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| October 24th, 2069 (October 24 2069) | Event | Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius. | |
| October 24th, 2051 (October 24 2051) | Birth | Domitian, Roman Emperor (died in 96) | |
| October 24th, 2007 (October 24 2007) | Death | Petr Eben, Czech organ composer (born in 1929) | |
| October 24th, 2007 (October 24 2007) | Death | Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyz journalist | |
| October 24th, 2007 (October 24 2007) | Death | Ian Middleton, New Zealand novelist (born in 1928) | |
| October 24th, 2006 (October 24 2006) | Event | Justice Rutherford of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down the "motive clause", an important part of the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act. | |
| October 24th, 2006 (October 24 2006) | Death | Enolia McMillan, American civil rights activist (born in 1904) | |
| October 24th, 2006 (October 24 2006) | Death | William Montgomery Watt, Islamic studies scholar, orientalist and historian (born in 1909) | |
| October 24th, 2005 (October 24 2005) | Death | Jose Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (born in 1926) | |
| October 24th, 2005 (October 24 2005) | Death | Robert Sloman, writer (born in 1926) | |
| October 24th, 2005 (October 24 2005) | Death | Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (born in 1913) | |
| October 24th, 2005 (October 24 2005) | Death | Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, scholar of modern Chinese intellectual and diplomatic history (born in 1923) | |
| October 24th, 2005 (October 24 2005) | Death | Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (born in 1928) | |
| October 24th, 2004 (October 24 2004) | Event | 10 people, including 4 family members of Rick Hendrick, are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway. The plane was owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports. There were no survivors. | |
| October 24th, 2004 (October 24 2004) | Death | Randy Dorton, American race car crew member (born in 1954) | |
| October 24th, 2004 (October 24 2004) | Death | Ricky Hendrick, American race car team owner (born in 1980) | |
| October 24th, 2004 (October 24 2004) | Death | James Cardinal Hickey, American Catholic archbishop (born in 1920) | |
| October 24th, 2003 (October 24 2003) | Event | Concorde makes its last commercial flight. | |
| October 24th, 2003 (October 24 2003) | Death | Rosie Nix Adams, Stepdaughter of Johnny Cash (born in 1958) | Johnny Cash Quotes |
| October 24th, 2002 (October 24 2002) | Event | Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC. | |
| October 24th, 2002 (October 24 2002) | Death | Herman Gaviria, Colombian football player (born in 1969) | |
| October 24th, 2002 (October 24 2002) | Death | Winton M. Blount, United States Postmaster General (born in 1921) | |
| October 24th, 2002 (October 24 2002) | Death | Harry Hay, American activist (born in 1912) | |
| October 24th, 2001 (October 24 2001) | Death | Wolf Rudiger Hess, German neo-Nazi (born in 1937) | |
| October 24th, 1998 (October 24 1998) | Event | Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission | |
| October 24th, 1997 (October 24 1997) | Death | Don Messick, American voice actor (born in 1926) | |
| October 24th, 1995 (October 24 1995) | Event | A total solar eclipse is visible from Iran, India, Thailand, and SE Asia. [2] | |
| October 24th, 1994 (October 24 1994) | Death | Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (born in 1940) | |
| October 24th, 1991 (October 24 1991) | Death | Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (born in 1921) | Gene Roddenberry Quotes |
| October 24th, 1990 (October 24 1990) | Event | Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army. | |
| October 24th, 1989 (October 24 1989) | Birth | Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress | |
| October 24th, 1987 (October 24 1987) | Birth | Charlie White, American ice dancer | |
| October 24th, 1987 (October 24 1987) | Birth | Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer | |
| October 24th, 1987 (October 24 1987) | Birth | Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor | |
| October 24th, 1986 (October 24 1986) | Event | Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi was helped by Syrian officials. | |
| October 24th, 1986 (October 24 1986) | Birth | Aubrey Graham, Canadian actor and rapper | |
| October 24th, 1986 (October 24 1986) | Birth | John Ruddy, English footballer | |
| October 24th, 1985 (October 24 1985) | Birth | Wayne Rooney, English footballer | |
| October 24th, 1985 (October 24 1985) | Death | Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec, (born in 1905) | |
| October 24th, 1984 (October 24 1984) | Birth | Kaela Kimura, Japanese model and singer | |
| October 24th, 1983 (October 24 1983) | Birth | Brian Vickers, American race car driver | |
