What happened on September 24? There are more than 283 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About September 24
September 24 is the 268th day of the year 2024. There are 98 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday. This day falls under the 39th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Chase, Michigan 49623 sunrise occured at 07:31 AM and sunset occured at 07:37 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra. The modern birthstone for this month is Sapphire while the mystical birthstone is Agate.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 127 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For September 24
- 622Prophet Muhammad completes his hijra from Mecca to Medina.
- 1180Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
- 1645Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles
- 1664The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
- 1674Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
- 1780Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point.
- 1789The 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.
- 1841The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
- 1852The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
- 1853Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
- 1869“Black Friday”: Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
- 1877Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
- 1890The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
- 1906U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.
- 1914World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
- 1932Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the “Depressed Classes” (Untouchables).
- 1935Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
- 1937Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
- 1946Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
- 1946Clark 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.
- 1948The Honda Motor Company is founded.
- 1950Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe.
- 1957Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
- 1957President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
- 1960USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
- 1962United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
- 196860 Minutes debuts on CBS.
- 1968Swaziland joins the United Nations.
- 1973Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1979Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
- 1988National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
- 1990Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn.
- 1996Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
- 2005Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
- 2007Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
- 2008The 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.
- 2009The 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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Who Were Born On September 24?
- 15Vitellius, Roman Emperor (d. 69)
- 1301Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, English soldier (d. 1372)
- 1501Gerolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician (d. 1576)
- 1513Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg, Queen of Sweden (d. 1535)
- 1534Guru Ram Das, fourth Sikh Guru (d. 1581)
- 1564William Adams, British navigator (d. 1620)
- 1583Albrecht von Wallenstein, Austrian general (d. 1634)
- 1625Johan de Witt, Dutch politician (d. 1672)
- 1705Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (d. 1766)
- 1717Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
- 1725Sir Arthur Guinness, Irish brewer (d. 1803)
- 1739Grigori Alexandrovich Potemkin, Russian statesman (d. 1791)
- 1755John Marshall, 4th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1835)
- 1796Antoine-Louis Barye, French sculptor (d. 1875)
- 1801Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)
- 1802Adolphe d'Archiac, French paleontologist and geologist (d. 1868)
- 1817Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, Spanish poet and philosopher (d. 1901)
- 1829Charles S. West, Texas jurist and politician (d. 1885)
- 1858Eugene Foss, 45th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1939)
- 1859Julius Klengel, cellist and composer (d. 1933)
- 1870Georges Claude, French chemist and inventor (d. 1960)
- 1871Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
- 1878Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz, Swiss writer (d. 1947)
- 1880Sarah Knauss, Oldest lived American to date (d. 1999)
- 1883Franklin Clarence Mars, Founder of Mars, Incorporated (d. 1934)
- 1884Gustave Garrigou, French cyclist (d. 1963)
- 1884Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)
- 1890A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
- 1890Mike González, baseball player (d. 1977)
- 1892Adélard Godbout, premier of Québec (d. 1956)
- 1893Blind Lemon Jefferson, blues singer and guitarist from Texas (d. 1929)
- 1894Tommy Armour, Anglo-American golfer (d. 1968)
- 1895André Frédéric Cournand, French Nobel Laureate (d. 1988)
- 1896F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist (d. 1940)
- 1898Howard Walter Florey, Nobel Laureate (d. 1968)
- 1899Sir William Dobell, Australian portrait artist (d. 1970)
- 1900Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
- 1900Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian Islamic religious leader and politician (d. 1989)
- 1905Severo Ochoa, Nobel Laureate (d. 1993)
- 1906Leonard Marsh, Canadian social scientist and professor (d. 1982)
- 1907Ben Oakland, American composer, lyricist and pianist (d. 1979)
- 1909Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (d. 1966)
- 1910Jean Servais, Belgian actor (d. 1976)
- 1911Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet premier (d. 1985)
- 1912Don Porter, American actor (d. 1997)
- 1913Herb Jeffries, American jazz singer
- 1914Andrzej Panufnik, Polish composer, pianist, and conductor (d. 1991)
- 1914Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
- 1917Arthur W. Lehman, American euphonium soloist (d. 2009)
- 1918Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1919Dayton Allen, American actor and comedian (d. 2004)
- 1920Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
- 1921Jim McKay, American sportscaster (d. 2008)
- 1922Bert I. Gordon, American film director
- 1922Cornell MacNeil, American operatic baritone
- 1922Ettore Bastianini, Italian opera singer
- 1922Jack Costanzo, American percussionist
- 1923Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (d. 1950)
- 1923Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1924Nina Bocharova, Soviet gymnast
- 1924Sheila MacRae, singer & actress
