1717 English novelist Horace Walpole was born in London on September 24, 1717. He was the youngest son of British Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole and his wife Catherine. His 1764 The Castle of Otranto is considered to be the first Gothic novel, a genre of literature which combines parts of both horror and romance.
1852 The French engineer Henri Giffard made the first flight in a steam-powered hydrogen-filled airship known as a dirigible on September 24, 1852. He flew 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes. The wind was too strong to allow him to make way against it, so he was unable to return to the start.
1863 English businessman William Debenham, founder of Debenhams department stores, died on September 24, 1863. In 1813 Debenham invested in a draper’s store at 44 Wigmore Street, London. Together with his partner Thomas Clark he expanded the business with stores on both sides of Wigmore Street, one known as Debenham & Clark and the other known as Clark & Debenham. The shops grew into Debenhams department stores, which today is a public company with stores in 17 countries.
1852 The French engineer Henri Giffard made the first flight in a steam-powered hydrogen-filled airship known as a dirigible on September 24, 1852. He flew 17 miles (27km) from Paris to Trappes. The wind was too strong to allow him to make way against it, so he was unable to return to the start.
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| The Giffard dirigible, created by Giffard in 1852 |
1863 English businessman William Debenham, founder of Debenhams department stores, died on September 24, 1863. In 1813 Debenham invested in a draper’s store at 44 Wigmore Street, London. Together with his partner Thomas Clark he expanded the business with stores on both sides of Wigmore Street, one known as Debenham & Clark and the other known as Clark & Debenham. The shops grew into Debenhams department stores, which today is a public company with stores in 17 countries.
1869 The original "Black Friday" was Friday, September 24, 1869 when two notoriously ruthless Wall Street financiers, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk, worked together to corner the market on gold, buying as much of it as they could and driving up the price. On that Friday in September, the conspiracy finally unraveled, sending the stock market into free-fall and bankrupting everyone from Wall Street barons to farmers.
1896 American fiction writer F, Scott Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to an upper-middle-class family. He was named after his famous second cousin, three times removed, Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star-Bangled Banner," but was referred to by the familiar moniker Scott Fitzgerald. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age - a term which he coined.with his 1922 book Tales of the Jazz Age.
1904 In November 1903, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius began to build his new home Ainola (Aino's Place) near Lake Tuusula some 45 km (30 miles) north of Helsinki. The family moved into the new property on September 24, 1904, making friends with the local artistic community, including the artists Eero Järnefelt and Pekka Halonen and the novelist Juhani Aho.
1911 His Majesty's Airship No. 1, was Britain's first rigid airship. When she was moved from her shed in Cavendish Dock to conduct full trials on September 24, 1911, she broke in two as a result of being subject to strong winds before her maiden flight. Although HMA never flew, her brief career provided valuable training and experimental data for British airship crews and designers
1917 Dwight D. Eisenhower's first son Doud Dwight "Icky" Eisenhower was born September 24, 1917, He died of scarlet fever on January 2, 1921, at the age of three. He had one other son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, who served in the United States Army, retired as a brigadier general, became an author and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
1941 In the early 1940s, many Western countries reacted to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina by banning oil trading with the country. Japan reacted by planning to take over European colonies in Asia to create a great defensive area in the Pacific which would let it free to get resources. However, before any future invasion, it first had to destroy the American Pacific Fleet. On September 24, 1941, the Japanese consul in Hawaii was instructed to calculate the number of battleships at Pearl Harbor and report the findings to Japan.
1948 In 1946, Japanese mechanic, race car driver, and self-taught engineer Soichiro Honda founded a company that made small, efficient engines. Two years later he started producing a complete motorized bicycle, the Type A, which was driven by the first mass-produced engine designed by Honda. His business was incorporated as Honda Motor Co. on September 24, 1948 and originally concentrated on motorcycles.
1950 The Chinchaga fire was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early fall of 1950. The single largest recorded fire in North American history, it created the "1950 Great Smoke Pall", which blacked out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. The heavy haze peaked on September 24, 1950 when in Ontario, streetlights turned on during the daytime. A blue moon was seen as far away as Europe.
1896 American fiction writer F, Scott Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to an upper-middle-class family. He was named after his famous second cousin, three times removed, Francis Scott Key, the author of "The Star-Bangled Banner," but was referred to by the familiar moniker Scott Fitzgerald. He was best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age - a term which he coined.with his 1922 book Tales of the Jazz Age.
1904 In November 1903, Finnish composer Jean Sibelius began to build his new home Ainola (Aino's Place) near Lake Tuusula some 45 km (30 miles) north of Helsinki. The family moved into the new property on September 24, 1904, making friends with the local artistic community, including the artists Eero Järnefelt and Pekka Halonen and the novelist Juhani Aho.
