Editing September 24 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 787|787]] &ndash; [[Second Council of Nicaea]]: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.
*[[1568]] &ndash; Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the [[Battle of San Juan de Ulúa (1568)|Battle of San Juan de Ulúa]] near Veracruz.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ZNADwAAQBAJ&pg=PA279 |page=279 |title=1001 Battles That Changed the Course of History |author=R.G. Grant |publisher=Book Sales |year=2017|isbn=9780785835530 }}</ref>
===1601–1900===
*[[1645]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Rowton Heath]] in England is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.
*[[1674]] &ndash; Second Tantrik Coronation of [[Shivaji]].
*[[1789]] &ndash; The United States Congress passes the [[Judiciary Act of 1789|Judiciary Act]], creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.
*[[1830]] &ndash; A revolutionary committee of notables forms the [[Provisional Government of Belgium]].
*[[1841]] &ndash; The [[Sultanate of Brunei]] cedes [[Kingdom of Sarawak|Sarawak]] to [[James Brooke]].
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: General Zachary Taylor [[Battle of Monterrey|captures Monterrey]]. 
*[[1852]] &ndash; The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the [[Giffard dirigible]], travels {{convert|17|mi|km}} from Paris to Trappes.
*[[1853]] &ndash; Admiral [[Auguste Febvrier Despointes|Despointes]] formally takes possession of [[New Caledonia]] in the name of France. 
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Black Friday (1869)]]: Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after [[Jay Gould]] and [[James Fisk (financier)|James Fisk]] plot to control the market.
*[[1875]] &ndash; The 1864 play ''[[Heath Cobblers]]'' by [[Aleksis Kivi]] is premiered for the first time in [[Oulu|Oulu, Finland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://naytelmat.fi/a/aleksis-kivi|title=Aleksis Kivi|website=Naytelmat.fi|access-date=24 September 2023|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1877]] &ndash; The [[Battle of Shiroyama]] is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
*[[1890]] &ndash; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially [[1890 Manifesto|renounces]] polygamy.

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims [[Devils Tower National Monument|Devils Tower]] in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
*  1906   &ndash; Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the [[Atlanta Race Riot]], further increasing racial segregation.
*[[1911]] &ndash; [[HMA No. 1|His Majesty's Airship No. 1]], Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Doolittle]] performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
*[[1932]] &ndash; Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the [[Poona Pact]], which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Earl W. Bascom|Earl and Weldon Bascom]] produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Cathay Pacific|Cathay Pacific Airways]] is founded in Hong Kong.
*  1946   &ndash; The top-secret [[X Article|Clifford-Elsey Report]] on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
*[[1948]] &ndash; The [[Honda|Honda Motor Company]] is founded.
*[[1950]] &ndash; The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the [[Chinchaga fire]] in western Canada.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Field|first=Robert|title=Revisiting the 1950 Great Smoke Pall|journal=Canadian Smoke Newsletter|date=Fall 2008|pages=13–16|url=http://www.espo.nasa.gov/arctas/docs/CanadianSmokeNwsltr_Feb2009.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090404051331/http://www.espo.nasa.gov/arctas/docs/CanadianSmokeNwsltr_Feb2009.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-04-04|access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>
*[[1954]] &ndash; [[AEC Routemaster]], the iconic [[London]] bus was introduced.<ref>{{cite web|title=On This Day In Automotive History Motoring|website=365 Days Of Motoring|date=24 September 1954 |url=https://365daysofmotoring.com/the-iconic-routemaster-bus-was-first-revealed-to-the-public-by-london-transport-at-the-commercial-motor-show-in-earls-court/}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce [[Little Rock Nine|desegregation]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[TAI Flight 307]] crashes during takeoff from [[Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport]] in [[Bordeaux]], [[Nouvelle-Aquitaine]], [[France]], killing 55 people.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-7C F-BIAP Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport (BOD)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19590924-0|access-date=23 September 2021|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}}, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1972)|Japan Airlines Flight 472]] lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Guinea-Bissau]] declares its independence from Portugal.
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[1975 British Mount Everest Southwest Face expedition|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.
*[[1993]] &ndash; The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with [[Norodom Sihanouk]] as king. 
*[[1996]] &ndash; Representatives of 71 nations sign the [[Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty]] at the United Nations.
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Hurricane Rita]] makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern [[Texas]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in [[Saffron Revolution|anti-government protests]] in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Thabo Mbeki]] resigns as president of South Africa. 
*[[2009]] &ndash; The [[2009 G-20 Pittsburgh summit|G20 summit]] begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
*  2009   &ndash; [[SA Airlink Flight 8911]] crashes near [[Durban International Airport]] in [[Durban]], [[South Africa]], killing the captain and injuring the rest of the crew.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident British Aerospace 4121 Jetstream 41 ZS-NRM Durban International Airport (DUR)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20090924-0|access-date=2020-09-22|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; A [[Moment magnitude scale|7.7-magnitude]] [[2013 Balochistan earthquakes|earthquake strikes]] southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.
*[[2014]] &ndash; 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.
*[[2015]] &ndash; At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after [[2015 Mina disaster|a stampede]] during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[OSIRIS-REx]] capsule containing samples from the asteroid [[101955 Bennu]] successfully lands back on Earth.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Miller|first=Katrina|date=2023-09-24|title=A NASA Spacecraft Comes Home With an Asteroid Gift for Earth|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/science/nasa-osiris-rex-asteroid-sample-landing.html|access-date=2023-09-25|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>