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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_24" title="September 24">September 24</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heritage_Day_(South_Africa)" title="Heritage Day (South Africa)">Heritage Day</a></b> in South Africa; <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_independence_days" title="List of national independence days">Independence Day</a> in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1645" title="1645">1645</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Civil_War" title="English Civil War">English Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavalier" title="Cavalier">Royalists</a> commanded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_I_of_England" title="Charles I of England">King Charles I</a> suffered a significant defeat at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rowton_Heath" title="Battle of Rowton Heath">Battle of Rowton Heath</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould" title="Jay Gould">Jay Gould</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Fisk_(financier)" title="James Fisk (financier)">James Fisk</a>, and other <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculation" title="Speculation">speculators</a> plotted but failed to control the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Gold_Exchange" title="New York Gold Exchange">United States gold market</a>, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(1869)" title="Black Friday (1869)">causing prices to plummet</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890" title="1890">1890</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff" title="Wilford Woodruff">Wilford Woodruff</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Church_(LDS_Church)" title="President of the Church (LDS Church)">president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>, wrote the first draft of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1890_Manifesto" title="1890 Manifesto">a manifesto that officially disavowed</a></b> the future <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormonism_and_polygamy" title="Mormonism and polygamy">practice of plural marriage</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barbarossa" title="Operation Barbarossa">Operation Barbarossa</a>: A <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wehrmacht" title="Wehrmacht">Wehrmacht</a> training event known as the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogilev_Conference" title="Mogilev Conference">Mogilev Conference</a></b> began, marking an increase in violence against Jews and other civilians in the areas under General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_Schenckendorff" title="Max von Schenckendorff">Max von Schenckendorff</a>'s command.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norodom_Sihanouk" title="Norodom Sihanouk">Norodom Sihanouk</a></b> became <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarchy_of_Cambodia" title="Monarchy of Cambodia">King of Cambodia</a> with the restoration of the monarchy after a 23-year interregnum.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Liberius" title="Pope Liberius">Pope Liberius</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 366); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Florey" title="Howard Florey">Howard Florey</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1898); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esther_Eng" title="Esther Eng">Esther Eng</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1914); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Victoria_of_Hesse_and_by_Rhine" title="Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine">Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1950)</p>
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