It happened on this day, September 24th.
Events:
852 – Muhammad bin Abd al-Rahman takes over the leadership of the Umayyad state in Andalusia, succeeding his father Abd al-Rahman bin al-Hakam.
1180 – The death of Emperor Manuel Comnenus, which begins the decline of the Byzantine Empire.
1664 – The Netherlands cedes New Amsterdam, in the Americas, to England.
1706 – Sweden cedes rule of Poland.
1736 – The Ottoman Empire signs an agreement with Nader Shah, the greatest governor of Persia, in the city of Tbilisi to determine the borders between them.
1789 – The United States Congress passes the Judicial Authority Act, establishing the office of attorney general, the administrative court system, and the formation of the United States Supreme Court.
1852 – The first airship powered by a steam engine is capable of traveling 27 km from Paris to Trappes.
1855 – Discovery of glycogen stored in the liver.
1905 – Sweden accepts Norwegian independence.
1948 – Representatives of British colonies in Africa meet in London. Honda Motor Company is founded.
1957 – Opening of the Camp Nou stadium in Barcelona.
1963 – The United States ratifies a treaty with the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union to limit nuclear testing.
1966 – Israel builds a new tunnel under the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
1968 – Swaziland joins the United Nations.
1973 – Portuguese Guinea declares independence from Portugal and changes its name to Guinea Bissau.
1982 – Khaled Alwan, a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party, kills an Israeli officer and four soldiers in the Wimpy restaurant on Hamra Street in Beirut, the Lebanese capital.
1987 – Syria beats France (2-1) in the last football match of the Mediterranean Games, held in Latakia.
1996 – The United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France and China sign a treaty to stop nuclear testing.
2007 – Anti-government protests in Burma involving between 30,000 and 100,000 people, the largest in twenty years.
2010 – Two trains collided in Bir El Bey, Tunisia, killing one person and injuring 57 others.
2011 – Federal National Council elections were held in the United Arab Emirates, with 469 members appointed.
2015 – A stampede during the Hajj in Mina, Saudi Arabia, killing more than 700 people and injuring at least 800.
2018 – Opposition candidate Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announces victory over incumbent Maldives President Abdulla Yameen in the September 23, 2018 presidential election.
2019 – An earthquake struck Azad Kashmir region with a magnitude of 5.6, killing 38 people and injuring 723 others.
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Births:
15 – Vitellius, the eighth Roman emperor.
1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Czech politician.
1884 – Ismet Inönü, President of Turkey.
1895 – Andre Curnan, American physician who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1956.
1896 – Francis Scott Fitzgerald, American writer.
1898 – Howard Florey, Australian physician who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945.
1902 – Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian cleric, philosopher, writer, politician, Shia religious authority and former leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
1905 – Severo Ochoa, Spanish biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1959.
1911 – Konstantin Chernenko, General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party.
1917 – Adnan Mardam Bey, Syrian lawyer, playwright and poet.
1922 – Muhammad Taha, Egyptian singer.
1923 – Doria Ahmed, Egyptian actress.
1924 – Muhammad bin Azouz Hakim, Moroccan historian.
1940 – Mahmoud Fadil Al-Tall, Jordanian poet.
1947 – Muhammad Wafiq, Egyptian actor.
1951 – Pedro Almodóvar, Spanish film director and author.
1954 – Marco Tardelli, Italian footballer and coach.
1962 – Ally McCoist, Scottish footballer and manager.
1965 – Mona Issa, Kuwaiti actress.
1977 – Bodour Abdullah, Saudi actress.
1979 – Fabio Aurelio, Brazilian footballer.
1980 – John Arne Riise, Norwegian footballer.
** Petri Pasanen, Finnish footballer.
1983 – Haya Abdel Salam, Kuwaiti actress.
1994 Achraf Ben Sharqi, Moroccan footballer
1995 – Ola Yassin, Jordanian actress.
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Death:
768 – King Pepin the Short, King of the Franks.
1154 – Fadl bin Hassan Al-Tabarsi, a Twelver Shia scholar of the 6th century AH, author of the interpretation of the Al-Bayan complex.
1180 – Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
1494 – Angelo Poliziano, Italian playwright and poet.
1834 – Emperor Pedro I, Emperor of the Brazilian Empire and King of Portugal.
1904 – Nils Finsen, Danish physician, Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1903.
1949 – Muhammad Hassan Al-Daksan, Iraqi poet.
1997 – Muhammad Salman, Lebanese actor and director.
2003 – Edward Said, American writer, critic and academic of Palestinian origin.
2007 – Haidar Abdel Shafi, Palestinian physician, politician and former chief Palestinian negotiator.
** Hiroshi Osaka, Japanese anime artist.
2010 – Gennady Yanayev, Russian politician.
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Public holidays and occasions:
⬅️ Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago.
⬅️ Independence Day in New Caledonia.
⬅️ Heritage Day in South Africa.
