Date Name Location / Topic
Saturday, Sep 24

Our Lady of Las Mercedes

Saturday, Sep 24

Constitutional Day

Saturday, Sep 24

Republic Day

Saturday, Sep 24

Independence Day (National Day)

Saturday, Sep 24

Armed Forces Day

Saturday, Sep 24

Heritage Day

Saturday, Sep 24

Anniversary of the failed attack on Lomé

Saturday, Sep 24

National Cherries Jubilee Day

Saturday, Sep 24

National Punctuation Day

Saturday, Sep 24

Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving

Saturday, Sep 24

Innergize Day

Saturday, Sep 24

National Public Lands Day

Saturday, Sep 24

National Singles Day

Saturday, Sep 24

National Seat Check Saturday

Saturday, Sep 24

National Hunting and Fishing Day

Saturday, Sep 24

National Family Health and Fitness Day USA

Saturday, Sep 24

National Ghost Hunting Day

Saturday, Sep 24

Save Your Photos Day

Saturday, Sep 24

New Caledonia Day

Saturday, Sep 24

Saint Rupert's Day

Austria (Salzburg)
Saturday, Sep 24

National Fitness Day

Saturday, Sep 24

International Lace Day

Saturday, Sep 24

World Bollywood Day

Saturday, Sep 24

International Rabbit 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.