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10 September 2024
Holidays, observances, history and sky information for this date.
Holidays
No listed India public holiday for this date.
Observances
No UN observance in the current list for this date.
Selected anniversaries
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Historical events
History
2025 - American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.History
2025 - A liquefied petroleum gas tank truck overturns and explodes in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, killing 32 people and injuring 90 others.Fuel for heating, cooking and vehicles
History
2024 - Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.2024 private crewed spaceflight
History
2017 - Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage.Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2017
History
2008 - The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.Particle accelerator at CERN, Switzerland
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2007 - Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.Prime Minister of Pakistan (1990–1993; 1997–1999; 2013–2017)
History
2002 - Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.History
2001 - Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.Brazilian architect and politician (1952–2001)
History
2001 - During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.English fraudster (born 1963)
History
2000 - Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War.2000 military operation in Sierra Leone led by the UK
Notable births
Born
2001 - Armando Broja, Albanian-born English footballerAlbanian footballer (born 2001)
Born
2001 - Nick Cross, American football playerAmerican football player (born 2001)
Born
1999 - jschlatt, American YouTuber and singerAmerican internet personality (born 1999)
Born
1997 - Brooke Henderson, Canadian golferCanadian professional golfer (born 1997)
Notable deaths
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Sky
Moon phase
First Quarter
45.0% illuminated
Lunar age: 6.9 days
Sun zodiac
Virgo
18.27 degrees
Constellation: Leo
Moon zodiac
Sagittarius
9.54 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.