September 24th 2014 - This Date in History.

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1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
1645 – Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles
1664 – The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
1780 – Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold's plot to surrender West Point.
1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States.
1830 – Belgian Revolution: A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
1841 – The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
1846 – Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
1853 – Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
1869 – "Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
1877 – Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
1932 – Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
1935 – Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
1946 – Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy.
1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1950 – Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon is seen as far away as Europe.
1957 – Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
1960 – USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1962 – United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
1968 – 60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
1968 – Swaziland joins the United Nations.
1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472, operated Douglas DC-8-53 landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1979 – CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
1990 – Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.
1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of LRAD in U.S. history.
2013 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing more than 327 people.

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Today's Canadian Headline....

1927 BIRTH OF THE LEAFS
Toronto Ontario - Conn Smythe changes the name of the NHL's Toronto St Patricks hockey team to the Maple Leafs.

1988
Seoul, Korea - Canada's Ben Johnson breaks his own world record to win the 100 meter gold medal in 9.79 seconds at the 24th Olympiad in Seoul. Johnson is forced by the lOC to return the medal and is disqualified from the Games after a positive steroid drug test two days later.



In Other Events....

1992 Toronto Ontario - Blue Jays' Dave Winfield became the first 40 year old and the oldest major league player to knock in 100 RBIs. Winfield drove in four runs with a homer and a two-run double in and 8-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.
1992 United Nations, New York - External Affairs Minister Barbara McDougall says Canada will cut UN peacekeeping grant if others don't pay share; may pull out of Cyprus; 4,300 Canadian soldiers currently committed.
1991 Ottawa Ontario - Brian Mulroney 1939- presents 59 page 'Shaping Canada's Future Together'; blueprint for distinct society; elected Senate; will be taken across Canada by 30 member committee.
1990 Beauséjour, New Brunswick - Jean Chretien 1934- to run in federal by-election in Beauséjour, vacated by retiring MP Fernand Robichaud; represented St-Maurice 1963-1986.
1988 Seoul, South Korea - Canadian Ben Johnson sets world record in the 100 metre sprint at the Summer Olympic Games in 9.79 seconds against arch-rival, American Carl Lewis; later stripped of gold medal after testing positive for banned anabolic steroids.
1985 Montreal Quebec - Expo Andre Dawson get 6 RBIs in one inning (5th); ninth major leaguer to reach this mark.
1984 Moncton, New Brunswick - Queen Elizabeth II 1926- starts two-week Canadian tour with Prince Philip; visits New Brunswick, Ontario and Manitoba; tour delayed by the election.
1977 Vancouver BC - Ken Hinton of CFL British Columbia Lions returns a punt 130 yards.
1977 Ottawa Ontario - Canadian dollar drops to 89.88¢; Bank of Canada arranges US $1.5 billion standby credit; for first time since 1939.
1973 Ottawa Ontario - Canada officially recognizes new Pinochet military government in Chile.
1972 Moscow Russia - Canadian NHL All Stars defeat Soviet team 3-2 in second game in the USSR; USSR still leads series 3-2 with one tie.
1969 Toronto Ontario - Ontario bans use of pesticide DDT, effective January 1, 1970.
1967 St-Tite, Quebec - Opening of the first Festival western de St-Tite.
1965 Chatham England - Royal Canadian Navy commissions HMCS Ojibwa, first of three Oberon class submarines.
1965 United Nations, New York - Bruce F. Macdonald 1917- appointed to command United Nations India-Pakistan Observation Mission.
1962 Ottawa Ontario - John George Diefenbaker 1895-1979 opens Garden of the Provinces in Ottawa.
1959 Regina Saskatchewan - Ross Thatcher elected leader of the Saskatchewan Liberal Party, four years after quitting the NDP; later becomes Premier.
1958 Ottawa Ontario - Defense Minister George Pearkes decides to cancel the Canadian fire control and missile systems of the Avro Arrow program; a major step in the road to final cancellation Feb. 20, 1959.
1957 Montreal Quebec - Molson family acquires Montreal Canadiens hockey club.
1956 Ottawa Ontario - External Affairs requests withdrawal of G.F. Popov, second secretary of the Soviet embassy in Ottawa, for attempting to bribe an RCAF civilian employee.
1956 Washington DC - Canada signs atomic energy agreement with Britain and the United States in Washington.
1952 Toronto Ontario - Thieves make off with six boxes of gold bullion worth $300,000 from an unguarded building at Malton Airport. The gold, awaiting shipment to Montreal, is never found; likely flown to New York in a private plane and smuggled to Hong Kong.
1950 Toronto Ontario - Canadian military mission arrives in Tokyo; first Canadian unit dispatched to Korean conflict.
1945 Toronto Ontario - Edward Plunkett 'E. P.' Taylor 1901-1989 incorporates Canada's largest holding company, Argus Corporation; a private investment company to handle his Canadian Breweries and other holdings.
1942 Contact Creek, Yukon - Alaska Highway opened at Contact Creek, 305 miles north of Fort Nelson, BC.
1941 London England - Canada joins eight other allied governments in pledging allegiance to the Atlantic Charter, an eight-point declaration issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
1939 Quebec Quebec - Maurice Duplessis 1890-1959 calls Quebec election for Oct. 25, asks for 'a vote for autonomy against conscription'.
1935 Edmonton Alberta - Alberta Social Credit Premier William Aberhart announces an issue of 10 year $25 Prosperity Bonds to be sold to Albertans; to help province clear its $150 million debt.
1905 Toronto Ontario - Henry Fleming the first to band a bird in Canada.
1901 Whitehorse Yukon - Telegraph connection completed between Yukon and southern Canada.
1897 Queenston Ontario - Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge Company and the Niagara Falls International Bridge Company open new double track steel arch bridge; upper floor leased to the Grand Trunk Railway.
1875 Lake Winnipeg Manitoba - Saulteaux, Swampy Cree and others sign Treaty #5 in Northern Manitoba; also adherents in 1908-10, total 160,930 sq km.
1859 Ottawa Ontario - Capital of the Province of Canada moves from Quebec City to Ottawa; previously in rotation at Toronto, Kingston and Montreal.
1844 Montreal Quebec - Start of first international cricket match; Canada defeats the US the following day.
1841 Montreal Quebec - Richard Jackson 1777-1845 appointed administrator of Province of Canada, serves until Jan. 12, 1842 as Commander-in-Chief of British North America.
1827 BC - HBC arms Talkotin Indians to help them drive off stronger Chilkotins.
1788 Nootka BC - First shipment of Canadian furs sent to China.
1766 London England - Guy Carleton named Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
1761 London England - Henry Ellis d1806 appointed Governor of Nova Scotia; until Nov. 21, 1763; never comes to province to assume office.
1688 Mackinaw Michigan - Louis-Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahonton 1666-c1716 sets out from Michilimackinac to explore west; will reach Mississippi River via Wisconsin River.
1685 Quebec - Playing cards used as money in New France when payship fails to arrive.
1683 Paris France - Jews expelled from all French possessions in America, including New France.
1669 Mackinaw Michigan - René Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle 1643-1687 meets Louis Jolliet and Father Marquette at St. Ignace.
1647 Quebec Quebec - Building of Notre-Dame church in Quebec.
1646 Chambly Quebec - Isaac Jogues 1607-1646 taken prisoner by Iroquois, who blame them for smallpox and famine outbreak; abandoned by Huron guard at Fort Richelieu.

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