Tukuk-OS📅 September 24
17 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 24? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2019 — The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously ruled that advice given by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Queen Elizabeth II that Parliament should be prorogued was unlawful.
Supreme Court of the United KingdomR (Miller) v The Prime Minister and Cherry v Advocate General for ScotlandBoris Johnson
- 1993 — Norodom Sihanouk (pictured) became King of Cambodia with the restoration of the monarchy after a 23-year interregnum.
- 1992 — After his neighbor identified handwriting samples placed on local billboards by police, Oba Chandler was arrested three years after he committed a triple murder in the Tampa Bay area in Florida.
- 1975 — Dougal Haston and Doug Scott of the Southwest Face expedition became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces.
Dougal HastonDoug Scott1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition
- 1964 — The Warren Commission released its report to the U.S. president, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Warren CommissionLee Harvey OswaldAssassination of John F. Kennedy
- 1950 — The "Great Smoke Pall", generated by the Chinchaga fire, the largest recorded fire in North American history, was first recorded in present-day Nunavut and may eventually have circled the entire globe.
- 1945 — Dozens of Jews were injured in the Topoľčany pogrom, one of the worst episodes of anti-Jewish violence in postwar Czechoslovakia.
- 1941 — Operation Barbarossa: A Wehrmacht training event known as the Mogilev Conference began, marking an increase in violence against Jews and other civilians in the areas under General Max von Schenckendorff's command.
- 1911 — His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, was wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness (pictured).
- 1903 — Alfred Deakin became the second Australian prime minister, succeeding Edmund Barton, who left office to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
- 1890 — Wilford Woodruff, the president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, wrote the first draft of a manifesto that officially disavowed the future practice of plural marriage.
Wilford WoodruffPresident of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints1890 Manifesto
- 1877 — At the Battle of Shiroyama (depicted), the final engagement of the Satsuma Rebellion, the Imperial Japanese Army defeated rebel samurai of the Satsuma Domain led by Saigō Takamori.
- 1869 — Jay Gould, James Fisk, and other speculators plotted but failed to control the United States gold market, causing prices to plummet.
- 1841 — Raja Muda Hashim, the uncle of Omar Ali Saifuddin II, Sultan of Brunei, conceded land to the British adventurer James Brooke to establish the Raj of Sarawak.
Omar Ali Saifuddin IISultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)James Brooke
- 1789 — The Judiciary Act of 1789 was signed into law, establishing the U.S. federal judiciary and setting the number of Supreme Court justices at six.
Judiciary Act of 1789Federal judiciary of the United StatesList of justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
- 1645 — English Civil War: Royalists commanded by King Charles I suffered a significant defeat at the Battle of Rowton Heath.
- 1568 — At San Juan de Ulúa (present-day Veracruz, Mexico), a Spanish naval fleet forced English privateers to halt their trade (battle pictured).
Births
- 2003 — Joe Locke, Manx actor
- 2002 — Gaeul, South Korean singer, rapper, and dancer
- 1998 — Nikolas Cruz, American mass murderer
- 1997 — Tosin Adarabioyo, English footballer
- 1993 — Cemre Gümeli, Turkish actress
- 1993 — Narelle Kheng, Singaporean singer, actress, and former national swimmer
- 1993 — Kateryna Derun, Ukrainian athlete
- 1993 — Liu Shiying, Chinese athlete
- 1993 — Jenna Blasman, Canadian snowboarder
- 1993 — Sonya Deville, American athlete
- 1993 — Ben Platt, American actor, singer, and songwriter
- 1991 — Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
Deaths
- 2026 — Milan Panić, Serbian businessman and politician, 1st Prime Minister of FR Yugoslavia (born 1929)
- 2025 — Sara Jane Moore, American attempted assassin of Gerald Ford (born 1930)
- 2022 — Pharoah Sanders, American jazz saxophonist (born 1940)
- 2020 — Dean Jones, Australian cricketer, coach and commentator (born 1961)
- 2016 — Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (born 1935)
- 2016 — Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (born 1928)
- 2016 — Bill Nunn, American actor (born 1953)
- 2016 — Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (born 1947)
- 2015 — Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (born 1914)
- 2015 — Wang Zhongshu, Chinese archaeologist and academic (born 1925)
- 2014 — Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, English aristocrat, socialite, and author (born 1920)
- 2014 — Christopher Hogwood, English harpsichord player and conductor, founded the Academy of Ancient Music (born 1941)
Observances & holidays
- Armed Forces Day (Peru)
- Christian feast day: Anathalon (in Brescia)
- Christian feast day: Antonio Gonzalez
- Christian feast day: Blessed Anton Martin Slomšek
- Christian feast day: Bystrík
- Christian feast day: Blessed Colomba Gabriel
- 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)
Feast of Our Lady of RansomOrder of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy
- Christian feast day: Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England)
- Christian feast day: Pacificus of San Severino
- Christian feast day: Rupert of Salzburg
- Christian feast day: Blessed William Spenser
- Christian feast day: September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
- Constitution Day (Cambodia)
- 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)
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