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October 24 in recent years

October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 68 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • 1902 – Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.
  • 1911Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
  • 1912First 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.
  • 1917World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.
  • 1918 – World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.
  • 1926Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
  • 1929 – "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 1930 – A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.
  • 1931 – The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
  • 1944World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
  • 1945 – The United Nations Charter comes into effect.
  • 1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
  • 1947 – Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
  • 1947 – United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people.
  • 1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.
  • 1950 – Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: The People’s Liberation Army ceases all military operations in Tibet, ending the Battle of Chamdo.
  • 1954 – US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.
  • 1957 – The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program.
  • 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.
  • 1963 – An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.
  • 1964Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.
  • 1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
  • 1980 – The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
  • 1998 – Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
  • 2003Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
  • 2004Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.
  • 2005Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
  • 2007Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2018 – The world’s longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.

Births

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

  • 1901Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 1959)
  • 1903Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960)
  • 1904Moss Hart, American director and playwright (d. 1961)
  • 1904 – A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (d. 1932)
  • 1905 – Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (d. 1988)
  • 1906Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (d. 1968)
  • 1907 – Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (d. 1986)
  • 1908John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (d. 1993)
  • 1909 – Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966)
  • 1909 – Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (d. 1996)
  • 1910 – Stella Brooks, American singer (d. 2002)
  • 1910 – Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (d. 1998)
  • 1910 – Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (d. 1984)
  • 1910 – James K. Woolnough, American general (d. 1996)
  • 1910 – Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (d. 1982)
  • 1911Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (d. 1993)
  • 1911 – Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (d. 1986)
  • 1912 – Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (d. 1992)
  • 1912 – Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (d. 2004)
  • 1912 – Murray Golden, American television director (d. 1991)
  • 1913Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (d. 1984)
  • 1914 – Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (d. 1992)
  • 1914 – František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (d. 2008)
  • 1914 – Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (d. 2012)
  • 1915Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (d. 1998)
  • 1915 – Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988)
  • 1916 – Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (d. 2011)
  • 1917Marie Foster, American activist (d. 2003)
  • 1918 – Doreen Tovey, English author (d. 2008)
  • 1919Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (d. 2008)
  • 1920Steve Conway, British singer (d. 1952)
  • 1920 – Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (d. 1996)
  • 1921Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (d. 2005)
  • 1921 – R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (d. 2015)
  • 1922 – George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (d. 2014)
  • 1923 – Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (d. 2000)
  • 1923 – Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (d. 1997)
  • 1924 – John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008)
  • 1924 – Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
  • 1924 – Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2018)
  • 1925Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (d. 2003)
  • 1925 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
  • 1925 – Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
  • 1925 – Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (d. 1982)
  • 1925 – Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (d. 2013)
  • 1925 – Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (d. 2014)
  • 1926 – Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (d. 2008)
  • 1926 – Y. A. Tittle, American football player (d. 2017)
  • 1927Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (d. 2001)
  • 1927 – Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992)
  • 1927 – Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002)
  • 1929Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977)
  • 1929 – George Crumb, American composer and educator (d. 2022)
  • 1929 – Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012)
  • 1929 – Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004)
  • 1929 – Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (d. 2013)
  • 1930Jack Angel, American voice actor (d. 2021)
  • 1930 – The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
  • 1930 – Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (d. 2019)
  • 1930 – Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (d. 2024)
  • 1930 – James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (d. 1969)
  • 1930 – Ahmad Shah of Pahang (d. 2019)
  • 1931Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer
  • 1931 – Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (d. 2014)
  • 1932Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012)
  • 1932 – Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
  • 1932 – Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (d. 2008)
  • 1932 – Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2021)
  • 1933 – Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000)
  • 1933 – Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995)
  • 1933 – Norman Rush, American author and educator
  • 1934 – John G. Cramer, American physicist and author
  • 1934 – Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2022)
  • 1934 – Margie Masters, Australian golfer (d. 2022)
  • 1934 – Sammy Petrillo, American actor (d. 2009)
  • 1934 – Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (d. 2019)
  • 1935 – Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
  • 1935 – Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (d. 2013)
  • 1935 – Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
  • 1936 – Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (d. 2022)
  • 1936 – Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (d. 2013)
  • 1936 – David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (d. 2011)
  • 1936 – Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
  • 1937 – Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (d. 2016)
  • 1937 – Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter
  • 1937 – John Goetz, American baseball player (d. 2008)
  • 1937 – Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic
  • 1937 – M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic
  • 1937 – Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (d. 2018)
  • 1938 – Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (d. 2013)
  • 1939F. Murray Abraham, American actor
  • 1940Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer
  • 1940 – Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012)
  • 1940 – David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic
  • 1940 – Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (d. 2015)
  • 1941William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (d. 2004)
  • 1941 – Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop
  • 1941 – Merle Woo, Asian American activist
  • 1942Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic
  • 1942 – Maggie Blye, American actress (d. 2016)
  • 1942 – Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (d. 2017)
  • 1942 – Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (d. 2004)
  • 1942 – Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author
  • 1943 – Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager
  • 1943 – Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (d. 1994)
  • 1944 – Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (d. 2007)
  • 1944 – Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter
  • 1945 – Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader
  • 1946Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (d. 1993)
  • 1947Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
  • 1948 – Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (d. 2022)
  • 1948 – Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician
  • 1949 – John Markoff, American journalist and author
  • 1949 – Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
  • 1950 – Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (d. 2012)
  • 1950 – Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
  • 1950 – Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician
