{"id":22271,"date":"2022-09-24T19:54:05","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T19:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/on-this-day-in-south-africa-what-happened-on-24-september"},"modified":"2022-09-24T20:22:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T20:22:24","slug":"on-this-day-in-south-africa-what-happened-on-24-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/on-this-day-in-south-africa-what-happened-on-24-september","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in South Africa: What happened on 24 September?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>We look back on this day in world and South African history, remembering the people and events that shaped the world we live in today. <a name=\"h-on-this-day-24-september\"><\/a>ON THIS DAY: 24 SEPTEMBER<\/p>\n<p>1995 | First celebration of National Heritage Day, involves South Africans celebrating their cultural traditions in the broader context of the vast diversity of cultures, beliefs, and traditions that make up the South African nation.<\/p>\n<p>1996 | President Nelson Mandela posthumously awarded Enoch Sontonga, composer of \u201cNkosi, Sekel\u201d the Gold Award for Distinguished Service.<\/p>\n<p>2019 | An impeachment inquiry was initiated by the US House of Representatives against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/24\/us\/politics\/democrats-impeachment-trump.html\">President Donald Trump.<\/a><br \/>\n<a name=\"ad_placement_content_2\"><\/a>2015 | About 1 100 people were killed and 934 others were injured after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>2014 | The Mars Orbiter mission made India the first Asian nation to reach the orbit of Mars, and the first nation in the world to do so in its maiden attempt.BIRTHDAYS<\/p>\n<p>1966 | Indian voice actor, Rajesh Khattar.<\/p>\n<p>1991 | Italian footballer, Maximiliano Ugg\u00e8.<\/p>\n<p>1957 | South African singer and songwriter, Sibongile Khumalo died in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>1922 | American director, producer, and screenwriter, Bert I. 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