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NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule containing samples from the asteroid 101955 Bennu successfully lands back on Earth.
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2026
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Joe Locke
Joe Locke, Manx actor
On September 24, it is celebrated as World Rhino Day, highlighting the conservation efforts for rhinos and raising awareness about...
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."
William Butler Yeats
2015 Mina crowd crush
At least 1,100 people are killed and another 934 wounded after a stampede during the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.
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William Butler Yeats
"Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking."
Holiday
September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian feast day:
September 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
Holiday
Our Lady of Walsingham
Christian feast day:
Our Lady of Walsingham (Church of England)
Holiday
Feast of Our Lady of Ransom
Christian feast day:
Our Lady of Ransom (Mercedarians)
Holiday
La Mercè
Christian feast day:
Our Lady of Mercy and its related observance:
La Mercè (Barcelona)