| October 24th, 1983 (October 24 1983) | Birth | Adrienne Bailon, American actress and singer | |
| October 24th, 1983 (October 24 1983) | Birth | Keyshia Cole, American singer | |
| October 24th, 1982 (October 24 1982) | Birth | Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian racing driver | |
| October 24th, 1982 (October 24 1982) | Birth | Macay McBride, American baseball player | |
| October 24th, 1981 (October 24 1981) | Birth | Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress | |
| October 24th, 1981 (October 24 1981) | Birth | Tila Tequila, American model | |
| October 24th, 1980 (October 24 1980) | Event | Government of Poland legalizes Solidarity trade union | |
| October 24th, 1980 (October 24 1980) | Birth | James Killian, American football player | |
| October 24th, 1980 (October 24 1980) | Birth | Monica, American singer | |
| October 24th, 1980 (October 24 1980) | Birth | Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer | |
| October 24th, 1980 (October 24 1980) | Birth | Zac Posen, American fashion designer | |
| October 24th, 1979 (October 24 1979) | Birth | Ben Gillies, Australian musician (Silverchair) | |
| October 24th, 1978 (October 24 1978) | Birth | Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer | |
| October 24th, 1978 (October 24 1978) | Birth | Justin Lee Brannan, American musician | |
| October 24th, 1977 (October 24 1977) | Event | Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.) | |
| October 24th, 1977 (October 24 1977) | Birth | Ivan Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer | |
| October 24th, 1976 (October 24 1976) | Birth | Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer | |
| October 24th, 1975 (October 24 1975) | Birth | Juan Pablo Angel, Colombian footballer | |
| October 24th, 1975 (October 24 1975) | Death | Zdzislaw Zygulski, Sr., Polish literary historian (born in 1888) | |
| October 24th, 1974 (October 24 1974) | Birth | Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player | |
| October 24th, 1974 (October 24 1974) | Birth | Corey Dillon, American football player | |
| October 24th, 1974 (October 24 1974) | Birth | Jamal Mayers, Professional Hockey Player | |
| October 24th, 1974 (October 24 1974) | Death | David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (born in 1908) | |
| October 24th, 1973 (October 24 1973) | Event | Yom Kippur War ends | |
| October 24th, 1973 (October 24 1973) | Birth | Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist | |
| October 24th, 1973 (October 24 1973) | Birth | Madlib, American musician and rapper | |
| October 24th, 1973 (October 24 1973) | Birth | Mike Matthews, American baseball player | |
| October 24th, 1973 (October 24 1973) | Birth | Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer | |
| October 24th, 1973 (October 24 1973) | Birth | Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player/Cricketer | |
| October 24th, 1972 (October 24 1972) | Birth | Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress | |
| October 24th, 1972 (October 24 1972) | Birth | Scott Peterson, American murderer | |
| October 24th, 1972 (October 24 1972) | Birth | Pat Williams, American football player | |
| October 24th, 1972 (October 24 1972) | Death | Jackie Robinson, American baseball player, and the first black player in Major League Baseball (born in 1919) | |
| October 24th, 1972 (October 24 1972) | Death | Claire Windsor, American actress (born in 1897) | |
| October 24th, 1971 (October 24 1971) | Birth | Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress | |
| October 24th, 1971 (October 24 1971) | Birth | Caprice Bourret, American model and actress | |
| October 24th, 1971 (October 24 1971) | Death | Carl Ruggles, American composer (born in 1876) | |
| October 24th, 1970 (October 24 1970) | Birth | Rob Leslie-Carter, British Engineer and Project Manager | |
| October 24th, 1969 (October 24 1969) | Birth | Adela Noriega, Mexican actress | |
| October 24th, 1968 (October 24 1968) | Birth | Robert Wilonsky, American journalist | |
| October 24th, 1967 (October 24 1967) | Birth | Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress | |
| October 24th, 1966 (October 24 1966) | Birth | Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate | |
| October 24th, 1966 (October 24 1966) | Death | Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (born in 1896) | |
| October 24th, 1965 (October 24 1965) | Birth | Kyriakos Velopoulos, Greek politician | |
| October 24th, 1964 (October 24 1964) | Event | Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony) | |
| October 24th, 1963 (October 24 1963) | Birth | John Hendrie, Scottish footballer | John Scott Quotes |
| October 24th, 1962 (October 24 1962) | Birth | Dave Blaney, American race car driver | |
| October 24th, 1962 (October 24 1962) | Birth | Jay Novacek, American football player | |
