On This Day — 24 September

2000s

2023

NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.

NASA

2015

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

2015 Mina crowd crush

2014

The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.

Mars Orbiter Mission

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2013

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.

Moment magnitude scale

2009

The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.

2009 G20 Pittsburgh summit

2009

South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.

South African Airlink Flight 8911

2008

Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.

Thabo Mbeki

2007

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

Saffron Revolution

2005

Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

Hurricane Rita

1900s

1996

Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

1993

The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.

Monarchy of Cambodia

1975

Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces, instead of using a ridge route.

1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition

1973

Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

Guinea-Bissau

1972

Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries.

Japan Air Lines Flight 472 (1972)

1960

USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

USS Enterprise (CVN-65)

1959

TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.

TAI Flight 307

1957

President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

101st Airborne Division

1954

AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.

AEC Routemaster

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1954

The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.

Route 7 (Bolivia)

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1950

The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.

Chinchaga fire

1948

The Honda Motor Company is founded.

Honda

1946

Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific

1946

The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

X Article

1935

Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.

Earl W. Bascom

1932

Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

Mahatma Gandhi

1929

Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

Jimmy Doolittle

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.

HMA No. 1

1906

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

Devils Tower

1906

Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

1906 Atlanta race massacre

1800s

1890

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

1890 Manifesto

1877

The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

Battle of Shiroyama

1875

The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.

Heath Cobblers

1869

Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

Black Friday (1869)

1853

Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.

Auguste Febvrier Despointes

1852

The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.

Giffard dirigible

1846

Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

Mexican–American War

1841

The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke.

Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)

1830

A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.

Provisional Government of Belgium

Before 1800

1789

The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.

Judiciary Act of 1789