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23 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
Anniversary
2019 - The British travel company Thomas Cook Group ceased operations with immediate effect, leaving around 600,000 tourists stranded around the world.Former global travel group
Anniversary
2016 - Following a number of high-profile sexual assaults, major reforms were enacted to strengthen laws related to rape in Germany.Sexual violence in Germany
Anniversary
2010 - Teresa Lewis became the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed via lethal injection.American murderer (1969–2010)
Anniversary
2008 - A gunman shot and killed ten students at the Seinäjoki University of Applied Sciences in Kauhajoki, Finland, before committing suicide.2008 shooting in Finland
Anniversary
2002 - The first version of the web browser Firefox was released by the Mozilla Organization.Web browser made by Mozilla
Historical events
History
2024 - Israel launches airstrikes against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, killing more than 490 people.Country in West Asia
History
2022 - Voting begins in the five-day sham annexation referendums in Russian-occupied Ukraine, leading to Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts.Process by which a population chooses the holder of a public office
History
2020 - A grand jury in Kentucky declines to indict three police officers for the shooting death of Breonna Taylor in a drug raid gone wrong, leading to nationwide protests in the U.S.Jury that screens potential prosecutions
History
2019 - Twenty people die on the first of two days of rioting in Papua and West Papua over an alleged racist incident.Series of protests by Papuans in Indonesian Papua
History
2013 - Twenty-five people are killed after Typhoon Usagi passes Hong Kong and China.Pacific typhoon in 2013
History
2010 - Teresa Lewis becomes the first woman to be executed by the U.S. state of Virginia since 1912, and the first woman in the state to be executed by lethal injection.American murderer (1969–2010)
History
2008 - Matti Saari kills ten people at a school in Finland before committing suicide.2008 shooting in Finland
History
2004 - Over 3,000 people die in Haiti after Hurricane Jeanne produces massive flooding and mudslides.Country in the Caribbean
History
1999 - Qantas Flight 1 overruns a runway in Bangkok during a storm, causing minor injuries to some passengers.1999 runway excursion accident in Bangkok, Thailand
History
1983 - Gulf Air Flight 771 is destroyed by a bomb, killing all 112 people on board.1983 fatal airliner bombing
Notable births
Born
2001 - Lai Kuan-lin, Taiwanese film directorTaiwanese rapper and singer (born 2001)
Born
1997 - John Collins, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1997)
Born
1996 - Napheesa Collier, American basketball playerAmerican basketball player (born 1996)
Born
1994 - Lee Mi-joo, South Korean singer and entertainerSouth Korean singer and entertainer (born 1994)
Born
1993 - Petteri Lindbohm, Finnish ice hockey playerFinnish ice hockey player (born 1993)
Born
1992 - Angel Garza, Mexican wrestlerMexican professional wrestler (born 1992)
Notable deaths
Died
2021 - John Elliott, Australian businessman (born 1941)Australian businessman (1941–2021)
Died
2021 - Nino Vaccarella, Italian race car driver (born 1933)Italian racing driver (1933–2021)
Died
2020 - Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress (born 1927)French singer and actress (1927–2020)
Died
2018 - Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (born 1933)Hong Kong electrical engineer (1933–2018)
Died
2018 - Gary Kurtz, American film producer (born 1940)American film producer (1940–2018)
Died
2018 - Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (born 1942)American author, journalist and philanthropist
Died
2015 - Dayananda Saraswati, Indian monk and philosopher (born 1930)Hindu monk and teacher (1930–2015)
Died
2014 - A. W. Davis, American basketball player and coach (born 1943)American basketball player and coach (1943–2014)
Sky
Moon phase
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated
Lunar age: 19.9 days
Sun zodiac
Libra
0.95 degrees
Constellation: Virgo
Moon zodiac
Gemini
14.90 degrees
Constellation: Taurus
Astronomy events
No major astronomy event in the current calendar for this date.