About September 24

September 24, 2025 is the 267th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

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Libra is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 146 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 24

  • 622 –
    Prophet Muhammad completes his hijra from Mecca to Medina.
  • 1180 –
    Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
  • 1674 –
    Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
  • 1841 –
    The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
  • 1852 –
    The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
  • 1877 –
    Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
  • 1890 –
    The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
  • 1906 –
    U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.
  • 1914 –
    World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
  • 1937 –
    Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
  • 1946 –
    Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
  • 1948 –
    The Honda Motor Company is founded.
  • 1957 –
    Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
  • 1962 –
    United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
  • 1973 –
    Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
  • 1988 –
    National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
  • 2005 –
    Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
  • 2007 –
    Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
  • 2008 –
    The Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago is topped off at 1389 ft, at the time becoming the world’s highest residence above ground-level.
  • 2009 –
    The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of LRAD in U.S. history.

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