October 24 in History
What happened on October 24 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on october 24 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on october 24 in history.
?>2008
Many stock exchanges worldwide suffer the steepest declines in their histories; the day becomes known as “Bloody Friday.”
2003
The supersonic Concorde jet made its last commercial passenger flight from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to London’s Heathrow Airport, traveling at twice the speed of sound.
1992
The Toronto Blue Jays win the World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves in the 11th inning of the 6th game, to become the first Major League Baseball team from outside the US to win the series.
1980
Poland’s government legalizes the Solidarity Trade Union.
1973
The Yom Kippur War ends.
1970
Leftist Salvador Allende is elected president of Chile.
1952
Presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that if elected, he will go to Korea.
1945
The United Nations comes into existence with the ratification of its charter by the first 29 nations.
1945
Vidkun Quisling, Norway’s wartime minister president, is executed by firing squad for collaboration with the Nazis.
1944
The aircraft carrier USS Princeton is sunk by a single Japanese plane during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
1938
The Fair Labor Standards Act becomes law, establishing the 40-hour work week.
1934
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, called Mahatma or “Great Soul,” resigns from Congress in India.
1931
Al (Alphonse) Capone, the prohibition-era Chicago gangster, is sent to prison for tax evasion.
1930
John Wayne debuts in his first starring role in The Big Trail .
1929
Black Thursday takes place–the first day of the stock market crash which began the Great Depression.
1917
The Austro-German army routs the Italian army at Caporetto, Italy.
1916
Henry Ford awards equal pay to women.
1901
Annie Edson Taylor, 43, is the first woman to go safely over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She made the attempt for the cash award offered, which she put toward the loan on her Texas ranch.
1897
The first comic strip appears in the Sunday color supplement of the New York Journal called the ‘Yellow Kid.’
1863
General Ulysses S. Grant arrives in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to find the Union Army there starving.
1861
Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line, putting the Pony Express out of business.
1836
The match is patented.
1755
A British expedition against the French held Fort Niagara in Canada ends in failure.
1648
The signing of the Treaty of Westphalia ends the German Thirty Years’ War.
1531
Bavaria, despite being a Catholic region, joins the League of Schmalkalden, a Protestant group which opposes Charles V.