October 24
October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining.
Events:
- 1648 - Peace of Westphalia signed. End of Thirty Years' War
- 1795 - Poland is divided between Austria, Prussia and Russia
- 1861 - First transcontinental telegraph line completed, ending the Pony Express
- 1917 - Battle of Caporetto started on the Austro-Italian front of World War I
- 1929 - "Black Thursday", stock market crash that started the Great Depression
- 1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia
- 1944 - Zuikaku Japanese aircraft carrier destroyed
- 1945 - Founding of the United Nations
- 1954 - Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
- 1956 - Soviet Union invades Hungary
- 1964 - Northern Rhodesia[?] granted independence by England (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony)
- 1970 - Salvador Allende elected President of Chile
- 1973 - Yom Kippur War ends
- 1980 - Government of Poland legalizes Solidarity trade union
- 1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
Births:
- 1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, microbiologist
- 1788 - Sarah Hale[?], poet
- 1855 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States
- 1868 - Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, buddhist and writer
- 1887 - Victoria Eugenia[?], Queen of Spain (+ 1969)
- 1891 - Molina Trujillo[?], President of the Dominican Republic
- 1903 - Melvin Purvis[?], FBI chief (+ 1960)
- 1904 - Moss Hart, dramatist (+ 1961)
- 1915 - Bob Kane[?], cartoonist
- 1925 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer
- 1926 - Y. A. Tittle[?], American football star
- 1929 - George Crumb, composer
- 1930 - The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.), rock and roll star
- 1936 - Bill Wyman[?], musician (the Rolling Stones)
- 1939 - F. Murray Abraham, actor
- 1948 - Kweisi Mfume, American civil rights activist. Congressman from Maryland
- 1960 - Ian Baker-Finch[?], golf champion
- 1961 - Mary Bono[?], Congresswoman from California
- 1962 - B.D. Wong[?], actor
Deaths:
- 1821 - Elias Boudinot, second President of the United States in Congress assembled under the Articles of Confederation
- 1852 - Daniel Webster, lawyer and politician
- 1898 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter
- 1944 - Louis Renault[?], automobile manufacturer, Nazi collaborator
- 1945 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician and famous traitor
- 1972 - Jackie Robinson, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1991 - Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek series
- 1993 - Vincent Price, actor
- 1997 - Don Messick[?], voice actor
Holidays:
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 23 - October 25 - November 24 - September 24 - more historical anniversaries
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and Mr. Jack Burnet, a friend of Uncle William, who had been spending
said Aunt Emily, and Flossie was made comfortable in one of those
well-to-do and enjoyed their prosperity as they went along.
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times in spite of the home cares that followed. During the dinner,
other maid should look after the wants of Flossie and Freddie.
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