September 24 in history
Events on September 24
Notable events that happened on September 24 in past years.
- 2023
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.
Wikipedia article: NASA - 2013
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
Wikipedia article: Moment magnitude scale - 2008
Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
Wikipedia article: Thabo Mbeki - 1996
Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
Wikipedia article: Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty - 1973
Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
Wikipedia article: Guinea-Bissau - 1959
TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.
Wikipedia article: TAI Flight 307 - 1954
The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.
Wikipedia article: Route 7 (Bolivia) - 1946
The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
Wikipedia article: X Article - 1929
Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
Wikipedia article: Jimmy Doolittle - 1906
Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
Wikipedia article: 1906 Atlanta race massacre - 1875
The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.
Wikipedia article: Heath Cobblers - 1852
The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
Wikipedia article: Giffard dirigible - 1830
A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
Wikipedia article: Provisional Government of Belgium - 1645
The Battle of Rowton Heath in England occurs, ending in a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles I.
- 787
The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia.
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