Today in History: Over 1,100 people are killed after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia in 2015

The following are some of the most significant events that happened on September 24:

1180 With the death of Manuel I Komnenos, the last Byzantine Emperor of the Komnenian restoration, the Byzantine Empire begins its terminal decline

1493 Christopher Columbus embarks on his second expedition to the New World, setting sail with a fleet of 17 ships

1789 US Federal Judiciary Act passes, creating a six-member Supreme Court

1869 Black Friday: Panic on Wall Street after investors Jay Gould and James Fisk attempt to corner the gold market

1877 Battle of Shiroyama: Imperial Japanese Army decisively defeats the Satsuma Rebellion

1950 Operation Magic Carpet concludes after transporting 45,000 Yemenite Jews to Israel

2007 – Between 30,000 and 100,000 people take part in anti-government protests in Yangon, Burma, the largest in 20 years.

2015 – At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

2023 – NASA’s OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.