Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 24

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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