Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 24
This is a list of selected September 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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September 24: Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau (1973); Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago (1976); Heritage Day in South Africa
- 622 – Muhammad and his followers completed their Hijra from Mecca to Medina to escape religious persecution.
- 1789 – The First United States Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789, establishing the U.S. federal judiciary and setting the number of Supreme Court Justices.
- 1903 – Alfred Deakin became the second Prime Minister of Australia, succeeding Edmund Barton (pictured) who left office to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
- 1988 – Canadian Ben Johnson finished the 100 m sprint at the Seoul Olympics in a world record time of 9.79 seconds, ahead of rivals Carl Lewis and Linford Christie, but was later disqualified for doping.