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 267th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 11, 2025 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,311,200 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 ‘dihectahexacontaheptagon’ 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 146 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 4,660 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 24 Historical Events
- 1180 –Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline.
- 1645 –Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles
- 1852 –The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
- 1914 –World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins.
- 1957 –Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
- 1960 –USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
- 1962 –United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.
- 1979 –Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
- 2007 –Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
- 2009 –The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of LRAD in U.S. history.
Who were born on September 24?
- 1801 –Mikhail Vasilievich Ostrogradsky, Ukrainian scientist (d. 1862)
- 1890 –A. P. Herbert, British humorist, barrister, novelist (d. 1971)
- 1909 –Gerard Ciołek, Polish architect (d. 1966)
- 1923 –Louis Edmonds, American actor (d. 2001)
- 1924 –Sheila MacRae, singer & actress
- 1959 –Steve Whitmire, American puppeteer and voice actor
- 1961 –Luc Picard, Canadian writer
- 1969 –DeVante Swing, American music producer
- 1971 –Mike Michalowicz, American author and entrepreneur
- 1977 –Frank Fahrenhorst, German footballer
Who died on September 24?
- 1218 –Robert of Knaresborough, hermit (b. 1160)
- 1545 –Albert of Mainz, archbishop and elector of Mainz (b. 1490)
- 1802 –Alexander Radishchev, Russian writer (b. 1749)
- 1933 –Alice Muriel Williamson, British novelist (b. 1869)
- 1933 –Mike Donlin, American baseball player (b. 1878)
- 1938 –Lev Schnirelmann, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
- 1945 –Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
- 1981 –Patsy Kelly, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2006 –Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and athlete (b. 1909)
- 2009 –Susan Atkins, American murderer (b. 1948)
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