Day's Calendar – September 24

The 267th day of the year; 98 days remain until the New Year.

Church Calendar

Martyrs: The 300 Aragveli warriors and the clergy and laity who fell for Georgia in the Battle of Krtsanisi (1795); Venerable Theodora of Alexandria (474–491); Martyrs: Demetrius, his wife Evanthia, and their son Demetrianus (1st century); Martyrs Diodorus and Didymus of Assyria; Martyr Ias, who suffered in Persia (362–364); Venerable Euphrosyne (9th century); Venerable Silouan the Athonite (1938).

Born:

1717 – Horace Walpole, English writer. Died in 1797.

1869 – F. Scott Fitzgerald, American writer, author of The Great Gatsby. Died in 1940.

1898 – Kokhta Karalashvili, film actor. Died in 1947.

1893 – Nikoloz Antelava, surgeon, academician, founder of thoracic surgery in Georgia. Died in 1970. 1924 – Vera Tsignadze, ballerina, People's Artist of Georgia.

1928 – Zurab Tatashidze, Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, professor.

1931 – Rolan Kiladze, Corresponding Member of the Georgian Academy of Sciences, professor.

1956 – Gia Bughadze, artist.

Died:

1541 – Paracelsus, a renowned medieval physician and alchemist.

1802 – Alexander Radishchev, Russian thinker and writer.

1812 – Pyotr Bagration, General of the Infantry in the Russian Army; hero of the Patriotic War of 1812. Born in 1765.

1920 – Carl Fabergé, renowned jeweler.

Events:

1606 – The uprising of Ivan Bolotnikov began—the first major revolt against serfdom.

1789 – The United States Department of Justice was established.

1801 – Kartli-Kakheti was incorporated into Russia.

1829 – Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed a peace treaty in Adrianople.

1905 – Sweden recognized Norway's independence. 1941 — A conference of leaders from the countries of the Anti-Hitler coalition opened in London.

Notable days:

Israel — New Year — Rosh Hashanah

Japan — Autumnal Equinox.

Cambodia — Constitution Day.

South Africa — Heritage Day.

Guinea-Bissau — Independence Day.