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September 24: Independence Day in Guinea-Bissau (1973), Republic Day in Trinidad and Tobago (1976), Heritage Day in South Africa.

Johnson, Christie (left) and Lewis (right) at the finish line

622 - Muhammad and his followers from Mecca completed their Hijra to Medina.

1664 - Anglo-Dutch Wars: The Netherlands surrendered to England New Amsterdam, a fortified settlement in the New Netherland colony that would later become New York City.

1841 - The Sultan of Brunei granted Sarawak to British adventurer James Brooke.

1903 - Alfred Deakin became the second Prime Minister of Australia, succeeding Edmund Barton who left office to become a founding justice of the High Court of Australia.

1988 - Ben Johnson finished the 100 m sprint at the Seoul Olympics in a world record time of 9.79 seconds (pictured), ahead of rivals Carl Lewis and Linford Christie, but was later disqualified for doping.

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-* [[1890]] - '''[[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]''' officially renounced [[polygamy]].
+{{*mp}} [[1890]] - '''[[Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]]''' officially renounced [[polygamy]].
-* [[1869]] - [[Jay Gould]], [[James Fisk (financier)|James Fisk]] and other [[Speculation|speculators]] plotted but failed to control the [[Gold as an investment|gold market]] in the [[United States|U.S.]], causing [[gold]] prices to plummet on "'''[[Black Friday (1869)|Black Friday]]'''".
+{{*mp}} [[1869]] - [[Jay Gould]], [[James Fisk (financier)|James Fisk]] and other [[Speculation|speculators]] plotted but failed to control the [[Gold as an investment|gold market]] in the [[United States|U.S.]], causing [[gold]] prices to plummet on "'''[[Black Friday (1869)|Black Friday]]'''".
-* [[1948]] - [[Soichiro Honda]] founded the '''[[Honda|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.]]''' and began manufacturing [[motorcycle]]s.
+{{*mp}} [[1948]] - [[Soichiro Honda]] founded the '''[[Honda|Honda Motor Co., Ltd.]]''' and began manufacturing [[motorcycle]]s.
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-*  [[622]] - [[Muhammad]] and his followers from [[Mecca]] completed their '''[[Hijra (Islam)|Hijra]]''' to [[Medina]].
+{{*mp}}  [[622]] - [[Muhammad]] and his followers from [[Mecca]] completed their '''[[Hijra (Islam)|Hijra]]''' to [[Medina]].
-* [[1664]] - [[Anglo-Dutch Wars]]: The [[Netherlands]] surrendered to [[Kingdom of England|England]] '''[[New Amsterdam]]''', a [[Fortification|fortified settlement]] in the [[New Netherland]] [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|colony]] that would later become [[New York City]].
+{{*mp}} [[1664]] - [[Anglo-Dutch Wars]]: The [[Netherlands]] surrendered to [[Kingdom of England|England]] '''[[New Amsterdam]]''', a [[Fortification|fortified settlement]] in the [[New Netherland]] [[Dutch colonization of the Americas|colony]] that would later become [[New York City]].
-* [[1841]] - The [[List of Sultans of Brunei|Sultan]] of [[Brunei]] granted '''[[Sarawak]]''' to [[British Empire|British]] adventurer [[James Brooke]]<!--, who subsequently became the [[White Rajahs|Raja]]-->.
+{{*mp}} [[1841]] - The [[List of Sultans of Brunei|Sultan]] of [[Brunei]] granted '''[[Sarawak]]''' to [[British Empire|British]] adventurer [[James Brooke]]<!--, who subsequently became the [[White Rajahs|Raja]]-->.
-* [[1903]] - '''[[Alfred Deakin]]''' became the second [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] of [[Australia]], succeeding '''[[Edmund Barton]]''' who left office to become a founding [[List of Judges of the High Court of Australia|justice]] of the [[High Court of Australia]].
+{{*mp}} [[1903]] - '''[[Alfred Deakin]]''' became the second [[Prime Minister of Australia|Prime Minister]] of [[Australia]], succeeding '''[[Edmund Barton]]''' who left office to become a founding [[List of Judges of the High Court of Australia|justice]] of the [[High Court of Australia]].
-* [[1988]] - '''[[Ben Johnson (athlete)|Ben Johnson]]'''  finished the [[100 metres|100 m]] [[Sprint (race)|sprint]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul Olympics]] in a [[World Record progression 100 m men|world record]] time of 9.79 seconds ''(pictured)'', ahead of rivals [[Carl Lewis]] and [[Linford Christie]], but was later disqualified for [[Doping (sport)|doping]].
+{{*mp}} [[1988]] - '''[[Ben Johnson (athlete)|Ben Johnson]]'''  finished the [[100 metres|100 m]] [[Sprint (race)|sprint]] at the [[1988 Summer Olympics|Seoul Olympics]] in a [[World Record progression 100 m men|world record]] time of 9.79 seconds ''(pictured)'', ahead of rivals [[Carl Lewis]] and [[Linford Christie]], but was later disqualified for [[Doping (sport)|doping]].
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