Tuesday September 24, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

September 24: Day of the Week

September 24, 2024 is the 268th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 98 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is martes.

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Here’s the September calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

September 24 Historical Event(s)

1645
Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles
1877
Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion
1906
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s first National Monument.
1935
Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
1950
Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon (in the astronomical sense) is seen as far away as Europe.
1960
USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
1968
60 Minutes debuts on CBS.
2005
Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and portions of southwestern Louisiana.
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 LRAD in U.S. history.

Who were born on September 24?

1871
Lottie Dod, English athlete (d. 1960)
1900
Ham Fisher, American cartoonist (d. 1955)
1907
Ben Oakland, American composer, lyricist and pianist (d. 1979)
1914
Sir John Kerr, 18th Governor-General of Australia (d. 1991)
1920
Richard Bong, American ace fighter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1945)
1942
Ilkka “Danny” Lipsanen, Finnish singer
1952
Nikos Sergianopoulos, Greek actor (d. 2008)
1978
Wietse van Alten, Dutch archer
1980
Daniele Bennati, Italian road racing cyclist
1985
Jessica Lucas, Canadian actress

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