Browse events, births, deaths and holidays on September 24 throughout history.
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the United States' civil space program, as well as resear…
NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.
On 24 September 2015, a fatal crowd crush resulted in the death of more than 2,000 individuals, many of whom were suffocated or crushed, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mina,…
At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), unofficially known as Mangalyaan, is a space probe orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Resear…
The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to…
The moment magnitude scale is a measure of an earthquake's magnitude based on its seismic moment. Mw was defined in a 1979 paper by Thomas C. Hanks and Hiroo Kanamori. Before Hank…
A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
The 2009 G20 Pittsburgh Summit was the third meeting of the G20 heads of state and heads of government, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, to discuss financial marke…
The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
South African Airlink Flight 8911 was a positioning flight from Durban International Airport to Pietermaritzburg Airport, South Africa, operated by a British Aerospace Jetstream 4…
South African Airlink Flight 8911 crashes near Durban International Airport in Durban, South Africa, killing the…
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki is a South African politician and economist who served as the second president of South Africa from 1999 until his resignation in 2008. He previously served a…
Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
The Saffron Revolution was a series of economic and political protests and demonstrations that took place during August, September and October 2007 in Myanmar. The protests were t…
Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
Hurricane Rita was the most intense tropical cyclone on record in the Gulf of Mexico, now tied with Hurricane Milton of 2024, as well as being one of the most intense Atlantic hur…
Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme…
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) is a multilateral treaty to ban nuclear weapons test explosions and any other nuclear explosions, for both civilian and military p…
Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.
The monarchy of Cambodia is the constitutional monarchy of the Kingdom of Cambodia. The king of Cambodia is the head of state and head of the ruling Royal House of Norodom. In the…
The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.
The 1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition was the first to successfully climb Mount Everest by ascending one of its faces rather than along its ridges. In the post-…
Southwest Face expedition members become the first persons to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces,…
Guinea-Bissau, officially the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, is a country in West Africa that covers 36,125 square kilometres (13,948 sq mi) with an estimated population of 2,080,000.…
Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.
Japan Air Lines Flight 472 was a flight from London to Tokyo via Frankfurt, Rome, Beirut, Tehran, Bombay, Bangkok and Hong Kong. On September 24, 1972, the Douglas DC-8 landed at …
Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the…
USS Enterprise (CVN-65), formerly CVA(N)-65, is a decommissioned United States Navy aircraft carrier. In 1958, she became the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the United …
USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
TAI Flight 307 was a scheduled flight operated by Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux (TAI) between France and the Ivory Coast via Mali operated by a Douglas DC-7C. On 24 Septemb…
TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing…
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is a light infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations. The 101st is desi…
President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
The AEC Routemaster is a front-engined double-decker bus that was designed by London Transport and built by the Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and Park Royal Vehicles. The fir…
AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.
Route 7 is a national road in Bolivia. Prior to its opening in 1954 western and eastern Bolivia were poorly connected. It remains the main road connecting Bolivia's montainious we…
The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.
The Chinchaga fire, also known as the Wisp fire, Chinchaga River fire and Fire 19, was a forest fire that burned in northern British Columbia and Alberta in the summer and early f…
The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.