October 24 Events |
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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, 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, 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, 2003 (October 24 2003) | Event | Concorde makes its last commercial flight. | |
| 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, 1998 (October 24 1998) | Event | Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission | |
| October 24th, 1995 (October 24 1995) | Event | A total solar eclipse is visible from Iran, India, Thailand, and SE Asia. [2] | |
| 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, 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, 1980 (October 24 1980) | Event | Government of Poland legalizes Solidarity trade union | |
| 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, 1973 (October 24 1973) | Event | Yom Kippur War ends | |
| 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, 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, 1957 (October 24 1957) | Event | The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. | |
| October 24th, 1954 (October 24 1954) | Event | Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| 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, 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, 1945 (October 24 1945) | Event | Founding of the United Nations | |
| 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, 1935 (October 24 1935) | Event | Italy invades Ethiopia | |
| October 24th, 1931 (October 24 1931) | Event | The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic. | George Washington Quotes |
| 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, 1929 (October 24 1929) | Event | "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange. | |
| 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, 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, 1912 (October 24 1912) | Event | First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory. | |
| 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, 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, 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, 1812 (October 24 1812) | Event | Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow. | |
| October 24th, 1795 (October 24 1795) | Event | Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided between Austria, Prussia and Russia | |
| October 24th, 1648 (October 24 1648) | Event | The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years War. | |
| October 24th, 1593 (October 24 1593) | Event | Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez. | |
| 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. | |
