History Events on September 24

Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the United Nations.

#Comprehensive_Nuclear-Test-Ban_Treaty

A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.

#Provisional_Government_of_Belgium

Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India.

#Japan_Airlines_Flight_472_(1972)

Gold prices plummet after President Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.

#Black_Friday_(1869)

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.

#Mars_Orbiter_Mission

Mexican-American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.

#Mexican-American_War

The Honda Motor Company is founded.

#Honda

An impeachment inquiry is initiated by the United States House of Representatives against President Donald Trump.

#Impeachment_of_Donald_Trump

Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.

#Jimmy_Doolittle

Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.

#Auguste_Febvrier_Despointes

Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa

#Thabo_Mbeki

The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king.

#Norodom_Sihanouk

USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.

#USS_Enterprise_(CVN-65)

The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.

#X_Article

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.

#1890_Manifesto

The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.

#Henri_Giffard

Manuel I Komnenos, the last Byzantine Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, dies.

#Manuel_I_Komnenos

The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.

#Battle_of_Shiroyama

His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.

#HMA_No._1

Second Council of Nicaea: The council assembles at the church of Hagia Sophia.

#Second_Council_of_Nicaea

The Battle of Rowton Heath is a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles.

#Battle_of_Rowton_Heath

Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

#Guinea-Bissau

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.

#1975_British_Mount_Everest_Southwest_Face_expedition

The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act, creating the office of the Attorney General and federal judiciary system and ordering the composition of the Supreme Court.

#Judiciary_Act_of_1789

President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.

#Little_Rock_Nine

Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating portions of southwestern Louisiana and extreme southeastern Texas.

#Hurricane_Rita

At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing at least 327 people.

The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.

Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.

The Chinchaga fire in western Canada becomes the largest recorded fire in North American history, sending smoke all the way to Europe.

Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.

Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.

Gandhi and Dr. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).

Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.

The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom.

Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.