| October 24th, 1961 (October 24 1961) | Birth | Mary Bono, American politician | Bono Quotes |
| October 24th, 1961 (October 24 1961) | Birth | Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist | |
| October 24th, 1960 (October 24 1960) | Event | Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union s Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshall Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash | |
| October 24th, 1960 (October 24 1960) | Birth | Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer | |
| October 24th, 1960 (October 24 1960) | Birth | B.D. Wong, American actor | |
| October 24th, 1960 (October 24 1960) | Birth | Jaime Garzon, Colombian journalist and comedian (died in 1999) | |
| October 24th, 1960 (October 24 1960) | Birth | Joachim "Jo" Winkelhock, German race car driver | |
| October 24th, 1957 (October 24 1957) | Event | The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. | |
| October 24th, 1957 (October 24 1957) | Birth | Ron Gardenhire, German-born American baseball manager | |
| October 24th, 1957 (October 24 1957) | Birth | John Kassir, American actor and comedian | |
| October 24th, 1957 (October 24 1957) | Death | Christian Dior, French fashion designer (born in 1905) | |
| October 24th, 1956 (October 24 1956) | Birth | Dale Maharidge, American author | |
| October 24th, 1954 (October 24 1954) | Event | Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| October 24th, 1954 (October 24 1954) | Birth | Brad Sherman, American politician | |
| October 24th, 1954 (October 24 1954) | Birth | Thomas J. Mulcair, Quebec politician | |
| October 24th, 1954 (October 24 1954) | Birth | Mike Rounds, American politician | |
| October 24th, 1954 (October 24 1954) | Birth | Jozef Raz, Slovak musician | |
| October 24th, 1950 (October 24 1950) | Birth | Steven Greenberg, American composer | |
| October 24th, 1950 (October 24 1950) | Birth | Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player | |
| October 24th, 1949 (October 24 1949) | Birth | Robert Pickton, Canadian charged with the first degree murder of twenty-six women | |
| October 24th, 1948 (October 24 1948) | Birth | Paul and Barry Ryan, British composers-singers | |
| October 24th, 1948 (October 24 1948) | Birth | Kweisi Mfume, American politician and activist | |
| October 24th, 1948 (October 24 1948) | Death | Franz Lehar, Austrian composer (born in 1870) | |
| October 24th, 1947 (October 24 1947) | Event | Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| October 24th, 1947 (October 24 1947) | Birth | Kevin Kline, American actor | Kevin Kline Quotes |
| October 24th, 1946 (October 24 1946) | Event | A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. | |
| October 24th, 1946 (October 24 1946) | Birth | Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (died in 1993) (Steppenwolf) | |
| October 24th, 1945 (October 24 1945) | Event | Founding of the United Nations | |
| October 24th, 1945 (October 24 1945) | Birth | Anthony Christian, English artist | |
| October 24th, 1945 (October 24 1945) | Birth | Gerald Larose, Quebec labour union executive | |
| October 24th, 1945 (October 24 1945) | Death | Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier, politician and convicted traitor, by execution (born in 1887) | |
| October 24th, 1944 (October 24 1944) | Event | World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. | |
| October 24th, 1944 (October 24 1944) | Birth | Viktor Prokopenko, Ukranian footballer and coach (died in 2007) | |
| October 24th, 1944 (October 24 1944) | Death | Louis Renault, French automobile manufacturer (born in 1877) | |
| October 24th, 1943 (October 24 1943) | Death | Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, French Canadian poet (born in 1912) | |
| October 24th, 1941 (October 24 1941) | Birth | William H. Dobelle, American biomedical engineer | |
| October 24th, 1940 (October 24 1940) | Birth | Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director | |
| October 24th, 1939 (October 24 1939) | Birth | F. Murray Abraham, American actor | Abraham Quotes |
| October 24th, 1938 (October 24 1938) | Death | Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (born in 1870) | |
| October 24th, 1937 (October 24 1937) | Birth | Santo Farina, American musician and composer (Santo & Johnny) | |
| October 24th, 1936 (October 24 1936) | Birth | Bill Wyman, English musician (The Rolling Stones) | |
| October 24th, 1935 (October 24 1935) | Event | Italy invades Ethiopia | |
| October 24th, 1935 (October 24 1935) | Birth | Malcolm Bilson, American pianist and music professor | |
| October 24th, 1935 (October 24 1935) | Death | Dutch Schultz, American gangster (born in 1902) | |
| October 24th, 1933 (October 24 1933) | Birth | Ronald and Reginald Kray, British gangsters (Ronald died in 1995; Reginald died in 2000) | |
| October 24th, 1933 (October 24 1933) | Birth | Norman Rush, American writer | |
