📅 September 24 · Raj of Sarawak, HMA No. 1, Mogilev Conference, Chinchaga fire, Warren Commission

Thursday, September 24, 2026 All day

September 24 in history: • 1841 – Raja Muda Hashim, the uncle of Omar Ali Saifuddin II, Sultan of Brunei, conceded land to the British adventurer James Brooke to establish the Raj of Sarawak. → go there • 1911 – His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, was wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness (pictured). → go there • 1941 – Operation Barbarossa: A Wehrmacht training event known as the Mogilev Conference began, marking an increase in violence against Jews and other civilians in the areas under General Max von Schenckendorff's command. → go there • 1950 – The "Great Smoke Pall", generated by the Chinchaga fire, the largest recorded fire in North American history, was first recorded in present-day Nunavut and may eventually have circled the entire globe. → go there • 1964 – The Warren Commission released its report to the U.S. president, concluding that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. → go there Died 366: Pope Liberius Wiki link Born 936: 'Adud al-Dawla Wiki link Died 1621: Jan Karol Chodkiewicz Wiki link Born 1896: F. Scott Fitzgerald Wiki link Pictured: HMA No. 1 wreckage.

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📅 September 24 · Raj of Sarawak, HMA No. 1, Mogilev Conference, Chinchaga fire, Warren Commission