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What happened in history on October 24th?
Year | Name |
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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. |
Here is a random list who born on October 24. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1929 | Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013) |
1917 | Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003) |
1980 | Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress |
1962 | Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host |
1968 | Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic |
1931 | Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014) |
1931 | Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer |
1975 | Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer |
1985 | Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer |
1940 | Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (d. 2015) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 24. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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2022 | Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (b. 1955) |
1642 | Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (b. 1582) |
1999 | Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (b. 1910) |
1945 | Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (b. 1887) |
1964 | Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931) |
1993 | Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930) |
2014 | Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980) |
1972 | Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1919) |
1958 | G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (b. 1873) |
2021 | James Michael Tyler, American actor (b. 1962) |