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 2022 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, 2022 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,732,960 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 120 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 3,564 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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September 24 Historical Events
- 1664 –The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
- 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.
- 1932 –Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the “Depressed Classes” (Untouchables).
- 1937 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Eighth Route Army gains a minor, but morale-boosting victory in the Battle of Pingxingguan.
- 1946 –Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
- 1946 –Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy.
- 1957 –Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona.
- 1968 –60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
- 2005 –Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
- 2007 –Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
Who were born on September 24?
- 1717 –Horace Walpole, British novelist and politician (d. 1797)
- 1884 –Hugo Schmeisser, German weapons designer (d. 1953)
- 1918 –Audra Lindley, American actress (d. 1997)
- 1939 –Wayne Henderson (musician), jazz trombonist and record producer
- 1946 –“Mean” Joe Greene, American football player
- 1948 –Phil Hartman, Canadian actor (d. 1998)
- 1951 –Douglas Kmiec, American legal scholar
- 1956 –Hubie Brooks, American baseball player
- 1957 –Wolfgang Wolf, German footballer and manager
- 1969 –Goya Toledo, Spanish actress and model
Who died on September 24?
- 1180 –Manuel I Komnenos, Greek Byzantine Emperor (b. 1118)
- 1275 –Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford, Constable of England (b. 1208)
- 1541 –Paracelsus, Swiss alchemist (b. 1493)
- 1929 –Prince Mahidol of the Kingdom of Thailand (b. 1892)
- 1936 –József Klekl, Slovene writer and journalist (b. 1879)
- 1945 –Hans Geiger, German physicist (b. 1882)
- 1948 –Warren William, American actor (b. 1894)
- 1950 –Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1863)
- 1993 –Bruno Pontecorvo, Italian physicist (b. 1913)
- 2003 –Rosalie Allen, American singer and disc jockey (b. 1924)
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