About September 24

September 24, 2021 is the 267th day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

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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 130 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On September 24

  • 622 –
    Prophet Muhammad completes his hijra from Mecca to Medina.
  • 1664 –
    The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England.
  • 1674 –
    Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
  • 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.
  • 1841 –
    The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
  • 1852 –
    The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 mi from Paris to Trappes.
  • 1853 –
    Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
  • 1869 –
    “Black Friday”: Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  • 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).
  • 1935 –
    Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
  • 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.
  • 1950 –
    Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe.
  • 1957 –
    President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
  • 1960 –
    USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
  • 1968 –
    Swaziland joins the United Nations.
  • 1996 –
    Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
  • 2005 –
    Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
  • 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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