A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on September 24th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On September 24, 787, church leaders of the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church met at the Church of Hagia Sophia in Iznik, province of Nicaea ( province of Bursa in modern Turkey) in a conference known as the Second Council of Nicaea.
On September 24, 1272, Prince Edward of England, leader of the Ninth Crusade, left Acre (Syria) for Sicily to recover from wounds.
On September 24, 1884, Hugo Schmeisser was born in Jena, in what was then the German Empire.
On September 24, 1960, the naval world entered a new phase in history when the nuclear powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN- 65) was first launched.
On September 24, 2009, the first use of a long range acoustic device (LRAD) for crowd control in the United States took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania during the G-20 summit that was being held there.
On September 24, 2013, we, well, or rather at least somebody somewhere, celebrated the Festival of Latest Novelties!
On September 24, 2015, yet another religious related tragedy occurred when as many as 2000 faithful Muslims in Saudi Arabia for the Hajj were stampeded and suffocated when a large crowd met another large crowd at a road intersection and chaos resulted.
On September 24, 2017, numerous NFL football players took a knee rather than stand for the playing of the National Anthem at that week’s football games.
On September 24, 2019, we reported the sad news for our readers and fans of horror movies that actor Sid Haig died on September 21, 2019 at the age of 80.
On Tuesday, September 24, 2024, comedy drama fans had their chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see My Old Ass at 7:00 PM at Cinemark At Valley View and XD on 6001 Canal Rd. in Valley View, OH 44125!
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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