sorenstam wins LPGA GHP Heartland Golf Classic
1995 - Emillio & Gloria Estefan's boat hits & kills a jet skiier
1995 - Volcano Mount Ruapehu (North Island, NZ) erupts
The iconic house of Stephen King and his family in Bangor, Maine.
On this day in 1996, author Stephen King published two books on the same day. The two books, "Desperation" and "The Regulators," were loosely related.
1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
1997 - 31st Country Music Association Award:
1997 - Drug kingpin Ramon Arellano Felix placed on FBI's 10 most-wanted list
2005 - Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
2007 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a controversial speech on the campus of Columbia University.
2012 - Books by Japanese authors or about Japan are suspended by Chinese bookstores
1789 - The U.S. Congress passed the First Judiciary Act. The act provided for an Attorney General and a lower federal courts. 1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk. 1915 - "The Lamb," Douglas Fairbanks first film, was shown at the Knickerbocker Theater in New York City, NY. 1929 - The first all-instrument flight took place in New York when Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchell Field. 1933 - "Roses and Drums" was heard on WABC in New York City. It was the first dramatic presentation for radio. 1934 - Babe Ruth played his last game as a New York Yankee player. 1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open. 1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO. 1957 - The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field. 1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration. 1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA. 1961 - "The Bullwinkle Show" premiered in prime time on NBC-TV. The show was originally on ABC in the afternoon as "Rocky and His Friends." 1963 - The U.S. Senate ratified a treaty that limited nuclear testing. The treaty was between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union. 1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV. 1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV. 1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox. 1995 - Three decades of Israeli occupation of West Bank cities ended with the signing of a pact by Israel and the PLO. 1996 - The United States, represented by President Clinton, and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons. 1998 - The U.S. Federal Reserve released into circulation $2 billion in new harder-to-counterfeit $20 bills. 2001 - U.S. President George W. Bush froze the assets of 27 suspected terrorists and terrorist groups. 2003 - Anthony Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1789 Congress passed the First Judiciary Act which provided for a U.S. attorney general and the Supreme Court. 1957 The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field. 1960 The Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched. 1969 The trial of the "Chicago Eight," radical antiwar and counterculture activists accused of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic convention, began. 1991 Children's author Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss, died at age 87. 1996 The United States and the world's other major nuclear powers signed a treaty to end all testing and development of nuclear weapons.
The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:
http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php
http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/sep24.htm
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history
http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory
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