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| Ainlo in 1915 |
1911 His Majesty's Airship No. 1, was Britain's first rigid airship. When she was moved from her shed in Cavendish Dock to conduct full trials on September 24, 1911, she broke in two as a result of being subject to strong winds before her maiden flight. Although HMA never flew, her brief career provided valuable training and experimental data for British airship crews and designers
1917 Dwight D. Eisenhower's first son Doud Dwight "Icky" Eisenhower was born September 24, 1917, He died of scarlet fever on January 2, 1921, at the age of three. He had one other son, John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, who served in the United States Army, retired as a brigadier general, became an author and served as U.S. Ambassador to Belgium from 1969 to 1971.
1941 In the early 1940s, many Western countries reacted to the Japanese occupation of French Indochina by banning oil trading with the country. Japan reacted by planning to take over European colonies in Asia to create a great defensive area in the Pacific which would let it free to get resources. However, before any future invasion, it first had to destroy the American Pacific Fleet. On September 24, 1941, the Japanese consul in Hawaii was instructed to calculate the number of battleships at Pearl Harbor and report the findings to Japan.
1948 In 1946, Japanese mechanic, race car driver, and self-taught engineer Soichiro Honda founded a company that made small, efficient engines. Two years later he started producing a complete motorized bicycle, the Type A, which was driven by the first mass-produced engine designed by Honda. His business was incorporated as Honda Motor Co. on September 24, 1948 and originally concentrated on motorcycles.
1950 The Chinchaga fire was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early fall of 1950. The single largest recorded fire in North American history, it created the "1950 Great Smoke Pall", which blacked out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. The heavy haze peaked on September 24, 1950 when in Ontario, streetlights turned on during the daytime. A blue moon was seen as far away as Europe.
1957 Barcelona FC, one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football, was founded by Swiss football pioneer Joan Gamper in 1899. Barcelona FC’s Camp Nou opened on September 24, 1957. It is currently the largest stadium in Europe with a seating capacity of 99,354.
1960 The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was launched on September 24, 1960 — the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) had a team of 915 designers and cost $451.3 million to build. At 1,123 feet (342 m), she is the longest naval vessel ever built. The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was officially decommissioned in February 2017, after over 55 years of service.
1976 September 24th is Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago, a public holiday celebrating their becoming a republic in 1976 and ceasing to be a Commonwealth realm. Actually they did that on August 1, 1976. September 24 was when their first parliament met.
1979 CompuServe launched the first consumer internet service on September 24, 1979, which featured the first public electronic mail service. CompuServe dominated the field during the 1980s and remained a major player through the mid-1990s, when it was sidelined by the rise of services such as AOL with monthly subscriptions rather than hourly rates.
1989 On September 24, 1989, the French Health Education committee launched a campaign for healthier breakfasts, suggesting bacon and eggs. Bacon and eggs are not typically considered to be a healthy breakfast option as they are high in saturated fat and cholesterol, which can increase the risk of heart disease. However, they are also a good source of protein, which is essential for a healthy diet.
1991 American author Ted Geisel died of oral cancer on September 24, 1991 at his home in La Jolla, California at the age of 87. He is best known for authoring more than 60 children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. One in four American children receives a work written by Dr. Seuss as their first book.
1993 Following the rule of the Khmer Rouge and the occupation of Vietnam, the State of Cambodia (SOC) and three warring factions of the Cambodian resistance signed the Paris Peace Accords in October 1991. A United Nations-led interim administration was set up to supervise the demobilization of troops from the SOC and the three warring factions. The Cambodian monarchy was restored on September 24, 1993, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
2002 The cat with most toes was Jake, who had 28 toes – seven on each paw – as counted by a veterinarian on September 24, 2002. Jake's record was equaled by a cat from Northfield, Minnesota called Paws. Owner Jeanne Martin revealed in February 2018 her three-year-old pet feline also has 28 toes.
2010 The fastest pitch ever recorded in Major League Baseball was a 105.8 mph fastball thrown by baseball player Aroldis Chapman on September 24, 2010, while pitching for the Cincinnati Reds against the San Diego Padres. Chapman is a Cuban-born relief pitcher who is known for his blazing fastball. On July 19, 2016, Chapman matched his previous record of 105.1 mph when he threw a ball to Baltimore's J. J. Hardy.
2019 On September 24, 2019, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi announced that the House of Representatives would begin an impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump in the wake of a whistleblower complaint alleging abuse of power by the President. Trump was impeached by the House of Representatives 85 days later, making him the third president in American history to be impeached following Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton. The Senate acquitted him of both charges in February 2020.
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