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What happend on 24. October in History
In our data base we found 326 events happened on 24. October:
• 51: Domitian, Roman emperor (d. 96) [category: Births]
• 69: Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius. [category: Events]
• 996: Hugh Capet, French king (b. 938) [category: Deaths]
• 1147: After a siege of 4 months crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques reconquered Lisbon. [category: Events]
• 1260: Qutuz, Egyptian sultan [category: Deaths]
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• 1260: Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself. [category: Events]
• 1260: 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. [category: Events]
• 1360: The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1375: Valdemar IV of Denmark, (b. 1320) [category: Deaths]
• 1378: David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay (d. 1402) [category: Births]
• 1503: Isabella of Portugal (d. 1539) [category: Births]
• 1537: Jane Seymour, English wife of Henry VIII of England (b. 1508) [category: Deaths]
• 1561: Anthony Babington, English leader of the Babington Plot (d. 1586) [category: Births]
• 1572: Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (b. 1508) [category: Deaths]
• 1590: John White, The governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists. [category: Events]
• 1601: Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546) [category: Deaths]
• 1632: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723) [category: Births]
• 1648: The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1655: Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1592) [category: Deaths]
• 1669: William Prynne, English lawyer and author (b. 1600) [category: Deaths]
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• 1672: John Webb, English architect (b. 1611) [category: Deaths]
• 1675: Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749) [category: Births]
• 1710: Alban Butler, English priest and writer (d. 1773) [category: Births]
• 1713: Marie Fel, French opera singer (d. 1794) [category: Births]
• 1725: Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660) [category: Deaths]
• 1739: Duchess Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (d. 1807) [category: Births]
• 1763: Dorothea von Schlegel, German author (d. 1839) [category: Births]
• 1788: Sarah Josepha Hale, American poet (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1795: Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia, [category: Events]
• 1799: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (b. 1739) [category: Deaths]
• 1804: Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist (d. 1891) [category: Births]
• 1811: Ferdinand Hiller, German composer (d. 1885) [category: Births]
• 1812: Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow. [category: Events]
• 1821: Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740) [category: Deaths]
• 1830: Marianne North, English naturalist and painter (d. 1890) [category: Births]
• 1838: Annie Edson Taylor, American adventurer (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1840: Eliza Pollock, American archer (d. 1919) [category: Births]
• 1851: William Lassell, discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus. [category: Events]
• 1852: Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782) [category: Deaths]
• 1854: Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1855: James S. Sherman, American politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (d. 1912) [category: Births]
• 1857: Ned Williamson, American baseball player (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1857: Sheffield F.C., the world's first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England. [category: Events]
• 1861: The First Transcontinental Telegraph, line across the United States, is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express. [category: Events]
• 1868: Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1872: Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1875: Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1875: Raffaello Carboni, Italian author (b. 1817) [category: Deaths]
• 1879: B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1882: Sybil Thorndike, English actress (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1885: Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian-Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1887: Octave Lapize, French cyclist (d. 1917) [category: Births]
• 1887: Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1891: Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1894: Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1896: Jack Warner, English actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1898: Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1901: Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress and dancer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1901: Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls, in a barrel. [category: Events]
• 1903: Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (d. 1960) [category: Births]
• 1904: A.K. Golam Jilani, Bengali activist (d. 1932) [category: Births]
• 1904: Moss Hart, American playwright and director (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1905: Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1906: Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1908: John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1909: Bill Carr, American runner (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1911: Paul Grégoire, Canadian archbishop (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1911: Sonny Terry, American harmonica player (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1911: Orville Wright, remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider, at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1912: Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (b. 1842) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory. [category: Events]
• 1913: Tito Gobbi, Italian opera singer (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1915: Bob Kane, American writer and illustrator (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1915: Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1915: Roger Milliken, American businessman (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1915: Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828) [category: Deaths]
• 1916: Anne Sharp, Scottish opera singer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1919: Frank Piasecki, American engineer (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1920: Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1921: R. K. Laxman, Indian cartoonist and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1922: George Miller, American politician [category: Births]
• 1922: George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839) [category: Deaths]
• 1923: Denise Levertov, English-American poet (d. 1997) [category: Births]
• 1923: Robin Day, English journalist (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1924: Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1925: Bob Azzam, Egyptian-Lebanese singer (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1925: Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1925: Willie Mabon, American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1926: Kidar Nath Sahani, Indian politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Rafael Azcona, Spanish screenwriter (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1926: Y. A. Tittle, American football player [category: Births]
• 1926: Harry Houdini's last performance, which is at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan. [category: Events]
