Historical Events for 24th September 2023

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1529 - Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman troops arrive in Vienna, beginning of the siege
1929 - James Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Air Force Base in NY in the first flight to use only instrument guidance to take off, fly a set course and land
1932 - NY Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt visits Los Angeles
1940 - Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
1957 - "Jailhouse Rock" single released by Elvis Presley (Billboard Song of the Year 1957)
1962 - US Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Mississippi
1973 - West African nation of Portuguese Guinea declares independence from Portugal as the Republic of Guinea-Bissau
1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1990 - West German President Richard von Weizsaecker signs reunification treaty
1990 - Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn

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