| October 24th, 1932 (October 24 1932) | Birth | Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2007) | |
| October 24th, 1932 (October 24 1932) | Birth | Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate | |
| October 24th, 1931 (October 24 1931) | Event | The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic. | George Washington Quotes |
| October 24th, 1931 (October 24 1931) | Birth | Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer | |
| October 24th, 1930 (October 24 1930) | Event | A bloodless coup d etat in Brazil ousts Washington Luis Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getulio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president." | |
| October 24th, 1930 (October 24 1930) | Birth | The Big Bopper, American singer (died in 1959) | |
| October 24th, 1930 (October 24 1930) | Birth | Johan Galtung, Norwegian peace researcher | |
| October 24th, 1930 (October 24 1930) | Birth | Sultan Ahmad Shah, King of Malaysia | |
| October 24th, 1929 (October 24 1929) | Event | "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange. | |
| October 24th, 1929 (October 24 1929) | Birth | George Crumb, American composer | |
| October 24th, 1929 (October 24 1929) | Birth | Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian writer (died in 2004) | |
| October 24th, 1929 (October 24 1929) | Birth | Hubert Aquin, French-Canadian novelist and activist (died in 1977) | |
| October 24th, 1927 (October 24 1927) | Birth | Jean-Claude Pascal, French singer and actor (died in 1992) | |
| October 24th, 1927 (October 24 1927) | Birth | Gilbert Becaud, French composer and actor (died in 2001) | |
| October 24th, 1926 (October 24 1926) | Event | Harry Houdini s last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. | Harry Houdini Quotes |
| October 24th, 1926 (October 24 1926) | Birth | Y. A. Tittle, American football player | |
| October 24th, 1926 (October 24 1926) | Birth | Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (died in 2008) | |
| October 24th, 1925 (October 24 1925) | Birth | Luciano Berio, Italian composer (died in 2003) | Luciano Berio Quotes |
| October 24th, 1923 (October 24 1923) | Birth | Denise Levertov, English-born poet (died in 1997) | Denise Levertov Quotes |
| October 24th, 1922 (October 24 1922) | Death | George Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (born in 1839) | |
| October 24th, 1920 (October 24 1920) | Birth | Marcel-Paul Schutzenberger, French mathematician (died in 1996) | |
| October 24th, 1919 (October 24 1919) | Birth | Frank Piasecki, American aeronautical engineer (died in 2008) | |
| October 24th, 1917 (October 24 1917) | Event | Battle of Caporetto starts on the Austro-Italian front of World War I | |
| October 24th, 1917 (October 24 1917) | Event | The day of the October revolution, The Red Revolution. | |
| October 24th, 1915 (October 24 1915) | Birth | Bob Kane, American cartoonist (died in 1998) | |
| October 24th, 1915 (October 24 1915) | Birth | Roger Milliken, American millionaire | |
| October 24th, 1915 (October 24 1915) | Birth | Marghanita Laski, British Journalist and Novelist(died in 1988) | |
| October 24th, 1915 (October 24 1915) | Death | Desire Charnay, French archaeologist (born in 1828) | |
| October 24th, 1913 (October 24 1913) | Birth | Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (died in 1984) | |
| October 24th, 1912 (October 24 1912) | Event | First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory. | |
| October 24th, 1912 (October 24 1912) | Death | Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (born in 1842) | |
| October 24th, 1911 (October 24 1911) | Event | Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years. [1] | |
| October 24th, 1911 (October 24 1911) | Birth | Sonny Terry, American blues musician (died in 1986) | |
| October 24th, 1911 (October 24 1911) | Birth | Paul Gregoire, French Canadian archbishop of Montreal (died in 1993) | |
| October 24th, 1909 (October 24 1909) | Birth | Bill Carr, American athlete (died in 1966) | |
| October 24th, 1906 (October 24 1906) | Birth | Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (died in 1968) | |
| October 24th, 1904 (October 24 1904) | Birth | Moss Hart, American dramatist (died in 1961) | |
| October 24th, 1903 (October 24 1903) | Birth | Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died in 1960) | |
| October 24th, 1901 (October 24 1901) | Event | Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. | Ann Taylor Quotes |
| October 24th, 1901 (October 24 1901) | Birth | Gilda Gray, Polish-born American actress and dancer (died in 1959) | |
| October 24th, 1898 (October 24 1898) | Death | Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (born in 1824) | |
| October 24th, 1896 (October 24 1896) | Birth | Jack Warner, English actor (died in 1981) | |
| October 24th, 1894 (October 24 1894) | Birth | Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (died in 1987) | |
