Talk:September 24
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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 from Mecca completed their Hijra to Medina.
- 1664 - Anglo-Dutch Wars: The Netherlands surrendered to England New Amsterdam, a fortified settlement in the New Netherland colony that would later become New York City.
- 1841 - The Sultan of Brunei granted Sarawak to British adventurer James Brooke.
- 1903 - Alfred Deakin became the second Prime Minister of Australia, succeeding Edmund Barton who left office to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.
- 1988 - Ben Johnson finished the 100 m sprint at the Seoul Olympics in a world record time of 9.79 seconds (pictured), ahead of rivals Carl Lewis and Linford Christie, but was later disqualified for doping.
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Pablo Neruda is listed as having died both September 23 and September 24?
Giving precise dates to ancient Islamic events is risky. Such dates are recorded in the Hijri calendar. Since this calendar depends upon human observation of the new moon, which was affected by weather, position of the observer (mountains in the way etc.) and reverse projection based on astronomical tables may be out by a day (or even two) in either direction.
[edit] EU Democracy Day
EU Democracy Day is September 24 (see [1]). I am not sure how to add a note on this to this article though...? --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 20:21, 24 Sep 2004 (UTC)
[edit] 1st day of Ramadan?
I believe this is the first day of Ramadan in 2006, shouldn't this be noted on the holidays page?
[edit] Blood Sugar Sex Magik?
Red Hot Chili Peppers released this album on this day in 1991, I believe that it should be noted as this album has been in numerous top 100 lists. Adamravenscroft 17:30, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
