September 24 Events |
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| September 24th, 2007 (September 24 2007) | Event | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a controversial speech on the campus of Columbia University. | |
| September 24th, 2005 (September 24 2005) | Event | Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana. | |
| September 24th, 1996 (September 24 1996) | Event | U.S. President Bill Clinton signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. | Bill Clinton Quotes |
| September 24th, 1994 (September 24 1994) | Event | National League for Democracy is formed by Aung San Suu Kyi and various others to help fight against dictatorship in Myanmar. | |
| September 24th, 1990 (September 24 1990) | Event | Periodic Great White Spot observed on Saturn | |
| September 24th, 1988 (September 24 1988) | Event | Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson beats Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in the 100 metres sprint in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping.) | |
| September 24th, 1973 (September 24 1973) | Event | Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. | |
| September 24th, 1962 (September 24 1962) | Event | United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith. | |
| September 24th, 1957 (September 24 1957) | Event | Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona. | |
| September 24th, 1957 (September 24 1957) | Event | President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| September 24th, 1950 (September 24 1950) | Event | Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New Englandied in A Blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe. | |
| September 24th, 1948 (September 24 1948) | Event | The Honda Motor Company is founded. | |
| September 24th, 1947 (September 24 1947) | Event | Majestic 12 is allegedly established by secret executive order of President Harry Truman | |
| September 24th, 1946 (September 24 1946) | Event | Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong | |
| September 24th, 1935 (September 24 1935) | Event | Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi | |
| September 24th, 1906 (September 24 1906) | Event | U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower the nation s first National Monument. | Theodore Roosevelt Quotes |
| September 24th, 1903 (September 24 1903) | Event | Edmund Barton steps down as Prime Minister of Australia and is succeeded by Alfred Deakin. | |
| September 24th, 1890 (September 24 1890) | Event | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. | Jesus Christ Quotes |
| September 24th, 1877 (September 24 1877) | Event | Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion | |
| September 24th, 1869 (September 24 1869) | Event | "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. | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| September 24th, 1852 (September 24 1852) | Event | The first airship is displayed. | |
| September 24th, 1841 (September 24 1841) | Event | The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to Britain. | |
| September 24th, 1789 (September 24 1789) | Event | The office of the Attorney General of the United States of America, and the United States Post Office Department are established. | |
| September 24th, 1664 (September 24 1664) | Event | The Netherlands surrenders New Amsterdam to England. | |
| September 24th, 1180 (September 24 1180) | Event | Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline. | |
| September 24th, 0622 (September 24 0622) | Event | Prophet Muhammad completes his hegira from Mecca to Medina. | |
