John Wallace Carter was an American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player. He is noted for the acclaimed Roots and Folklore series, a five-album concept album set inspired by African American life and experiences.

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1929Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (born 1892)^[†]

Mahitala Dhibesra Adulyadej Vikrom, the Prince Father, formerly Prince Mahidol Adulyadej, Prince of Songkhla or Mahidol Songkla, was the father of King Ananda Mahidol and King Bhumibol Adulyadej of Thailand, and the paternal grandfather of King Vajiralongkorn. He was also regarded as the father of modern medicine and public health in Thailand. He also founded the House of Mahidol or the present Royal Family of Thailand. His two sons reigned for more than eight decades, longer than the Ibn Saud siblings of Saudi Arabia, and the Nahyan siblings of Abu Dhabi.

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1929Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.^[†]

James Harold Doolittle was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his raid on Japan during World War II, known as the Doolittle Raid in his honor. He made early coast-to-coast flights and record-breaking speed flights, won many flying races, and helped develop and flight-test instrument flying. According to the FAA, he was the first pilot ever to perform a successful instrument flight.

Headlines from September 24, 1929

Arthur H. Chute and Two Others Are Killed When Airplane Falls Into Canadian Lake

Big Shipment of Ammunitions Goes to New England Forts

Art Gallery Fires Are Laid to Incendiary; Spraying of Gasoline on Paintings Suspected

$462,000 STOCK LOOT FOUND IN MAIL BOX; All But $50,000 of Securities Stolen by Boy Messenger Recovered by Postman. SECOND YOUTH CONFESSES Third Man, Identified as the Leader, Believed to Have Abandoned the Stocks.

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