About September 24
September 24, 2024 is the 268th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
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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 127 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.
- 1789 –The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States.
- 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.
- 1932 –Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the “Depressed Classes” (Untouchables).
- 1935 –Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
- 1946 –Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy.
- 1957 –Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
- 1957 –President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
- 1968 –60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
- 1968 –Swaziland joins the United Nations.
- 1973 –Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1979 –Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
- 1988 –National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
- 1990 –Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.
- 2005 –Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
- 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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