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Events on Sunday 24 September 1939 1
1867 – 1939Carl Laemmle (1867-1939)Died 24 September 1939, aged 72Laemmle was a German-born film pioneer who founded Universal Pictures. The studio produced Dracula, Frankenstein and All Quiet on the Western Front. He sponsored affidavits that helped hundreds of German Jews emigrate to the United States.