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September 24 in recent years

September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 98 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

  • 1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
  • 1674 – Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.
  • 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.
  • 1830 – A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
  • 1841 – The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke.
  • 1846Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
  • 1852 – The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
  • 1853 – Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
  • 1869 – Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • 1875 – The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi is premiered for the first time in Oulu, Finland.
  • 1877 – The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
  • 1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

1901–present

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1929Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
  • 1932 – Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
  • 1935Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
  • 1946Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
  • 1946 – The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
  • 1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded.
  • 1950 – The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
  • 1954AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.
  • 1957 – President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
  • 1960 – USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
  • 1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
  • 1973Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
  • 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.
  • 1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
  • 1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
  • 2005Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
  • 2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
  • 2008Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
  • 2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
  • 2013 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
  • 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.
  • 2015 – At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
  • 2023NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Alexandra Adler, Austrian neurologist and psychologist (d. 2001)
  • 1905Severo Ochoa, Spanish–American physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1993)
  • 1906 – Leonard Marsh, Canadian sociologist and academic (d. 1982)
  • 1906 – Józef Nawrot, Polish footballer (d. 1982)
  • 1907 – Ben Oakland, American pianist, composer, and songwriter (d. 1979)
  • 1909Gerard Antoni Ciołek, Polish historian and architect (d. 1966)
  • 1910 – Jean Servais, Belgian-French actor (d. 1976)
  • 1911Konstantin Chernenko, Soviet politician (d. 1985)
  • 1912Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (d. 1998)
  • 1913Herb Jeffries, American singer (d. 2014)
  • 1914Esther Eng, Chinese-American film director (d. 1970)
  • 1914 – John Kerr, Australian politician, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
  • 1914 – Andrzej Panufnik, Polish pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1991)
  • 1916Ruth Leach Amonette, American businesswoman and author (d. 2004)
  • 1918Michael J. S. Dewar, Indian-born American theoretical chemist who developed the Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model (d. 1997)
  • 1918 – Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
  • 1920 – Richard Bong, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
  • 1920 – Jan Carew, Guyanese-American author, poet, and playwright (d. 2012)
  • 1920 – Ovadia Yosef, Iraqi-Israeli rabbi and scholar (d. 2013)
  • 1921Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (d. 2008)
  • 1921 – Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2014)
  • 1922 – Ettore Bastianini, Italian actor and singer (d. 1967)
  • 1922 – Bert I. Gordon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2023)
  • 1922 – Theresa Merritt, American actress and singer (d. 1998)
  • 1922 – John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (d. 2012)
  • 1923Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
  • 1923 – Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1950)
  • 1923 – Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (d. 2005)
  • 1924Nina Bocharova, Ukrainian gymnast (d. 2020)
  • 1924 – Voula Zouboulaki, Egyptian-Greek actress (d. 2015)
  • 1925Autar Singh Paintal, Indian physiologist and academic (d. 2004)
  • 1927 – Arthur Malet, English-American actor and singer (d. 2013)
  • 1929 – John Carter, American clarinet player, saxophonist, and flute player (d. 1991)
  • 1930 – Jack Gaughan, American illustrator (d. 1985)
  • 1930 – Józef Krupiński, Polish poet and author (d. 1998)
  • 1930 – Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (d. 1977)
  • 1930 – Benjamin Romualdez, Filipino politician and diplomat (d. 2012)
  • 1930 – John W. Young, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2018)
  • 1931Elizabeth Blackadder, Scottish painter and printmaker (d. 2021)
  • 1931 – Cardiss Collins, American lawyer and politician (d. 2013)
  • 1931 – Brian Glanville, English journalist and author
  • 1931 – Anthony Newley, English singer and actor (d. 1999)
  • 1931 – Mike Parkes, English race car driver (d. 1977)
  • 1932 – Miguel Montuori, Argentinian-Italian footballer and manager (d. 1998)
  • 1932 – Walter Wallmann, German politician, Minister-President of Hesse (d. 2013)
  • 1933 – Raffaele Farina, Italian cardinal
  • 1933 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (d. 1996)
  • 1934 – Tommy Anderson, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1934 – John Brunner, English-Scottish author and screenwriter (d. 1995)
  • 1934 – John Kasmin, English art dealer
  • 1934 – Bernard Nevill, English painter, designer, and academic (d. 2019)
  • 1934 – Chick Willis, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1934 – Manfred Wörner, German politician and diplomat, 7th Secretary General of NATO (d. 1994)
  • 1934 – Donald Wrye, American director, screenwriter, and producer (d. 2015)
  • 1936 – Sivanthi Adithan, Indian businessman (d. 2013)
  • 1936 – Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, created The Muppets (d. 1990)
  • 1938 – Steve Douglas, American saxophonist, flute player, and producer (d. 1993)
  • 1939Wayne Henderson, American trombonist and producer (d. 2014)
  • 1939 – Moti Kirschenbaum, Israeli journalist (d. 2015)
  • 1939 – Jacques Vallée, French ufologist
  • 1940 – Yves Navarre, French author (d. 1994)
  • 1941John Mackey, American football player (d. 2011)
  • 1941 – Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (d. 1998)
