WHAT HAPPENED ON 24. SEPTEMBER
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Manuel I Komnenos, last Emperor of the Komnenian restoration dies. The Byzantine Empire slips into terminal decline. (24. September 1180)

Battle of Rowton Heath, Parliamentarian victory over a Royalist army commanded in person by King Charles (24. September 1645)

The Dutch Republic surrenders New Amsterdam to England. (24. September 1664)

Second Tantrik Coronation of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj. (24. September 1674)

Benedict Arnold flees to British Army lines when the arrest of British Major John André exposes Arnold's plot to surrender West Point. (24. September 1780)

The United States Congress passes the Judiciary Act which creates the office of the United States Attorney General and the federal judiciary system, and orders the composition of the Supreme Court of the United States. (24. September 1789)

Belgian Revolution: A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium. (24. September 1830)

The Sultan of Brunei cedes Sarawak to the United Kingdom. (24. September 1841)

The first airship powered by (a steam) engine, created by Henri Giffard, travels 17 miles (27 km) from Paris to Trappes. (24. September 1852)

Admiral Despointes formally takes possession of New Caledonia in the name of France. (24. September 1853)

"Black Friday": Gold prices plummet after Ulysses S. Grant orders the Treasury to sell large quantities of gold after Jay Gould and James Fisk plot to control the market. (24. September 1869)

Battle of Shiroyama, decisive victory of the Imperial Japanese Army over the Satsuma Rebellion (24. September 1877)

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints officially renounces polygamy. (24. September 1890)

U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt proclaims Devils Tower in Wyoming as the nation's first National Monument. (24. September 1906)

World War I: The Siege of Przemyśl (present-day Poland) begins. (24. September 1914)

Gandhi and Dr. B. R. Ambedkar agree to the Poona Pact, which reserved seats in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables). (24. September 1932)

Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi (24. September 1935)

Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. (24. September 1946)

Clark Clifford and George Elsey, military advisers to U.S. President Harry S. Truman, present him with a top-secret report on the Soviet Union that first recommends the containment policy. (24. September 1946)

The Honda Motor Company is founded. (24. September 1948)