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24 September 2024 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 24 September 2024 was a Tuesday.
- UK Number One
- The UK Number One single was “Taste” by Sabrina Carpenter.
- Top Film of 2024
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2024 was Inside Out 2.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 24 September is Libra.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 24 September 2024 fell in the Year of the Dragon.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for September is Sapphire.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 24 September 2024 was Last Quarter.
On this day: 24 September
- 2007 Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.
- 2008 Thabo Mbeki resigns as president of South Africa.
- 2009 The G20 summit begins in Pittsburgh with 30 global leaders in attendance.
- 2014 The Mars Orbiter Mission makes India the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit, and the first nation in the world to do so in its first attempt.
- 2023 NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.
Famous people born on 24 September
- Harriet Walter, English actress (born 1950)
- Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and screenwriter (1948–1998)
- Linda McCartney, American singer, photographer, and activist (1941–1998)
- F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist and short story writer (1896–1940)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 2024 in the United Kingdom
A selection from Wikipedia's '2024 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.
- 8 April – Westernmost parts of the UK experience a partial solar eclipse.
- 20 April – Co-op Live, the UK's largest indoor arena seating 23,500 and costing £365m to build, opens in Manchester.
- 4 May – 2024 London mayoral election: Labour's Sadiq Khan secures a third term as Mayor of London with 44% of the vote, beating the Conservative Susan Hall on 33%.
Life in 2024
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer
Monarch
Charles III
Pint of Beer
£5.00
Loaf of Bread
£2.00
Average House
£293,399
Weekly Wage
£1,085.00
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