About September 24
September 24, 2025 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.
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Libra is the sun 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.
What Happened On September 24
- 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
- 1664 –The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
- 1780 –Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point.
- 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.
- 1852 –The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
- 1890 –The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
- 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).
- 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.
- 1948 –The Honda Motor Company is founded.
- 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.
- 1968 –60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
- 1979 –Compu-Serve launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
- 1988 –National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2009 –The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of LRAD in U.S. history.
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