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September 24:

• 1903 – Martha Jefferson Hospital was organized by seven area doctors. They named the hospital after Thomas Jefferson's daughter, who also was the great-great-grandmother of William Randolph, MD, one of the founders. The 25-bed hospital located on Locust Avenue, officially opened as the Martha Jefferson Sanitorium, Inc. on July 11, 1904.

• 2014 – Jesse L. Matthew Jr., charged with abducting Hannah Graham, was captured in Texas and awaiting extradition, authorities said. Matthew was arrested on a beach in the Texas community of Gilchrist by Galveston County Sheriff's authorities, Charlottesville Police Chief Timothy Longo announced this Wednesday night.