Date | Name | Location / Topic | |
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Our Lady of Las Mercedes | | ||
Constitutional Day | | ||
Republic Day | | ||
Independence Day (National Day) | | ||
Armed Forces Day | | ||
Heritage Day | | ||
Anniversary of the failed attack on Lomé | | ||
Sukkot Starts | | ||
Family & Community Day | |||
Mid-Autumn Festival | | ||
September Equinox observed | | ||
Mid-Autumn Festival Day 2 | |||
Pitru Paksha starts | | ||
National Cherries Jubilee Day | | ||
National Punctuation Day | | ||
Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving | | ||
Innergize Day | | ||
Queen's Birthday | | ||
New Caledonia Day | | ||
South Canterbury Anniversary Day | | ||
Indra Jatra | |||
Chuseok Harvest Festival | | ||
Chuseok | | ||
Binara Full Moon Poya Day | |||
Saint Rupert's Day | | ||
Visit of Pope Francis | |||
World Bollywood Day | | ||
National Family Day | | ||
Bluebird Of Happiness Day | | ||
Lash Stylists’ Day | |
Historical Events on September 24
- 1780: When British Major John André is arrested for espionage, exposing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point, Arnold flees behind British Army Lines.
- 1789: The U.S Congress passes the Judiciary Act. This act created the federal judiciary system and orders the composition of the Supreme Court.
- 1841: Sarawak is ceded to the United Kingdom by the Sultan of Brunei.
- 1906: United States’ President Theodore Roosevelt makes Devil’s Tower in Wyoming the country’s first National Monument.
- 1914: During WWI, the Siege of Przemysl starts.
- 1948: Japanese automaker the Honda Motor Company is founded on this day.
- 1957: President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas to enforce desegregation.
- 1960: The world’s first nuclear aircraft carrier – the USS Enterprise – is launched on this day.
- 1968: CBS debuts the news program 60 Minutes.
- 1979: The first consumer Internet service, CompuServe, is launched on this day.
- 1996: 71 nations sign off on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty at the U.N.
- 2005: Hurrican Rita devastates portions of Southwestern Louisiana and Southeastern Texas.
Famous Birthdays on September 24
- American captain, politician and jurist John Marshall was born in 1755.
- French sculptor and educator Antoine-Louis Barye was born in 1796.
- Estonian philologist and author Nikolai Anderson was born in 1845.
- American businessman and politician Eugune Foss was born in 1858.
- French chemist and engineer Georges Claude was born in 1870.
- Swiss poet and author Charles-Ferdinand Ramus was born in 1878.
- French cyclist Gustave Garrigou was born in 1884.
- American novelists and short story writer F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in 1896.
- English author and journalist Brian Glanville was born in 1931.
- English race car driver Mike Parkes was born in 1931.
- American drummer Mel Taylor was born in 1933.
- American actress Megan Ward was born in 1969.
- English drummer Peter Salisbury is born in 1971.
- English actress Kate Fleetwood is born in 1972.