• 1927: Gilbert Bécaud, French actor and composer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1927: Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1928: George Bullard, American baseball player (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1929: George Crumb, American composer [category: Births]
• 1929: Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1929: Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1929: Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1929: Black Thursday stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange. [category: Events]
• 1930: Ahmad Shah of Pahang [category: Births]
• 1930: Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician [category: Births]
• 1930: The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1930: A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president." [category: Events]
• 1931: Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian composer [category: Births]
• 1931: The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic. [category: Events]
• 1932: Adrian Mitchell, English poet (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1932: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1932: Robert Mundell, Canadian economist, Nobel Prize laureate [category: Births]
• 1932: Stephen Covey, American author and educator (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Norman Rush, American author [category: Births]
• 1933: Reginald Kray, English gangster (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1933: Ronald Kray, English gangster (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1934: Glen Glenn, American singer [category: Births]
• 1935: Malcolm Bilson, American pianist and educator [category: Births]
• 1935: Dutch Schultz, American mobster (b. 1902) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (The Rolling Stones and Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings) [category: Births]
• 1936: David Nelson, American actor and director (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1936: Jimmy Dawkins, American guitarist and singer [category: Births]
• 1938: Odean Pope, American saxophonist (Catalyst) [category: Births]
• 1938: Stephen Resnick, American economist (d. 2013) [category: Births]
• 1938: Ernst Barlach, German sculptor (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1939: F. Murray Abraham, American actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Martin Campbell, New Zealand director [category: Births]
• 1940: Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1941: William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher [category: Births]
• 1942: Frank Delaney, Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster [category: Births]
• 1942: Ruthann Aron, American politician [category: Births]
• 1943: Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1943: Corky Siegel, American singer-songwriter and pianist (Siegel–Schwall Band) [category: Births]
• 1943: Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: Ray Downs, American singer and author [category: Births]
• 1944: Ted Templeman, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Harper's Bizarre) [category: Births]
• 1944: Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and coach (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1944: Louis Renault, French businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (b. 1877) [category: Deaths]
• 1944: World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku and the battleship Musashi are sunk by American aircraft in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. [category: Events]
• 1945: Alan Titus, American opera singer [category: Births]
• 1945: Anthony Christian, English painter [category: Births]
• 1945: Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader [category: Births]
• 1945: Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1945: Founding of the United Nations [category: Events]
• 1946: Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (Steppenwolf and The Sparrows) (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1946: A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. [category: Events]
• 1947: Kevin Kline, American actor [category: Births]
• 1947: Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. [category: Events]
• 1948: Barry Ryan, English singer-songwriter and photographer [category: Births]
• 1948: Kweisi Mfume, American politician [category: Births]
• 1948: Paul Ryan, English singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1948: Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (b. 1870) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer [category: Births]
• 1949: The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. [category: Events]
• 1950: Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Rawly Eastwick, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1950: Steven Greenberg, American musician, songwriter, and producer (Lipps Inc.) [category: Births]
• 1951: George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor [category: Births]
• 1951: Meredith Hunter, American murder victim (d. 1969) [category: Births]
• 1952: David Weber, American author [category: Births]
• 1953: Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager [category: Births]
• 1953: David Wright, English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1953: Jim Pettie, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1953: Mike Papantonio, American lawyer and radio talk show host [category: Births]
• 1953: Mindy Newell, American author [category: Births]
• 1953: Steven Hatfill, American physician and virologist [category: Births]
• 1954: Brad Sherman, American politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Doug Davidson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player (Elán) [category: Births]
• 1954: Malcolm Turnbull, Australian politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Mike Rounds, American politician, 31st Governor of South Dakota [category: Births]
• 1954: Thomas Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam [category: Events]
• 1955: Cheryl Studer, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1955: Katherine Knight, Australian murderer [category: Births]
• 1956: Dale Maharidge, American author [category: Births]
• 1956: David Stergakos, Greek-American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Jeff Merkley, American politician [category: Births]
• 1957: John Kassir, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1957: Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager [category: Births]
• 1957: The USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. [category: Events]
• 1958: Chip Hooper, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1958: Vincent K. Brooks, American general [category: Births]
• 1958: G. E. Moore, English philosopher (b. 1873) [category: Deaths]
• 1959: Anthony Waller, Lebanese director [category: Births]
• 1960: BD Wong, American actor [category: Births]
• 1960: Dennis Anderson, American monster truck driver [category: Births]
• 1960: Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer [category: Births]
• 1960: Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and comedian (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1960: Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver [category: Births]
• 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. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash [category: Events]
• 1961: Bruce Castor American lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1961: Dave Meltzer, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1961: Mary Bono Mack, American politician [category: Births]
• 1962: Dave Blaney, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1962: Jay Novacek, American football player [category: Births]