- 1924Theresa Merritt, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1924Voula Zouboulaki, Greek actress
- 1925Autar Singh Paintal, Indian medical scientist (d. 2004)
- 1927Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (d. 1999)
- 1929Edward M. Lawson, Canadian politician
- 1929John Carter (jazz musician), American jazz clarinet, saxophone, and flute player (d. 1991)
- 1930Angelo Muscat, Maltese actor (d. 1977)
- 1930Józef Krupiński, Polish poet (d. 1998)
- 1930John W. Young, American astronaut
- 1931Anthony Newley, British actor and singer (d. 1999)
- 1931Mike Parkes, British Formula One driver (d. 1977)
- 1932Dominique Michel, Canadian comedian
- 1933Mel Taylor, American musician (The Ventures) (d. 1996)
- 1933Raffaele Farina, Archivist of the Roman Catholic Church and cardinal
- 1934Chick Willis, American blues singer
- 1934John Brunner, British author (d. 1995)
- 1934Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat (d. 1994)
- 1934Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer
- 1935Sean McCann, Canadian actor
- 1936Jim Henson, American puppeteer (d. 1990)
- 1937Takis Loukanidis, Greek footballer
- 1938Steve Douglas (saxophonist), American saxophonist, flautist and clarinetist (d. 1993)
- 1939Wayne Henderson (musician), jazz trombonist and record producer
- 1940Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994)
- 1941John Mackey, football player
- 1941Linda McCartney, American singer and photographer (d. 1998)
- 1942Gerry Marsden, English singer (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
- 1942Ilkka “Danny” Lipsanen, Finnish singer
- 1944Diana Körner, German actress
- 1945John Rutter, British composer, conductor, editor, arranger and record producer
- 1945Lou Dobbs, American journalist and television anchor
- 1946“Mean” Joe Greene, American football player
- 1946César Pedroso, Cuban pianist with Orquesta Revé and Los Van Van
- 1946Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer, member of Fotheringay, Fairport Convention and The Hellecasters
- 1946Lars Emil Johansen, Prime Minister of Greenland
- 1946Uschi Obermaier, German model and actress
- 1947Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor
- 1948Garth Porter, Australian musician, songwriter and record producer, member of pop group Sherbet
- 1948Gordon Clapp, American actor
- 1948Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)
- 1949Bill Connors, American jazz musician
- 1950Alan Colmes, American talk show host
- 1950Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
- 1950Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer
- 1951Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar
- 1952Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer
- 1952Mark Sandman, American musician (d. 1999)
- 1952Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (d. 2008)
- 1955Riccardo Illy, Italian politician
- 1956Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
- 1957Tod Howarth, American rock musician
- 1957Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
- 1958Kevin Sorbo, American actor
- 1959Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer and voice actor
- 1959Theo Paphitis, Cyprus-born British entrepreneur
- 1960Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer, theatre actress, and television host
- 1961Allen Bestwick, NASCAR broadcaster
- 1961Jack Dee, British comedian
- 1961John Logan, American screenwriter
- 1961Luc Picard, Canadian writer
- 1962Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer
- 1962Mike Phelan, English footballer
- 1962Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress
- 1962Rosamund Kwan, Hong Kong actress
- 1964Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-born baseball player
- 1965Janet Weiss, American drummer (Sleater-Kinney, Quasi, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks)
- 1965Sean McNabb, American bassist (Quiet Riot, Great White, Rough Cutt, House of Lords)
- 1966Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player
- 1966Michael J. Varhola, American author
- 1966Stacy Galina, American actress
- 1966Stefan Molyneux, Canadian philosopher
- 1967William So, Hong Kong Singer
- 1969DeVante Swing, American music producer
- 1969Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model
- 1969Lisa Matthews, American model
- 1969Megan Ward, American actress
- 1969Paul Ray Smith, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2003)
- 1969Shamim Sarif, English novelist and filmmaker
- 1969Shawn Crahan, American musician (Slipknot)
- 1971Kevin Millar, American baseball player
- 1971Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
- 1971Mike Michalowicz, American author and entrepreneur
- 1971Peter Salisbury, English drummer (The Verve)
- 1973Eddie George, American football player
- 1973Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player
- 1974John McDonald, American baseball player
- 1975Kyle Turley, American football player
- 1975Mike Gallay, Canadian comedian and filmmaker
- 1976Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
- 1976Georgios Georgiou, Greek footballer
- 1976Stephanie McMahon, American professional wrestler
- 1977Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer
- 1978Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
- 1979Casey Johnson, American heiress and socialite (d. 2010)
- 1979Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
- 1979Jenny Platt, English Actress
- 1979Justin Bruening, American actor
- 1979Katja Kassin, German pornographic actress
- 1979Kim Jong Min, Korean singer
- 1979Ross Mathews, American television personality and comedian
- 1980Daniele Bennati, Italian road racing cyclist
- 1980Dean Canto, Australian racing driver
- 1980John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
- 1980Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
- 1980Sabrine Maui, Filipino pornographic actress
- 1981Drew Gooden, American basketball player
- 1981Fernanda Urrejola, Chilean actress
- 1981Ryan Briscoe, Australian racing driver
- 1982Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
- 1982Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
- 1982Paul Hamm, American gymnast
- 1983Liam Finn, New Zealand musician and songwriter
- 1983Randy Foye, American basketball player
- 1984Taylor Eigsti, American jazz pianist and composer
- 1984Tyrone Maria, Curaçao footballer
- 1985Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress
- 1986Leah Dizon, American model and singer
- 1987Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
- 1988Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988Kyle Sullivan, American actor
- 1991Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
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Who Died On September 24?
