Wikipedia defines history as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. It came from the Greek word ‘historia’ – which means ‘inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation’.
Did you know? There are many who claim Herodotus, a fifth century BC Greek historian, as the “father of history”.
This website utilizes pages from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are 105,062 records in the database that include events, births and deaths of popular individuals. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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What are the important events that happened on September 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
September 24: Facts & Myths About This Day
September 24 is the 268th day of the year 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 11, 2016 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,577,920 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontaoctagon’ day.
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Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 126 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,373 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 24 Historical Events
- 1789 –The 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.
- 1957 –Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
- 1957 –President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
- 1968 –60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
- 2008 –The 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.
Who were born on September 24?
- 1717 –Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
- 1941 –Linda McCartney, American singer and photographer (d. 1998)
- 1947 –Erik Hivju, Norwegian actor
- 1973 –Eddie George, American football player
- 1976 –Georgios Georgiou, Greek footballer
Who died on September 24?
- 1143 –Agnes of Germany, daughter of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1072)
- 1213 –Gertrude of Merania, wife of Andrew II of Hungary (murdered) (b. 1185)
- 1707 –Vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (b. 1642)
- 1939 –Carl Laemmle, German-born American film producer (b. 1867)
- 1993 –Ian Stuart Donaldson, British musician (b. 1957)
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