September 24

Today in History
• 1657 - 1st autopsy and coroner's jury verdict is recorded in Maryland
• 1683 - King Louis XIV expels all Jews from French possessions in America
• 1789 - US Attorney General Office is created
• 1789 - US Congress establishes Post Office Department following the new constitution
• 1850 - Papal Bull issued, establishes Roman Catholic hierarchy in England
• 1869 - Black Friday; Wall St panic after Gould and Fisk attempt to corner gold
• 1948 - The Honda Motor Company is founded in Hamamatsu-city, Japan
• 1952 - Fast food restaurant chain [Kentucky Fried Chicken] opens its 1st franchise


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Bluebird of Happiness Day
• Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day
• Heritage Day
• National Mofongo Day
• Our Lady of Mercedes Day
• Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving
• World Day of The Deaf
• World Rivers Day

Birthdays
• 936 - 'Adud al-Dawlah, Iranian ruler of the Buyid dynasty (949-83)
• 1513 - Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden
• 1534 - Guru Ram Das, 4th Sikh Guru (1574-81)
• 1564 - William Adams, English navigator and 1st ever Western Samurai
• 1725 - Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer and founder of the Guinness brewery
• 1755 - John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (1801-35
• 1858 - Eugene Foss, American politician (45th Governor of Massachusetts)
• 1892 - Adélard Godbout, Canadian politician (15th Premier of Québec)