📅 September 24 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on September 24? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
⏳ On this day in history
- 1852Henri Giffard flew the first powered airship 17 miles
- 1906Devils Tower in Wyoming became the first US national monument
- 1929Jimmy Doolittle flew a plane "blind," using only instruments — a first
- 1948The Honda company was founded in Japan
- 2014India put a spacecraft into orbit around Mars — the first Asian country to do so
🎂 Born on September 24
- 🎷 F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896) — author of "The Great Gatsby"
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September 24 quiz
In what year? 🎈 Henri Giffard flew the first powered airship 17 miles
In what year? 🪨 Devils Tower in Wyoming became the first US national monument
In what year? ✈️ Jimmy Doolittle flew a plane "blind," using only instruments — a first
Which famous person was born on September 24?