September 24 facts for kids

This page tells you about important things that happened on this day throughout history. You'll also find out about famous people who were born or passed away on this date, and special holidays celebrated around the world.

Important Events in History

Early History (Before 1600)

• 787 – The Second Council of Nicaea met in a church called Hagia Sophia. This was an important meeting for the Christian church.
• 1568 – Spanish ships defeated an English fleet led by John Hawkins. This happened during the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.

Events from 1601 to 1900

• 1645 – The Battle of Rowton Heath in England was a big win for the Parliament's army over King Charles's forces.
• 1674 – Shivaji, a famous Indian ruler, had his second special coronation ceremony.
• 1789 – The United States Congress passed the Judiciary Act. This law created the job of the Attorney General and set up the federal court system, including the Supreme Court.
• 1830 – A group of important people formed the Provisional Government of Belgium, starting the process for Belgium to become an independent country.
• 1841 – The Sultanate of Brunei gave control of Sarawak to James Brooke.
• 1846 – During the Mexican–American War, General Zachary Taylor captured Monterrey.
• 1852 – The first airship that could carry passengers and was powered by an engine, called the Giffard dirigible, flew about 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
• 1853 – Admiral Despointes officially claimed New Caledonia for France.
• 1869 – On a day known as Black Friday (1869), gold prices dropped very quickly. This happened after President Ulysses Grant ordered the government to sell a lot of gold, stopping a plan by Jay Gould and James Fisk to control the gold market.
• 1877 – The Battle of Shiroyama was a major victory for the Imperial Japanese Army, ending the Satsuma Rebellion.
• 1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially announced that they would no longer practice polygamy (having more than one spouse).

Modern Events (1901–present)

• 1906 – U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt declared Devils Tower in Wyoming as the first National Monument in the United States.
• 1906 – Rumors caused racial tensions to grow, leading to the Atlanta Race Riot. This event made racial segregation even worse.
• 1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first large, rigid airship, was damaged by strong winds before its first flight.
• 1929 – Pilot Jimmy Doolittle made the first flight without looking out the window. This showed that planes could be flown completely using instruments, from takeoff to landing.
• 1932 – Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agreed to the Poona Pact. This agreement set aside special seats in Indian legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (also known as Untouchables).
• 1935 – Earl and Weldon Bascom held the first rodeo ever to take place outdoors under electric lights.
• 1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways was started in Hong Kong.
• 1948 – The Honda Motor Company, a famous car and motorcycle company, was founded.
• 1950 – A thick haze from the huge Chinchaga fire in western Canada covered the eastern United States.
• 1954 – The AEC Routemaster, the famous red London bus, was first introduced.
• 1957 – President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas. This was to make sure that schools followed the law to end segregation, allowing the Little Rock Nine students to attend.
• 1960 – The USS Enterprise, the world's first aircraft carrier powered by nuclear energy, was launched.
• 1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472 accidentally landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of the main Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
• 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declared its independence from Portugal.
• 1975 – Climbers on the Southwest Face expedition became the first people to reach the top of Mount Everest by climbing one of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.
• 1993 – The monarchy (rule by a king or queen) was brought back in Cambodia, with Norodom Sihanouk becoming king.
• 1996 – Representatives from 71 countries signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations. This treaty aims to stop nuclear weapons tests.
• 2005 – Hurricane Rita hit the United States, causing a lot of damage in parts of Louisiana and southeastern Texas.
• 2007 – Many thousands of people took part in protests against the government in Yangon, Burma. These were the biggest protests in 20 years.
• 2008 – Thabo Mbeki stepped down as president of South Africa.
• 2009 – The G20 summit began in Pittsburgh, with 30 world leaders attending.
• 2013 – A strong 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit southern Pakistan, sadly killing at least 327 people.
• 2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission made India the first Asian country to reach Mars orbit. It was also the first country in the world to succeed on its very first try.
• 2015 – More than 1,100 people died and many more were hurt in a stampede during the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.
• 2023 – NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule, carrying samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu, landed safely back on Earth.

