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On This Day · The 267th day of the year

September 24

From 787 to 2023, September 24 gathers 1,236 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

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What happened on September 24?

September 24 is the 267th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 787 and 2023. Famous people born on September 24 include Nia Vardalos, Steve Whitmire and Georg von Frundsberg.

Released on September 24

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Control Resonant
  • Game Silent Hill: Townfall

2024

  • Game Beyond Galaxyland
  • Game Bloomtown: A Different Story
  • Game Ara: History Untold
  • Game The Forever Winter

2021

  • TV Boku no Nee-chan

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 787

    AD 787

  2. 1789

    Judiciary Act of 1789

  3. 1846

    Mexican–American War

  4. 1877

    Battle of Shiroyama

  5. 1911

    HMA No. 1

  6. 1932

    Mahatma Gandhi

  7. 1948

    Honda

  8. 1950

    Chinchaga fire

  9. 1973

    Guinea-Bissau

  10. 2023

    NASA

Famous birthday twins

Born on September 24

Nia Vardalos

b. 1962

Steve Whitmire

b. 1959

Georg von Frundsberg

b. 1473

Blind Lemon Jefferson

b. 1893

Manfred Wörner

b. 1934

Hugo Schmeisser

b. 1884

Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio

b. 1817

Deaths

  • 2004Françoise Sagan
  • 1945Hans Geiger
  • 1896Louis Gerhard De Geer
  • 1834Pedro I of Brazil
  • 1228Stefan the First-Crowned
  • 1180Manuel I Komnenos

Holidays & observances

  • —Armed Forces Day (Peru)
  • —Christian feast day: Anathalon (in Brescia)
  • —Christian feast day: Antonio Gonzalez
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Émilie Gamelin (Canada)
  • —Christian feast day: Gerard of Csanád
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of Mercy and its related observance: La Mercè (Barcelona)
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)
  • —Christian feast day: Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England)

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