  • 1942Gerry Marsden, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2021)
  • 1944Eavan Boland, Irish poet and academic (d. 2020)
  • 1944 – Sven-Ole Thorsen, Danish bodybuilder and stuntman
  • 1945Lou Dobbs, American journalist and author
  • 1945 – Carson Van Osten, American comics creator and musician (d. 2015)
  • 1945 – John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer
  • 1946 – Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer
  • 1946 – Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor
  • 1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland
  • 1946 – César Pedroso, Cuban pianist and songwriter
  • 1946 – Pat Pocock, Welsh-English cricketer
  • 1946 – María Teresa Ruiz, Chilean astronomer
  • 1947 – Stephen Mueller, American painter (d. 2011)
  • 1948 – Gordon Clapp, American actor
  • 1948 – Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (d. 1998)
  • 1948 – Garth Porter, New Zealand-Australian singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1949Baleka Mbete, South African politician, Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa
  • 1949 – Anders Arborelius, Swedish cardinal
  • 1950 – Mohinder Amarnath, Indian cricketer, coach, and sportscaster
  • 1950 – John Kessel, American author, poet, and playwright
  • 1950 – Harriet Walter, English actress
  • 1951 – Douglas Kmiec, American scholar and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Malta
  • 1952 – Dieter Hochheimer, German footballer and manager
  • 1952 – Mark Sandman, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 1999)
  • 1954Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach
  • 1955 – Riccardo Illy, Italian businessman and politician, President of Friuli Venezia Giulia
  • 1956Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
  • 1957 – Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
  • 1958Kevin Sorbo, American actor and producer
  • 1959 – Theo Paphitis, Cypriot-English businessman
  • 1959 – Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer
  • 1960 – Amy Sky, Canadian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1961 – Christopher L. Eisgruber, American lawyer and academic
  • 1961 – John Logan, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1961 – Luc Picard, Canadian actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1962Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Mike Phelan, English footballer, coach, and manager
  • 1962 – Tim Supple, English director and producer
  • 1962 – Nia Vardalos, Canadian-American actress and screenwriter
  • 1962 – Ilgvars Zalāns, Latvian painter
  • 1963 – Michael Potter, Australian rugby player and coach
  • 1963 – Ben Preston, English journalist
  • 1964 – Rafael Palmeiro, Cuban-American baseball player
  • 1964 – Marko Pomerants, Estonian lawyer and politician, Estonian Minister of the Interior
  • 1964 – Ronald van der Kemp, Dutch fashion designer
  • 1965Robert Irvine, English chef and television host
  • 1965 – Njål Ølnes, Norwegian saxophonist and composer
  • 1965 – Sean McNabb, American singer and bass player
  • 1965 – Janet Weiss, American drummer
  • 1966 – Christophe Bouchut, French race car driver
  • 1966 – Rajesh Khattar, Indian voice actor
  • 1966 – Bernard Gilkey, American baseball player
  • 1966 – Stefan Molyneux, Irish-Canadian philosopher, author, and blogger
  • 1966 – Michael O. Varhola, American journalist and author
  • 1967 – Noreena Hertz, English economist, author, and academic
  • 1969Shawn Crahan, American drummer, songwriter, and producer
  • 1969 – Christopher Pincher, English politician
  • 1969 – Shamim Sarif, English author, director, and screenwriter
  • 1969 – Paul Ray Smith, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2003)
  • 1969 – Megan Ward, American actress
  • 1971 – Michael S. Engel, American paleontologist and entomologist
  • 1971 – Mike Michalowicz, American businessman and author
  • 1971 – Kevin Millar, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1971 – Peter Salisbury, English drummer
  • 1972 – Conor Burns, British politician
  • 1972 – Kate Fleetwood, English actress
  • 1973Eddie George, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1973 – Gillian Lindsay, Scottish rower
  • 1973 – Rodrick Rhodes, American basketball player and coach
  • 1974 – John McDonald, American baseball player
  • 1976 – Carlos Almeida, Angolan basketball player
  • 1976 – Ian Bohen, American actor
  • 1976 – Stephanie McMahon, American wrestler and businesswoman
  • 1976 – Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (d. 2013)
  • 1976 – Vahur Vahtramäe, Estonian footballer
  • 1977 – Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer and manager
  • 1977 – Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila, American football player
  • 1977 – Casey Rabach, American football player
  • 1978 – Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
  • 1979Fábio Aurélio, Brazilian footballer
  • 1979 – Kim Jong-min, South Korean singer
  • 1980Daniele Bennati, Italian cyclist
  • 1980 – Dean Canto, Australian race car driver
  • 1980 – Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer
  • 1980 – Victoria Pendleton, English cyclist
  • 1980 – John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer
  • 1981 – Ryan Briscoe, Australian race car driver
  • 1981 – Drew Gooden, American basketball player
  • 1981 – Tomáš Surový, Slovak ice hockey player
  • 1982 – Morgan Hamm, American gymnast
  • 1982 – Paul Hamm, American gymnast
  • 1982 – Jeff Karstens, American baseball player
  • 1983Liam Finn, Australian-New Zealand singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1983 – Randy Foye, American basketball player
  • 1983 – Ben Harris, Australian rugby league player
  • 1984Bobby Brown, American basketball player
  • 1985Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer
  • 1986Eloise Mumford, American actress
  • 1987 – Spencer Treat Clark, American actor
  • 1987 – Matthew Connolly, English footballer
  • 1987 – Grey Damon, American actor
  • 1987 – Gürhan Gürsoy, Turkish footballer
  • 1988 – Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Steven Kampfer, American ice hockey player
  • 1988 – Kyle Sullivan, American actor
  • 1989Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and beauty queen, Miss Universe 2015
  • 1990 – Vontaze Burfict, American football player
  • 1991Perry Jones, American basketball player
  • 1991 – Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
  • 1991 – Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
  • 1993 – Sonya Deville, American wrestler and mixed martial artist
  • 1993 – Ben Platt, American actor, singer, and songwriter
  • 1997 – Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer
  • 2002Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro, Spanish tennis player
  • 2003 – Joe Locke, Manx actor

Deaths

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1901–present

Holidays and observances

See also

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