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This day in history: 24 October

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500 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 24 October.
Entries come from Wikipedia’s day pages and are ordered by page views.
2024: A 14 year old resident from Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina initiated a terrorist attack on the local police station, killing one police officer and injuring another.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Anthony Mary Claret

Christian feast day: Arethas of Najran

Christian feast day: Eberigisil (Evergitus)

Christian feast day: Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions)

Christian feast day: Luigi Guanella

Christian feast day: Magloire of Dol

Christian feast day: Martin of Vertou

Christian feast day: October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Proclus of Constantinople

Christian feast day: Rafael Guízar y Valencia

Christian feast day: Senoch

Food Day (United States)

Events

2024A 14 year old resident from Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina initiated a terrorist attack on the local police station, killing one police officer and injuring another.

2018The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.

2016A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.

2016Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.

2015A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.

2014The 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.

2007Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

2005Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.

2004Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.

2003Concorde makes its last commercial flight.

1998Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.

1992The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.

1990Italian 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.

1986Nezar 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.

1980The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.

1975In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.

1964Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.

1963An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.

1960Nedelin 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.

1957The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program.

1954US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.

1950Annexation 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.

1949The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.

1947Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.

1947United 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.

1946A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.

1945The United Nations Charter comes into effect.

1944World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

1944World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.

1944World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost.

1931The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.

1930A 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, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression.

1926Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.

1918World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

1917World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.

1912First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

1912First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

1911Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Born on this day

1999Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player

1998Daya, American singer

1997Bron Breakker, American wrestler

1997Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast

1997Raye, British singer-songwriter

1996Garrison Mathews, American basketball player

1996Jaylen Brown, American basketball player

1996Kyla Ross, American gymnast

1996Océane Dodin, French tennis player

1996Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player

1995Ashton Sanders, American actor

1995Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player

1994Jalen Ramsey, American football player

1994Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

1994Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist

1994Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player

1993R. J. Hunter, American basketball player

1992Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster

1992Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer

1991Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player

1991Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer

1990Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer

1990Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner

1990İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer

1990Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer

1990Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player

1989Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer

1989David Castañeda, American actor

1989Eliza Taylor, Australian actress

1989Eric Hosmer, American baseball player

1989PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber

1989Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress

1988Christopher Linke, German race walker

1988Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer

1988Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player

1988Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer

1987Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer

1987Charlie White, American figure skater

1987Chris Hogan, American football player

1987Jeremy Evans, American basketball player

Died on this day

2025Sirikit, Queen Mother of Thailand (born 1932)

2024Abdelaziz Barrada, Moroccan footballer (born 1989)

2024Amir Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player and coach (born 1981)

2024Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (born 1938)

2022Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (born 1955)

2021James Michael Tyler, American actor (born 1962)

2018Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (born 1943)

2017Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)

2017Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)

2017Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)

2016Bobby Vee, American pop singer (born 1943)

2016Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (born 1927)

2015Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928)

2015Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924)

2015Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)

2015Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920)

2015Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923)

2014Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)

2014Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)

2014S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)

2013Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934)

2013Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)

2013Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993)

2013Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920)

2012Anita Björk, Swedish actress (born 1923)

2012Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)

2012Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1957)

2012Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (born 1918)

2012Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917)

2011John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)

Quote of the day

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

attributed to the Buddha

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