• 1963: John Hendrie, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Doug Lee, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1964: Paul Bonwick, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1964: Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1964: Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence) [category: Events]
• 1965: Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician [category: Births]
• 1966: Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: Ian Bishop, Trinidadian-Tobagonian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1967: Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Mark Walton, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1968: Robert Wilonsky, American journalist [category: Births]
• 1969: Adela Noriega, Mexican actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Neutral Milk Hotel, The Olivia Tremor Control, Synthetic Flying Machine, and Major Organ and the Adding Machine) [category: Births]
• 1970: Rob Leslie-Carter, English engineer [category: Births]
• 1971: Caprice Bourret, American model and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Dervla Kirwan, Irish actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Kim Ji-soo, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Pat Williams, American football player [category: Births]
• 1972: Raelee Hill, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Scott Peterson, American murderer [category: Births]
• 1972: Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Jackie Robinson, American baseball player (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player and cricketer [category: Births]
• 1973: Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1973: Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist [category: Births]
• 1973: Madlib, American rapper and producer (Madvillain, Quasimoto, and Lootpack) [category: Births]
• 1973: Yom Kippur War ends [category: Events]
• 1974: Corey Dillon, American football player [category: Births]
• 1974: Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer [category: Births]
• 1974: Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player [category: Births]
• 1974: David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr., Polish historian (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Joakim Nätterqvist, Swedish actor [category: Births]
• 1976: Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1976: Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1977: Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer [category: Births]
• 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.) [category: Events]
• 1978: Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: James Hopes, Australian cricketer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter (Silverchair and Tambalane) [category: Births]
• 1980: Casey Wilson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Christian Vander, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Niall Breslin, Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and footballer (The Blizzards) [category: Births]
• 1980: Zac Posen, American fashion designer [category: Births]
• 1980: The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union. [category: Events]
• 1981: Jemima Rooper, English actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Sebastián Bueno, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Tila Tequila, American model, actress, and singer [category: Births]
• 1982: Macay McBride, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, actress, and dancer (3LW and The Cheetah Girls) [category: Births]
• 1983: Brian Vickers, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1983: Hernán Garin, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: V V Brown, English singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1984: Felicia Chin, Singaporean actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1984: Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter (Sadistic Mika Band) [category: Births]
• 1985: Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Wayne Rooney, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Maurice Roy, Canadian archbishop (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Richie Evans, American race car driver (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Drake, Canadian actor and rapper [category: Births]
• 1986: John Ruddy, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: 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. [category: Events]
• 1987: Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Charlie White, American ice dancer [category: Births]
• 1987: Lincoln Lewis, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1988: Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1989: Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Eliza Taylor-Cotter, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1989: Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: LaMarcus Tinker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army. [category: Events]
• 1991: Gene Roddenberry, American screenwriter and producer, created Star Trek (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer and actress (f(x)) [category: Births]
• 1994: Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican actor (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Don Messick, American voice actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1998: Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission [category: Events]
• 2000: Hybrid Theory was released by American rock band Linkin Park. The album is the best selling album in 21st century with 25 million copies. [category: Events]
• 2001: Kathleen Ankers, American set designer (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Harry Hay, American activist (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Herman Gaviria, Colombian footballer (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Winton M. Blount, American politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC. [category: Events]
• 2003: Concorde makes its last commercial flight. [category: Events]
• 2004: James Aloysius Hickey, American archbishop (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (b. 1980) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran politician, President of Honduras (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Joy Clements, American soprano (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Robert Sloman, English actor and scriptwriter (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Rosa Parks, American activist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage. [category: Events]
• 2006: Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (b. 1981) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Anne Weale, English journalist and author (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Petr Eben, Czech composer (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. [category: Events]
• 2008: Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2010: Joseph Stein, American playwright (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Lamont Johnson, American director (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2011: Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Anita Björk, Swedish actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Peter Wright, English footballer (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• _: Anthony Mary Claret [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zambia from United Kingdom in 1964. [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Suez Day (Egypt) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: World Development Information Day (International) [category: Holidays and observances]