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What Happened on September 24th This Day in History

Year Name
2015 At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
2014 The 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.
2013 A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
2009 The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
2009 SA Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.
2008 Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
2007 Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
2005 Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
1996 Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
1993 The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
1975 Southwest 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.
1973 Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1972 Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
1960 USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1959 TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.
1957 President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
1950 The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
1948 The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1946 Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
1946 The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
1935 Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
1932 Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
1929 Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
1911 His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1906 Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
1890 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1877 The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
1869 Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
1853 Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
1852 The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
1846 Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
1841 The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke.
1830 A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
1789 The 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.
1745 Jacobite rising of 1745: Bonnie Prince Charles defeats a British government army in the Battle of Prestonpans.
1674 Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
1645 The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
1568 Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.
787 Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.
Famous People Born on September 24

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Year Name
1870 Georges Claude, French chemist and engineer, invented Neon lighting (d. 1960)
1761 F.L.Æ. Kunzen, German-Danish composer and conductor (d. 1817)
15 Vitellius, Roman emperor (d. 69)
1981 Drew Gooden, American basketball player
1939 Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (d. 2014)
1910 Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (d. 1976)
1930 Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (d. 1977)
1880 Sarah Knauss, American super-centenarian, oldest verified American person ever (d. 1999)
1871 Lottie Dod, English tennis player, golfer, and archer (d. 1960)
1945 John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer
Famous People Deaths On September 24

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Date Name
1980 Theodor Luts, Estonian-Brazilian director, producer, and cinematographer (b. 1896)
1929 Mahidol Adulyadej, Thai prince (b. 1892)
1435 Isabeau of Bavaria (b. 1370)
1562 Henry Grey, 4th Earl of Kent, English politician (b. 1495)
1892 Patrick Gilmore, Irish-American soldier and composer (b. 1829)
887 Gao Pian, general of the Tang Dynasty (b. 821)
1896 Louis Gerhard De Geer, Swedish lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Sweden (b. 1818)
1732 Emperor Reigen of Japan (b. 1654)
1962 Charles Reisner, American actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1887)
2008 Oliver Crawford, American screenwriter and author (b. 1917)