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What Happened on October 24th This Day in History

Year	Name
2016	A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
2015	A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
2014	The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
2008	"Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2007	Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
2005	Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
2004	Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
2003	Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
1998	Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
1992	The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
1990	Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.
1986	Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.
1980	The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
1975	In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
1964	Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
1963	An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
1960	Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin.
1957	The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar manned space program.
1954	US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
1949	The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
1947	Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1946	A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1945	The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
1944	World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1931	The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1930	A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
1929	"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
1926	Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1918	World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
1917	World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.
1912	First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1912	First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.
1911	Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1902	Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
1901	Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1900	U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.
1889	Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.
1871	An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.
1861	The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1857	Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
1851	William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
1812	Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1795	Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
1648	The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.
1641	Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.
1596	The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.
1590	John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.
1360	The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.
1260	Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.
69	In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.

Famous People Born on October 24

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Year	Name
1948	Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
1873	E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (d. 1956)
1503	Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539)
1929	George Crumb, American composer and educator
1885	Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (d. 1969)
1976	Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
1930	Ahmad Shah of Pahang (d. 2019)
1950	Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
1954	Doug Davidson, American actor
1917	Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)

Famous People Deaths On October 24

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Date	Name
1938	Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
1725	Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (b. 1660)
1852	Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
996	Hugh Capet, French king
1945	Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887)
1971	Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)
1824	Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (b. 1752)
1966	Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (b. 1896)
1943	Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)
2002	Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)