What Happened on September 15, 1924

Famous Birthdays

Bobby Short, American cabaret singer and pianist (Carlisle Hotel), born in Danville, Illinois (d. 2005)
Lucebert [Jacobus Swaanswijk], Dutch poet, painter and cartoonist (Boozz, PC Hooft prize 1967), born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1994)

Born in 1924

Famous Deaths

Anthony Johnson Showalter, American gospel composer, dies at 66

Frank Chance (1877-1924)

American Baseball HOF first baseman (World Series 1907, 08; 2 x NL stolen base leader; NL runs leader 1906 Chicago Orphans/Cubs) and manager (Chicago Cubs, NY Yankees, Boston RS), dies at 47