Famous Births

Born Before 1600

• 15 – Vitellius, a Roman emperor.
• 936 – 'Adud al-Dawla, a Buyid king.
• 1301 – Ralph de Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, an English soldier.
• 1473 – Georg von Frundsberg, a German knight and landowner.
• 1501 – Gerolamo Cardano, an Italian mathematician, doctor, and astrologer.
• 1534 – Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru.
• 1564 – William Adams, an English sailor and navigator.
• 1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, a Bohemian general.

Born Between 1601 and 1900

• 1625 – Johan de Witt, a Dutch mathematician and politician.
• 1717 – Horace Walpole, an English historian, author, and politician.
• 1755 – John Marshall, an American soldier and politician, who became the 4th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
• 1796 – Antoine-Louis Barye, a French sculptor.
• 1801 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, a Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and physicist.
• 1817 – Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, a Spanish poet and philosopher.
• 1861 – Bhikaiji Cama, an Indian activist.
• 1870 – Georges Claude, a French chemist and engineer who invented Neon lighting.
• 1871 – Lottie Dod, an English athlete who excelled in tennis, golf, and archery.
• 1880 – Sarah Knauss, an American super-centenarian, the oldest verified American person ever.
• 1883 – Franklin Clarence Mars, an American businessman who founded Mars, Incorporated.
• 1884 – İsmet İnönü, a Turkish general and politician, who became the 2nd President of Turkey.
• 1893 – Blind Lemon Jefferson, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.
• 1896 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, a famous American novelist and short story writer.
• 1898 – Howard Florey, an Australian scientist who won the Nobel Prize for his work on penicillin.
• 1898 – Charlotte Moore Sitterly, an American astronomer.

Born After 1900

• 1905 – Severo Ochoa, a Spanish-American doctor and biochemist who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, a Soviet politician.
• 1914 – John Kerr, an Australian politician who was the 18th Governor-General of Australia.
• 1916 – Ruth Leach Amonette, an American businesswoman and author.
• 1920 – Richard Bong, an American soldier and pilot, a Medal of Honor recipient.
• 1921 – Jim McKay, an American sportscaster and journalist.
• 1922 – Bert I. Gordon, an American director and producer.
• 1923 – Raoul Bott, a Hungarian-American mathematician.
• 1930 – John W. Young, an American astronaut who flew in space six times.
• 1931 – Elizabeth Blackadder, a Scottish painter.
• 1931 – Anthony Newley, an English singer and actor.
• 1934 – John Brunner, an English-Scottish author.
• 1934 – Manfred Wörner, a German politician who was the 7th Secretary General of NATO.
• 1936 – Jim Henson, a famous American puppeteer, director, and producer who created The Muppets.
• 1941 – Linda McCartney, an American singer, photographer, and activist.
• 1942 – Gerry Marsden, an English singer-songwriter.
• 1945 – John Rutter, an English composer and conductor.
• 1946 – Joe Greene, an American football player and coach.
• 1946 – María Teresa Ruiz, a Chilean astronomer.
• 1948 – Phil Hartman, a Canadian-American actor and screenwriter.
• 1950 – Harriet Walter, an English actress.
• 1958 – Kevin Sorbo, an American actor and producer.
• 1959 – Steve Whitmire, an American puppeteer.
• 1961 – John Logan, an American screenwriter and producer.
• 1962 – Ally McCoist, a Scottish footballer and manager.
• 1962 – Nia Vardalos, a Canadian-American actress and screenwriter.
• 1964 – Rafael Palmeiro, a Cuban-American baseball player.
• 1965 – Robert Irvine, an English chef and television host.
• 1966 – Stefan Molyneux, an Irish-Canadian philosopher and author.
• 1969 – Shawn Crahan, an American drummer and songwriter.
• 1969 – Shamim Sarif, an English author, director, and screenwriter.
• 1971 – Kevin Millar, an American baseball player and sportscaster.
• 1973 – Eddie George, an American football player and sportscaster.
• 1976 – Stephanie McMahon, an American wrestler and businesswoman.
• 1980 – Victoria Pendleton, an English cyclist.
• 1980 – John Arne Riise, a Norwegian footballer.
• 1982 – Morgan Hamm and Paul Hamm, American gymnasts.
• 1987 – Spencer Treat Clark, an American actor.
• 1989 – Pia Wurtzbach, a Filipina actress and model who was Miss Universe 2015.
• 1993 – Ben Platt, an American actor, singer, and songwriter.
• 2003 – Joe Locke, a Manx actor.

