The month of September has been home to many historical events over the years. Here’s a look at some that helped to shape the world in September 1924.

• The Dawes Plan goes into effect on September 1. The plan details a restructuring of reparations payments Germany owes to the Allied Powers in the aftermath of World War I.

• The fourth annual Miss America Pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 6. Miss Philadelphia, Ruth Malcomson, wins the pageant.

• John Dillinger, who would ultimately be identified as the mastermind behind a gang accused of robbing 24 banks and four police stations, attempts to rob a grocery store in Indiana on September 6.

• Thomas Wade Landry is born in Mission, Texas, on September 11. Landry would become the first head coach of the Dallas Cowboys in the National Football League.

• General of the Armies John J. Pershing retires from the United States Army on September 13. General Pershing is the last American military officer to achieve the rank of a six-star general.

• Horace Saks and Bernard Gimbel open the luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue in Manhattan on September 15.

• First baseman Jim Bottomley of the St. Louis Cardinals sets a major league record when he drives in 12 runs in a nine-inning game on September 16. The record still stands, though Bottomley now shares it with a fellow St. Louis Cardinal, Mark Whiten.

• The American freighter SS Clifton sinks in Lake Huron on September 22. All 26 crew members perish, and the wreckage would not be found until 2016.