  • 1950 – Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician
  • 1950 – Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author
  • 1950 – Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist
  • 1951 – George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor
  • 1952 – Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician
  • 1952 – Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest
  • 1952 – Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player
  • 1953Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager
  • 1954 – Doug Davidson, American actor
  • 1954 – Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician
  • 1954 – Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player
  • 1954 – Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician
  • 1954 – Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician
  • 1954 – Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
  • 1955Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress
  • 1956Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician
  • 1957Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager
  • 1957 – John Kassir, American actor and voice actor
  • 1959 – Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician
  • 1959 – Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen
  • 1959 – Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer
  • 1959 – Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician
  • 1959 – Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (d. 2009)
  • 1959 – Denis Troch, French footballer and manager
  • 1959 – Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs
  • 1960 – Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster
  • 1960 – Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (d. 1999)
  • 1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver
  • 1960 – BD Wong, American actor
  • 1961 – Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician
  • 1961 – Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician
  • 1962 – Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager
  • 1962 – Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host
  • 1962 – Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter
  • 1962 – Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician
  • 1962 – Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (d. 2000)
  • 1963 – Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster
  • 1963 – John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1964Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1964 – Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician
  • 1964 – Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician
  • 1964 – Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player
  • 1964 – Doug Lee, American basketball player
  • 1965 – Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician
  • 1966Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician
  • 1966 – Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician
  • 1966 – Zahn McClarnon, American actor
  • 1967 – Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster
  • 1967 – Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player
  • 1967 – Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
  • 1967 – Esther McVey, English television host and politician
  • 1968 – Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player
  • 1968 – Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator
  • 1968 – Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic
  • 1969Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author
  • 1969 – Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player
  • 1970 – Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer
  • 1970 – Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1971 – Aaron Bailey, American football player
  • 1971 – Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player
  • 1971 – Zephyr Teachout, American academic
  • 1971 – Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete
  • 1971 – Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
  • 1972 – Pat Williams, American football player and coach
  • 1972 – Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales
  • 1973 – Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic
  • 1973 – Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker
  • 1973 – Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist
  • 1973 – Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1973 – Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host
  • 1974 – Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer
  • 1974 – Corey Dillon, American football player
  • 1974 – Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout
  • 1974 – Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
  • 1975Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer
  • 1975 – Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (d. 2013)
  • 1976 – Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player
  • 1976 – Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer
  • 1977 – Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer
  • 1978Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer
  • 1978 – James Hopes, Australian cricketer
  • 1979Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter
  • 1979 – Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player
  • 1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
  • 1980 – Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey
  • 1980 – Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
  • 1980 – Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player
  • 1980 – Zac Posen, American fashion designer
  • 1980 – Christian Vander, German footballer
  • 1980 – Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter
  • 1981 – Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer
  • 1981 – Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer
  • 1981 – Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer
  • 1981 – Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer
  • 1981 – Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician
  • 1982Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver
  • 1982 – Macay McBride, American baseball player
  • 1983Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
  • 1983 – Chris Colabello, American baseball player
  • 1983 – Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer
  • 1983 – Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player
  • 1983 – Brian Vickers, American race car driver
  • 1984 – Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter
  • 1984 – Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1984 – Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1985 – Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer
  • 1985 – Tim Pocock, Australian actor
  • 1985 – Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (d. 2014)
  • 1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer
  • 1985 – Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer
  • 1986Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
  • 1986 – Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor
  • 1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer
  • 1987Jeremy Evans, American basketball player
  • 1987 – Chris Hogan, American football player
  • 1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer
  • 1987 – Charlie White, American figure skater
  • 1988 – Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player
  • 1988 – Christopher Linke, German race walker
  • 1988 – Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer
  • 1988 – Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer
  • 1989 – David Castañeda, American actor
  • 1989 – Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer
  • 1989 – Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress
  • 1989 – Eric Hosmer, American baseball player
  • 1989 – PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
  • 1989 – Eliza Taylor, Australian actress
  • 1990 – Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner
  • 1990 – İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
  • 1990 – Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer
  • 1990 – Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer
  • 1990 – Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player
  • 1991 – Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer
  • 1991 – Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player
  • 1992 – Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer
  • 1992 – Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster
  • 1993 – R. J. Hunter, American basketball player
  • 1994 – Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress
  • 1994 – Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player
  • 1994 – Jalen Ramsey, American football player
  • 1995 – Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
  • 1995 – Ashton Sanders, American actor
  • 1996Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
  • 1996 – Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
  • 1996 – Océane Dodin, French tennis player
  • 1996 – Garrison Mathews, American basketball player
  • 1996 – Kyla Ross, American gymnast
  • 1997 – Bron Breakker, American wrestler
  • 1997 – Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
  • 1998 – Daya, American singer
  • 1999 – Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player

Deaths

Pre-1600

1601–1900

1901–present

Holidays and observances

  • Christian feast day:
    • Anthony Mary Claret
    • Eberigisil (Evergitus)
    • Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions)
    • Luigi Guanella
    • Magloire of Dol
    • Martin of Vertou
    • Proclus of Constantinople
    • Rafael Guízar y Valencia
    • Senoch
    • October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces (Russia)
  • Food Day (United States)
  • Independence Day (Zambia)
  • International Day of Diplomats
  • Suez Day (Egypt)
  • United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
  • World Development Information Day
  • World Polio Day

See also

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