Notable Deaths

Passed Away Before 1600

• 366 – Pope Liberius.
• 768 – Pepin the Short, a Frankish king.
• 1054 – Hermann of Reichenau, a German composer, mathematician, and astronomer.
• 1143 – Pope Innocent II.
• 1180 – Manuel I Komnenos, a Byzantine emperor.
• 1228 – Stefan the First-Crowned, a Serbian king.
• 1435 – Isabeau of Bavaria.
• 1459 – Eric of Pomerania, King of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.
• 1494 – Poliziano, an Italian poet and scholar.
• 1541 – Paracelsus, a German-Swiss physician and chemist.
• 1572 – Túpac Amaru, the last ruler of the Inca people.

Passed Away Between 1601 and 1900

• 1621 – Jan Karol Chodkiewicz, a Polish commander.
• 1646 – Duarte Lobo, a Portuguese composer.
• 1732 – Emperor Reigen of Japan.
• 1834 – Pedro I of Brazil.
• 1848 – Branwell Brontë, an English painter and poet.
• 1892 – Patrick Gilmore, an Irish-American soldier and composer.
• 1896 – Louis Gerhard De Geer, the first Prime Minister of Sweden.

Passed Away After 1900

• 1904 – Niels Ryberg Finsen, a Faroese-Danish physician who won a Nobel Prize.
• 1929 – Mahidol Adulyadej, a Thai prince.
• 1939 – Carl Laemmle, a German-American film producer who founded Universal Studios.
• 1945 – Hans Geiger, a German physicist who helped invent the Geiger counter.
• 1950 – Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.
• 1975 – Earle Cabell, an American businessman and politician who was Mayor of Dallas.
• 1978 – Hasso von Manteuffel, a German general and politician.
• 1981 – Patsy Kelly, an American actress and dancer.
• 1982 – Sarah Churchill, an English actress.
• 1991 – Dr. Seuss, a beloved American children's book writer and illustrator.
• 1993 – Bruno Pontecorvo, an Italian physicist.
• 1994 – Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, an English aristocrat and author.
• 1994 – Christopher Hogwood, an English musician who founded the Academy of Ancient Music.
• 1998 – Jeff Moss, an American composer and screenwriter.
• 2004 – Françoise Sagan, a French author.
• 2013 – Paul Dietzel, an American football player and coach.
• 2016 – Bill Mollison, an Australian researcher and biologist.
• 2016 – Buckwheat Zydeco, an American accordionist and bandleader.
• 2020 – Dean Jones, an Australian cricketer and commentator.
• 2022 – Pharoah Sanders, an American jazz saxophonist.

Holidays and Observances

• Armed Forces Day (Peru)
• Christian feast day:
  • Anathalon (in Brescia)
  • Antonio Gonzalez
  • Blessed Émilie Gamelin (Canada)
  • Gerard of Csanád
  • Our Lady of Mercy and its related observance:
    • La Mercè (Barcelona)
  • Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)
  • Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England)
  • Pacificus of San Severino
  • Rupert of Salzburg
  • September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
• Constitution Day (Cambodia)
• Earliest day on which Maple Leaf Day can fall, while September 30 is the latest; celebrated on the last Wednesday in September. (Canada)
• Heritage Day (South Africa)
• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Guinea-Bissau from Portugal in 1973.
• Mahidol Day (Thailand)
• New Caledonia Day (New Caledonia)
• Republic Day (Trinidad and Tobago)

See also

In Spanish: 24 de septiembre para niños