What happend on 24th September

23.09
25.09
2005

September 24, 2005 anti-war protest

2005

Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and Houston, Texas.

1993

Brøderbund releases the computer game Myst.

1991

Red Hot Chili Peppers releases Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

1991

Nirvana releases Nevermind.

1988

1988 Summer Olympics: Ben Johnson "defeated" Carl Lewis and Linford Christie in 100 metres sprinting in a record time of 9.79 seconds. (Johnson would later be disqualified in a high profile case of doping in sports.)

1973

Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal.

1962

United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith.

1961

The old Deutsche Opernhaus in the Berlin neighborhood of Charlottenburg *2005

1957

President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends United States National Guard troops to Little Rock, Arkansas, to enforce desegregation.