- 366Pope Liberius
- 768Pippin the Short, King of the Franks (b. 714)
- 1054Hermannus Contractus, scholar (b. 1013)
- 1120Welf II, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1072)
- 1143Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
- 1143Pope Innocent II
- 1180Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
- 1213Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
- 1218Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)
- 1228Stefan Nemanjić, Serbian King (b. 1165)
- 1275Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
- 1435Isabeau of Bavaria, wife of Charles VI of France (b. c.1370)
- 1494Poliziano, Italian humanist (b. 1454)
- 1541Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (b. 1493)
- 1545Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (b. 1490)
- 1605Manuel Mendes, Portuguese composer (b. c.1547)
- 1621Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, Polish military commander (b. 1560)
- 1646Duarte Lobo, Portuguese composer (b. c.1565)
- 1707Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
- 1732Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
- 1742Johann Matthias Hase, German scientist (b. 1684)
- 1802Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
- 1834Pedro I of Brazil, Emperor of Brazil (b. 1798)
- 1889Charles Leroux, American balloonist and parachutist (b. 1856)
- 1892Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American composer (b. 1829)
- 1896Louis De Geer, 1st Swedish Prime Minister (b. 1818)
- 1904Niels Ryberg Finsen, Danish physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1860)
- 1929Prince Mahidol of the Kingdom of Thailand (b. 1892)
- 1930William A. MacCorkle, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1857)
- 1933Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
- 1933Mike Donlin, American baseball player (b. 1878)
- 1936József Klekl, Slovene writer and journalist (b. 1879)
- 1938Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
- 1939Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer (b. 1867)
- 1945Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
- 1948Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1950Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
- 1954Edward Pilgrim, British suicide hastened by bureaucracy (b. 1904)
- 1962Charles Reisner, American silent actor and film director (b. 1887)
- 1973Josué de Castro, Brazilian writer, physician, geographer and activist against hunger (b. 1908)
- 1975Earle Cabell, Texas politician (b. 1906)
- 1978Hasso von Manteuffel, German army general and politician (b. 1897)
- 1981Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
- 1982Sarah Churchill, British actress and the daughter of Winston Churchill (b. 1914)
- 1984Neil Hamilton, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1991Peter Bellamy, British folk singer (b. 1944)
- 1991Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss), American children’s writer (b. 1904)
- 1993Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
- 1993Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
- 1994Barry Bishop, American mountaineer (b. 1932)
- 1996Zeki Müren, Turkish musician (b. 1931)
- 1998Jeff Moss, American puppeteer (b. 1942)
- 2002Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
- 2002Youssouf Togoïmi, Chadian rebel (b. 1953)
- 2003Lyle Bettger, American actor (b. 1915)
- 2003Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
- 2004Françoise Sagan, French writer (b. 1935)
- 2005Tommy Bond, American actor (b. 1926)
- 2006Michael Ferguson, Irish politician (b. 1953)
- 2006Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and athlete (b. 1909)
- 2008Mickey Vernon, American baseball player (b. 1918)
- 2009Nelly Arcan, Canadian novelist (b. 1975)
- 2009Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
- 2010Gennady Yanayev, Soviet politician (b. 1937)
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