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On September 24, 787: The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia.

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Featured moment · 787

The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia.

Year 787 (DCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 787 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

People

Born on September 24

Joe Locke 2003– British actor (born 2003)
Gaeul 2002– South Korean singer (born 2002)
Nikolas Cruz 1998– American mass murderer (born 1998)
Tosin Adarabioyo 1997– English footballer (born 1997)
Sonya Deville 1993– American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist
Ben Platt 1993– American actor and singer (born 1993)
Oriol Romeu 1991– Spanish footballer (born 1991)
Vontaze Burfict 1990– American football player (born 1990)
Pia Wurtzbach 1989– Filipina actress, beauty queen, and Miss Universe 2015 winner (born 1989)
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Karl Alzner 1988– Canadian ice hockey player (born 1988)
Steven Kampfer 1988– American ice hockey player (born 1988)
Kyle Sullivan 1988– American child actor
Spencer Treat Clark 1987– American actor (born 1987)
Matthew Connolly 1987– English footballer (born 1987)
Grey Damon 1987– American actor
Max Lercher 1986– Austrian politician (born 1986)
Eloise Mumford 1986– American actress (born 1986)
Jonathan Soriano 1985– Spanish professional footballer (born 1985)

People

Died on September 24

Sara Jane Moore American convicted of presidential assassination attempt (1930–2025)
Pharoah Sanders American jazz saxophonist (1940–2022)
Dean Jones Australian cricketer (1961–2020)
Mel Charles Welsh footballer
Bill Mollison Australian scientist (1928–2016)
Bill Nunn American actor (1953–2016)
Buckwheat Zydeco American accordionist (1947–2016)
Alan Moore Australian war artist during World War II
Wang Zhongshu Chinese archaeologist (1925 – 2015)
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Deborah Cavendish English aristocrat and writer (1920–2014)
Christopher Hogwood English conductor and musicologist (1941–2014)
Madis Kõiv Estonian writer, philosopher and physicist
Paul Dietzel American football player, coach, and administrator (1924–2013)
Margaret Feilman Australian architect, landscape designer, town planner (1921–2013)
Boris Karvasarsky Ukrainian-Russian psychiatrist and author (born 1931)
Anthony Lawrence British journalist (1912–2013)
Sagadat Nurmagambetov Soviet-Kazakh general
Paul Oliver American football player (1984–2013)

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Every September 24 on record

  1. 787 The Second Council of Nicaea begins at the Church of Holy Wisdom in the city of Nicaea in Bithynia.

    Calendar year

    Year 787 (DCCLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 787 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.

  2. 1568 Spanish naval forces defeat an English fleet, under the command of John Hawkins, at the Battle of San Juan de Ulúa near Veracruz.

    Battle of the Anglo-Spanish War

    The Battle of San Juan de Ulúa was fought between English privateers and Spanish forces at San Juan de Ulúa. The English flotilla of six armed merchant ships under John Hawkins had been trading along the Spanish Main with the cooperation of local Spanish officials. However the central Spanish authorities considered this to be illegal smuggling that violated the Treaty of Tordesillas.

  3. 1645 The Battle of Rowton Heath in England occurs, ending in a Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles I.

    1645 battle of the First English Civil War

    The Battle of Rowton Heath, better known as the Battle of Rowton Moor, occurred on 24 September 1645 during the English Civil War. The Parliamentarians, commanded by Sydnam Poyntz, inflicted a significant defeat on the Royalists under the personal command of King Charles I, inflicting heavy losses and preventing Charles from relieving the siege of Chester.

  4. 1674 Second Tantrik Coronation of Shivaji.

    Chhatrapati of the Marathas from 1674 to 1680

    Shivaji I was an Indian ruler and a member of the Bhonsle dynasty. Shivaji inherited a fiefdom from his father who served as a retainer for the Sultanate of Bijapur, which later formed the genesis of the Maratha Kingdom. In 1674, he was formally crowned the Chhatrapati of his realm at Raigad Fort.

  5. 1789 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.

    US law establishing federal court system

    The Judiciary Act of 1789 is a United States federal statute enacted on September 24, 1789, during the first session of the First United States Congress. It established the federal judiciary of the United States. Article III, Section 1 of the Constitution prescribed that the "judicial power of the United States, shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and such inferior Courts" as Congress saw fit to establish.

  6. 1830 A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
  7. 1841 The Sultanate of Brunei cedes Sarawak to James Brooke.
  8. 1846 Mexican–American War: General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey.
  9. 1852 The first powered, passenger-carrying airship, the Giffard dirigible, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes.
  10. 1853 Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France.
  11. 1869 Black Friday (1869): Gold prices plummet after United States President Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market.
  12. 1875 The 1864 play Heath Cobblers by Aleksis Kivi premieres in Oulu, Finland.
  13. 1877 The Battle of Shiroyama is a decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion.
  14. 1890 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy.
  15. 1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument.
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  1. 1906 Racial tensions exacerbated by rumors lead to the Atlanta Race Riot, further increasing racial segregation.
  2. 1911 His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
  3. 1929 Jimmy Doolittle performs the first flight without a window, proving that full instrument flying from take off to landing is possible.
  4. 1932 Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables).
  5. 1935 Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights.
  6. 1946 Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong.
  7. 1946 The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to President Truman.
  8. 1948 The Honda Motor Company is founded.
  9. 1950 The eastern United States is covered by a thick haze from the Chinchaga fire in western Canada.
  10. 1954 AEC Routemaster, the iconic London bus was introduced.
  11. 1954 The Cochabamba–Santa Cruz highway connecting western and eastern Bolivia is inaugurated.
  12. 1957 President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.
  13. 1959 TAI Flight 307 crashes during takeoff from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport in Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, killing 55 people.
  14. 1960 USS Enterprise, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched.
  15. 1972 Japan Airlines Flight 472 lands at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India, overrunning the runway and resulting in 11 injuries.

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