Public Holidays on September 23

• 🌍 Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan)
• 🌍 اليوم الوطني (Saudi Arabia)
• 🌍 秋分の日 (Japan)

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On This Day in History — September 23

• 2008 — Kauhajoki school shooting: Matti Saari kills ten people before committing suicide.
• 2004 — Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.
• 2002 — The first public version of the web browser Mozilla Firefox ("Phoenix 0.1") is released.
• 1986 — Jim Deshaies of the Houston Astros sets a major league record by striking out the first eight batters he faces in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
• 1983 — Saint Kitts and Nevis joins the United Nations.
• 1983 — Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 117 people on board.

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Notable Births on September 23

• 1994 — John Folau, Australian-Tongan rugby league player
• 1993 — Duke Johnson, American football player
• 1991 — Melanie Oudin, American tennis player
• 1989 — Brandon Jennings, American basketball player
• 1989 — Taniela Lasalo, Australian rugby league player
• 1988 — Juan Martín del Potro, Argentinian tennis player

Notable Deaths on September 23

• 2015 — Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (b. 1930)
• 2014 — A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1943)
• 2014 — Irven DeVore, American anthropologist and biologist (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Don Manoukian, American football player and wrestler (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Al Suomi, American ice hockey player and referee (b. 1913)
• 2013 — Abdel Hamid al-Sarraj, Syrian colonel and politician (b. 1925)

Sports on September 23

• WNBA: Minnesota Lynx @ Indiana Fever — 00:00 UTC Final
• WNBA: Toronto Tempo @ Chicago Sky — 00:00 UTC Final
• NHL: Edmonton Oilers @ Winnipeg Jets — 00:00 UTC Final
• NHL: Tampa Bay Lightning @ Nashville Predators — 00:00 UTC Final
• MLB: New York Mets @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Final
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Final

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Public Holidays on September 24

• 🌍 Chuseok (South Korea)
• 🌍 Feast of the Our Lady of Mercy (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Heritage Day (South Africa)
• 🌍 Saint Rupert's Day (Austria)
• 🌍 추석 전날 (South Korea)

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On This Day in History — September 24

• 2015 — At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
• 2014 — The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully inserted into orbit of Mars.
• 2013 — A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing more than 327 people.
• 2009 — The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks the first use of Long-Range Acoustic Devices in U.S. history.
• 2007 — Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
• 2005 — Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

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Notable Births on September 24

• 1993 — Ben Platt, American actor
• 1991 — Maximiliano Uggè, Italian footballer
• 1991 — Oriol Romeu, Spanish footballer
• 1989 — Pia Wurtzbach, Filipina actress, model, and Miss Universe 2015 titleholder
• 1988 — Karl Alzner, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1987 — Matthew Connolly, English footballer

Notable Deaths on September 24

• 2016 — Mel Charles, Welsh footballer (b. 1935)
• 2016 — Vladimir Kuzmichyov, Russian footballer (b. 1979)
• 2016 — Bill Mollison, Australian researcher, author and biologist (b. 1928)
• 2016 — Bill Nunn, American actor (b. 1953)
• 2016 — Buckwheat Zydeco, American accordionist and bandleader (b. 1947)
• 2015 — Alan Moore, Australian painter and educator (b. 1914)

Sports on September 24

• WNBA: Atlanta Dream @ New York Liberty — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Mets @ Texas Rangers — 00:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLS: Real Salt Lake @ Seattle Sounders FC — 01:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Los Angeles Angels @ Athletics — 01:40 UTC Scheduled

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