Daily Calendar for Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Thursday, September 24, 2026
Born
- John Marshall (justice) –
- Marcus Alonzo Hanna (politician) –
- George Claude (inventor of neon light) –
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (American writer) –
- Severo Ochoa (biochemist) –
- Konstantin Chernenko (Russian politician) –
- Audra Lindley (actress) –
- Jim McKay (sportscaster) –
- John Young (astronaut) –
- Jim Henson (TV producer, creator of Muppets) –
- Linda McCartney (photographer, singer, activist, & wife of Beatle Paul McCartney) –
- Joe Greene (American football player) –
- Phil Hartman (actor) –
- Joseph Patrick Kennedy (politician) –
- Nia Vardalos (actress) –
- Kristin Talbot (Olympic speed skater) –
- Paul Spoljaric (baseball player) –
- Kevin Millar (baseball player) –
- Matt McKeon (Olympic soccer player) –
Died
- Theodor Geisel (author known as Dr. Seuss) –
- Jeffrey Moss (television writer, created Cookie Monster on Sesame Street) –
- Mike Webster (football player) –
Events
- Black Friday financial crisis –
- Fire breaks out at the U.S. Patent Office, Wash., D.C. –
- James Henry Fleming was the first to band a bird in Canada –
- Ernst A. Couturier patented a trumpet design –
- The world’s first transatlantic telephone cable, from Clarenville, Newfoundland, to Oban, Scotland, began operation –
- The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field –
- The USS Enterprise, the first U.S. atomic-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia –
- First TV newsmagazine, 60 Minutes, debuted –
- Tennis player Vicki Nelson-Dunbar played Jean Hepner in a 29-minute, 643-shot rally in Richmond, Virginia. The rally remains the longest point played in a professional tennis match. Nelson-Dunbar says the two-set match lasted 61/2 hours. It was the longest rally in the history of professional tennis and probably in the history of any kind of competitive tennis. –
- The first female Episcopal assistant bishop was elected –
Weather
- Yellowstone Park recorded a temperature of -9 degrees F –
- The Sun and Moon appeared blue/pink/purple over the northeastern U.S. due to smoke from forest fires in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada –