September 1924 in History

Events in History

Assassination Attempt

Sep 6 Assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini fails

Sep 8 Alexandra Kollontai of Russia becomes 1st woman ambassador
Sep 9 Hanapepe Massacre occurs on Kauai, Hawaii.
Sep 10 Leopold and Loeb found guilty of the murder of Robert Franks in Chicago in the "the crime of the century"
Sep 17 Italy signs treaty of Rapallo
Sep 18 Government routes 7 Provinces to Peking
Sep 24 Boston, Massachusetts, opens its airport
Sep 27 Giants clinch their 4th straight pennant, beating Phils 5-1
Sep 28 2 US Army planes end around-world flight, Seattle to Seattle, 57 stops
Sep 28 French government names General Serrail governor-general of Syria
Sep 28 General Plutarco Calles elected President of Mexico
Sep 29 Santo Domingo joins League of Nations
Sep 30 Allies stop checking on German navy

Birthdays in History

Sep 2 Daniel Arap Moi, Kenyan politician, President of Kenya (1978-2002), born in Kurieng'wo, Kenya (d. 2020)
Sep 4 Joan Aiken, English writer of children's books (The Whispering Mountain), born in Rye, Sussex, England (d. 2004)
Sep 6 John Melcher, American politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Montana), born in Sioux City, Iowa (d. 2018)
Sep 7 Daniel K. Inouye, American politician (US Senator, 1963-2012), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2012)
Sep 8 Marie-Claire Kirkland, Quebec lawyer and politician, born in Palmer, Massachusetts (d. 2016)
Sep 8 Mimi Parent, Canadian painter, born in Montreal, Quebec (d. 2005)
Sep 8 Wendell Ford, American politician (Sen-D-Kentucky, 1974-1999), Governor of Kentucky (1971-74), born in Owensboro, Kentucky (d. 2015)
Sep 10 Boyd K. Packer, LDS church apostle, born in Brigham City, Utah (d. 2015)
Sep 11 Daniel Akaka, American educator and politician (Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Hawaii), born in Honolulu, Hawaii (d. 2018)
Sep 11 Rudolf Vrba, Slovak-Jewish biochemist and Holocaust survivor, born in Topoľčany, Czechoslovakia (d. 2006)
Sep 12 Howard Curtis Nielson, American politician (Rep-R-UT, 1983-91), born in Richfield, Utah (d. 2020)
Sep 14 Davidson Nicol, Sierra Leonean diplomat and author, born in Freetown, Sierra Leone (d. 1994)
Sep 14 John Michael Grimes, British set designer (Philby, Burgess and MacLean) (d. 1994)
Sep 15 Lucebert, Dutch poet, painter and cartoonist (Boozz, PC Hooft prize 1967)
Sep 16 Paddy Stone, Canadian choreographer (Piccadilly Palace), born in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Sep 18 J. D. Tippit, American police officer murdered by Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, born in Texas (d. 1963)

Sep 20 James Galanos, American fashion designer (Coty Hall of Fame 1959), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
Sep 20 John Vassall, British spy and civil servant (spied for Soviet Union), born in London (d. 1996)
Sep 22 Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, revolutionary, politician and pan-Africanist (Zanzibar revolution), born in Zanzibar, Sultanate of Zanzibar (d. 1996)
Sep 22 Charles Keeping, British illustrator (The Highwayman), born in London, England (d. 1988)
Sep 22 Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist (The Shell Seekers), born in Lelant, England (d. 2019)
Sep 24 Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge (d. 2005)
Sep 27 Bernard Waber, American author, (d. 2013)
Sep 27 Fred Singer, American scientist
Sep 27 Josef Skvorecky, Czechoslovakia, writer and publisher (End of the Nylon Age, The Cowards) (d. 2012)
Sep 28 Antonio Jacinto, Angolan poet, born in Paulo de Luanda, Portuguese West Africa (d. 1991)
Sep 29 David Atkinson, British air marshal, honorary physician to the Queen (d. 2013)

Truman Capote (1924-1984)

Sep 30 American author (Breakfast At Tiffany's; In Cold Blood), born in New Orleans, Louisiana

Deaths in History

Sep 6 Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, 4th and last child of Franz Joseph I of Austria and Elisabeth of Bavaria, dies at 56
Sep 18 Francis H. Bradley, British idealist philosopher (Appearance and Reality), dies at 78
Sep 24 Manuel Estrada Cabrera, 13th President of Guatemala (1898-1920), dies in prison at 66