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This day in history: 24 September

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384 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 24 September.
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2023: NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.

Holidays and observances

Armed Forces Day (Peru)

Christian feast day: Anathalon (in Brescia)

Christian feast day: Antonio Gonzalez

Christian feast day: Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek

Christian feast day: Blessed Colomba Gabriel

Christian feast day: Blessed Émilie Gamelin (Canada)

Christian feast day: Blessed William Spenser

Christian feast day: Bystrík

Christian feast day: Gerard of Csanád

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Mercy and its related observance: La Mercè (Barcelona)

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)

Christian feast day: Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England)

Events

2023NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.

2015At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

2014The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.

2013A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.

2009South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.

2009The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.

2008Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.

2007Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.

2005Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

1996Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

1993The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.

1975Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.

1973Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

1972Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries.

1960USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

1959TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.

1957President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

1954AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.

1954The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.

1950The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.

1948The Honda Motor Company is founded.

1946Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

1946The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

1935Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.

1932Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

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

1911His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.

1906Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

1906U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

1890The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

1877The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

1875The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.

1869Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

1853Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.

1852The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.

1846Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

1841The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke.

1830A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.

1789The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.

1674Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.

Born on this day

2003Joe Locke, Manx actor

2002Gaeul, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer

1998Nikolas Cruz, American mass murderer

1997Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer

1993Ben Platt, American actor, singer, and songwriter

1993Cemre Gümeli, Turkish actress

1993Jenna Blasman, Canadian snowboarder

1993Kateryna Derun, Ukrainian athlete

1993Liu Shiying, Chinese athlete

1993Narelle Kheng, Singaporean singer, actress, and former national swimmer

1993Sonya Deville, American athlete

1991Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer

1990Vontaze Burfict, American football player

1989Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015

1988Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player

1988Kyle Sullivan, American actor

1988Steven Kampfer, American ice hockey player

1987Grey Damon, American actor

1987Matthew Connolly, English footballer

1987Spencer Treat Clark, American actor

1986Eloise Mumford, American actress

1986Max Lercher, Austrian politician

1985Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer

1984Bobby Brown, American basketball player

1983Ben Harris, Australian rugby league player

1983Liam Finn, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983Randy Foye, American basketball player

1982Jeff Karstens, American baseball player

1982Morgan Hamm, American gymnast

1982Paul Hamm, American gymnast

1981Drew Gooden, American basketball player

1981Ryan Briscoe, Australian race car driver

1980Daniele Bennati, Italian cyclist

1980Dean Canto, Australian race car driver

1980John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer

1980Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer

1980Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist

1979Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer

1979Kim Jong-min, South Korean singer

1978Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer

Died on this day

2025Sara Jane Moore, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1930)

2022Pharoah Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)

2020Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)

2016Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (born 1928)

2016Bill Nunn, American actor (born 1953)

2016Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947)

2016Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (born 1935)

2015Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (born 1914)

2015Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (born 1925)

2014Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (born 1941)

2014Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (born 1920)

2014Madis Kõiv, Estonian physicist, philosopher, and author (born 1929)

2013Anthony Lawrence, English-Hong Kong journalist and author (born 1912)

2013Boris Karvasarsky, Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (born 1931)

2013Margaret Feilman, Australian architect and urban planner (born 1921)

2013Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (born 1924)

2013Paul Oliver, American football player (born 1984)

2013Sagadat Nurmagambetov, Kazakh general and politician (born 1924)

2012Bruno Bobak, Polish-Canadian painter and educator (born 1923)

2012Pedro Vázquez Colmenares, Mexican lawyer and politician, Governor of Oaxaca (born 1934)

2012Pierre Adam, French cyclist (born 1924)

2010Gennady Yanayev, Russian engineer and politician, Vice President of the Soviet Union (born 1937)

2009Nelly Arcan, Canadian author (born 1975)

2008Irene Dailey, American actress (born 1920)

2008Mickey Vernon, American baseball player and coach (born 1918)

2008Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (born 1917)

2006Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (born 1953)

2006Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (born 1909)

2004Françoise Sagan, French author and screenwriter (born 1935)

2003Lyle Bettger, American actor (born 1915)

Quote of the day

“Confine yourself to the present.”

Marcus Aurelius

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