What happened this day in history October 24

What are the important events that happened on October 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 24: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 24 is the 298th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 68 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 11, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 480,480 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontaoctagon’ day.

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 97 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,325 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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October 24 Historical Events

  • 1812
    Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
  • 1851
    William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel (moon) orbiting Uranus.
  • 1857
    Sheffield F.C., the world’s first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
  • 1912
    First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
  • 1917
    Battle of Caporetto; Italy suffers a catastrophic defeat by the forces of Austria-Hungary and Germany on the Austro-Italian front of World War I (lasts until 19 November - also called Twelfth Battle of the Isonzo).
  • 1929
    “Black Thursday” stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 1977
    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.)
  • 2003
    Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
  • 2005
    Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
  • 2007
    Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Who were born on October 24?

  • 1855
    James S. Sherman, American politician & 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
  • 1896
    Jack Warner, English actor (d. 1981)
  • 1915
    Bob Kane, American cartoonist (d. 1998)
  • 1925
    Bob Azzam, Egyptian singer (d. 2004)
  • 1925
    Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
  • 1925
    Willie Mabon, American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist (d. 1985)
  • 1944
    Ray Downs American author and musician
  • 1948
    Paul and Barry Ryan, British composer-singers
  • 1956
    Dale Maharidge, American author
  • 1983
    Brian Vickers, American race car driver

Who died on October 24?

  • 1669
    William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)
  • 1821
    Elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)
  • 1985
    Richie Evans, American NASCAR driver (b. 1941)
  • 1991
    Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (b. 1921)
  • 2002
    Winton M. Blount, United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
  • 2005
    Joy Clements, American soprano (b. 1932)
  • 2006
    Enolia McMillan, American civil rights activist (b. 1904)
  • 2007
    Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyz journalist (b. 1981)
  • 2007
    Ian Middleton, New Zealand novelist (b. 1928)
  • 2010
    Lamont Johnson, American television director (b. 1922)

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