history at a glance
TODAY is Sunday September 24 the 267th day of the year. There are 98 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date:
1841 – The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom. 1852 – The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17
miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes. 1877 – Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma
Rebellion 1890 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. 1906 – US President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation’s
first National Monument. 1911 – His Majesty’s Airship No. 1, Britain’s first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds
before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness. 1914 – World War I: The Siege of Przemysl (present-day Poland) begins. 1932 – Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the
Indian provincial legislatures for the “Depressed Classes” (Untouchables). 1935 – Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under
electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi 1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. 1946 – Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to US President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy. 1948 – The Honda Motor Company is founded. 1950 – Forest fires black out the sun over portions of Canada and New England. A blue moon
is seen as far away as Europe. 1957 – Camp Nou, the largest stadium in Europe, is opened in Barcelona. 1957 – President Dwight D. Eisenhower sends 101st Airborne Division troops to Little Rock,
Arkansas, to enforce desegregation. 1960 – USS Enterprise, the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is launched. 1962 – United States court of appeals orders the University of Mississippi to admit James
Meredith. 1968 – Swaziland joins the United Nations. 1972 – Japan Airlines Flight 472, operated Douglas DC-8-53 landed at Juhu Aerodrome instead of Santacruz Airport in Bombay, India. 1973 – Guinea-Bissau declares its independence from Portugal. 1975 – Dougal Haston and Doug Scott on the Southwest Face expedition become the first
people to reach the summit of Mount Everest by any of its faces. 1979 – CompuServe launches the first consumer internet service, which features the first public
electronic mail service. 1990 – Periodic Great White Spot is observed on Saturn. 1993 – The Cambodian monarchy is restored, with Norodom Sihanouk as king. 1996 – Representatives of 71 nations sign the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty at the
United Nations. 2005 – Hurricane Rita makes landfall in the United States, devastating Beaumont, Texas and
portions of southwestern Louisiana. 2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years. 2009 – The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance. It marks
the first use of LRAD in US history. 2013 – A 7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes southern Pakistan, killing more than 327 people. 2014 – The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), a Mars orbiter launched into Earth orbit by the Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO), successfully inserted into orbit of Mars.