Today in History for 24th September 2025

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Historical Events

1929 - James Doolittle completes the first completely "blind" flight, taking off, flying a set course, and landing solely by instruments aboard a Consolidated NY-2 biplane at Mitchel Field in New York
1954 - Yankees tie a record as three of their pinch hitters strike out in one inning
1994 - Parliamentary elections in Ukraine
2015 - Stampede of people during the Hajj kills 717 during the symbolic stoning of the devil at Mina, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia
2021 - Notorious Indian gangster Jitender Maan Gogi is shot dead in a court in Delhi by men posing as lawyers

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Famous Birthdays

1705 - Leopold Joseph Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1766)
1884 - İsmet İnönü, Turkish politician (2nd President of Turkey 1938-50), born in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire (d. 1973)
1899 - Eduardo Hernández Moncada, Mexican composer and pianist, born in Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico (d. 1995)
1929 - Edward M. Lawson, Canadian trade unionist and politician, born in Gerald, Saskatchewan, Canada (d. 2016)
1929 - Erik Lotichius, Dutch composer (Anaitalrax), born in Helden, Netherlands (d. 2015)

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Famous Deaths

1120 - Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
1997 - Larry Hall, American rocker (Sandy), dies at 57
2002 - Mike Webster, American NFL football center, 1974-90, 9X Pro Bowl, 4X Super Bowl champ (Pittsburgh Steelers), dies of a heart attack at 50; 1st former NFL-er diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)player noted to suffer from
2017 - Joseph M. McDade, American politician (Rep-R-Pennsylvania, 1963-1999), dies at 85
2020 - Keith Hufnagel, American skateboarder (founded skate/clothing company HUF), dies of brain cancer at 46

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