September 24 in History

Historical Events on September 24

787

Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembled at the church of Hagia Sophia.
1180

Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies.
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.
1674

Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
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.
1830

Belgian Revolution: A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
1841

The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.
1846

Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
1852

The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) 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.
1877

Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
1890

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
1906

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
1911

His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
1929

Jimmy Doolittle performs the first blind flight from Mitchel Field proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
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 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.
1948

The Honda Motor Company is founded.
1950

Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon 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

60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
1972

Japan Airlines Flight 472, operated Douglas DC-8-53 landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
1973

Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
1975

Dougal Haston and Doug Scott on the Southwest Face expedition become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces.
1979

CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public electronic mail service.
1993

The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
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 portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.
2007

Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
2009

The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of Long-Range Acoustic Devices in U.S. history.
2013

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing more than 327 people.
2014

The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully inserted into orbit of Mars.
2015

At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

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