| October 24th, 1891 (October 24 1891) | Birth | Rafael Molina-Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic (died in 1961) | |
| October 24th, 1887 (October 24 1887) | Birth | Octave Lapize, French cyclist (died in 1917) | |
| October 24th, 1887 (October 24 1887) | Birth | Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen of Spain (died in 1969) | |
| October 24th, 1882 (October 24 1882) | Birth | Dame Sybil Thorndike, British actress (died in 1976) | |
| October 24th, 1875 (October 24 1875) | Birth | Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (died in 1958) | |
| October 24th, 1872 (October 24 1872) | Birth | Peter O Connor, Irish athlete (died in 1957) | |
| October 24th, 1868 (October 24 1868) | Birth | Alexandra David-Neel, French explorer and writer (died in 1969) | |
| October 24th, 1861 (October 24 1861) | Event | The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express. | |
| October 24th, 1857 (October 24 1857) | Event | Sheffield F.C., the world s first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England. | |
| October 24th, 1857 (October 24 1857) | Birth | Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died in 1894) | |
| October 24th, 1855 (October 24 1855) | Birth | James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (died in 1912) | |
| October 24th, 1854 (October 24 1854) | Birth | Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (died in 1907) | |
| October 24th, 1852 (October 24 1852) | Death | Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician (born in 1782) | Daniel Webster Quotes |
| October 24th, 1821 (October 24 1821) | Death | Elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (born in 1740) | |
| October 24th, 1812 (October 24 1812) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow. | |
| October 24th, 1811 (October 24 1811) | Birth | Ferdinand Hiller, German composer (died in 1885) | |
| October 24th, 1804 (October 24 1804) | Birth | Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (died in 1891) | |
| October 24th, 1799 (October 24 1799) | Death | Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (born in 1739) | |
| October 24th, 1795 (October 24 1795) | Event | Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided between Austria, Prussia and Russia | |
| October 24th, 1788 (October 24 1788) | Birth | Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet (died in 1879) | |
| October 24th, 1763 (October 24 1763) | Birth | Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (died in 1839) | |
| October 24th, 1725 (October 24 1725) | Death | Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (born in 1660) | |
| October 24th, 1710 (October 24 1710) | Birth | Alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (died in 1773) | |
| October 24th, 1708 (October 24 1708) | Death | Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician | |
| October 24th, 1675 (October 24 1675) | Birth | Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (died in 1749) | |
| October 24th, 1672 (October 24 1672) | Death | John Webb, English architect (born in 1611) | |
| October 24th, 1669 (October 24 1669) | Death | William Prynne, English Puritan leader (born in 1600) | |
| October 24th, 1655 (October 24 1655) | Death | Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (born in 1592) | Philo Quotes |
| October 24th, 1648 (October 24 1648) | Event | The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years War. | |
| October 24th, 1632 (October 24 1632) | Birth | Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (died in 1723) | |
| October 24th, 1601 (October 24 1601) | Death | Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (born in 1546) | |
| October 24th, 1593 (October 24 1593) | Event | Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez. | |
| October 24th, 1572 (October 24 1572) | Death | Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) | |
| October 24th, 1537 (October 24 1537) | Death | Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII of England | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| October 24th, 1378 (October 24 1378) | Birth | David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (died in 1402) | |
| October 24th, 1375 (October 24 1375) | Death | King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320) | |
| October 24th, 1360 (October 24 1360) | Event | The Treaty of Bretigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War. | |
| October 24th, 1260 (October 24 1260) | Event | The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. | Louis IX of France Quotes |
| October 24th, 1260 (October 24 1260) | Event | Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself. | |
| October 24th, 1260 (October 24 1260) | Death | Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt | |
| October 24th, 0996 (October 24 0996) | Death | King Hugh Capet of France (born in 938) | |
