Today's Holidays in September 24
Everything else on September 24
🏛️ Public Holidays
Also observed in: Chuseok (KR) · Feast of the Our Lady of Mercy (VE) · Heritage Day (ZA) · Saint Rupert's Day (AT) · 추석 전날 (KR)
🕰️ On This Day in History
- 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... ↗
- 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. ↗
🎂 Notable Births
- 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