Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 24
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This is a list of selected October 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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| United Nations Day (1945); | refimprove |
| Independence Day in Zambia (1964) | refimprove section |
| 1260 – The Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France, was dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX. | unreferenced section |
| 1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny was ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. | refimprove |
| 1648 – The second treaty of the Peace of Westphalia was signed, ending both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War, and officially recognising the Dutch Republic and the Swiss Confederation as independent states. | referencing problem |
| 1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, was founded. | refimprove section |
| 1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States was completed from Omaha, Nebraska, to Carson City, Nevada, spelling the end of the Pony Express. | unreferenced section |
| 1871 – The largest mass lynching in United States history took place when around 500 white rioters entered Chinatown in Los Angeles to attack, rob, and murder its residents. | refimprove |
| 1912 – First Balkan War: Serbian forces defeated the Ottoman army at the Battle of Kumanovo in the Kosovo Vilayet. | single source |
| 1918 – The Battle of Vittorio Veneto, the last major engagement on the Italian front of World War I, began. | refimprove |
| 2007 – Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. | unreferenced section |
Eligible
- 1789 – The Brabant Revolution, sometimes considered to be the first expression of Belgian nationalism, began with the invasion of the Austrian Netherlands by an émigré army from the Dutch Republic.
- 1795 – As a result of the Third Partition of Poland, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth ceased to exist as an independent state, with its territory divided between Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
- 1851 – William Lassell found Umbriel and Ariel, the third and fourth Uranian moons to be discovered.
- 1885 – The Russian ship Dmitry ran aground in Whitby, an incident that inspired the arrival of Count Dracula to England in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel.
- 1889 – Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, gave a speech in which he called for the federation of the six Australian colonies.
- 1929 – On "Black Thursday", the New York Stock Exchange lost 11 percent of its value at the opening bell on very heavy trading, marking the beginning of the Great Depression.
- 1931 – The George Washington Bridge (pictured), connecting New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey, and today the world's busiest motor-vehicle bridge, was dedicated.
- 1944 – World War II: The Japanese battleship Musashi, one of the heaviest and most powerfully armed ever constructed, was sunk by American aircraft during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
- 1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations headquarters was laid in New York City.
- 1964 – Charges in a military court against generals Dương Văn Đức and Lâm Văn Phát of leading a coup attempt against South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh, were dropped..
- 1960 – A prototype of the Soviet R-16 intercontinental ballistic missile exploded on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR.
- 1972 – Three people were killed when falsework collapsed during the construction of the Loddon Bridge in Berkshire, leading to reform of construction practices in the UK.
- 2004 – English football club Manchester United defeated Arsenal 2–0 in the Battle of the Buffet, ending their rival's record-breaking unbeaten run.
- 2015 – Lam Wing-kee (pictured), the owner of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, known for publishing political books banned in mainland China, was abducted by Chinese authorities.
- Born/died: | William Prynne |d|1669| Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham |b|1675| Sarah Josepha Hale |b|1788| Massimo d'Azeglio |b|1798| Marianne North |b|1830| Kanae Yamamoto|b|1882| Alexander Wilson |b|1893| Pin Malakul|b|1903| Lakshmi Sahgal |b|1914| Désiré Charnay |d|1915| Suhailah Noah |b|1931| Roman Abramovich |b|1966| Yasumi Matsuno|b|1965| Richard Hofstadter |d|1970|Carlo Abarth |d|1979
October 24: Simchat Torah begins at sunset (Jewish diaspora)
- 1260 – Qutuz (bust pictured), the sultan of Egypt, was assassinated and replaced by fellow Mamluk leader Baybars.
- 1796 – War of the First Coalition: The Battle of Schliengen was fought between the French and Austrian armies, who both claimed victory.
- 1945 – The Charter of the United Nations entered into force after being ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council and a majority of the other signatories.
- 1975 – In protest against wage discrepancy and unfair employment practices, 90 percent of Iceland's female population went on strike for a day.
- 2003 – The inaugural Afro-Asian Games opened in Hyderabad, with 2,040 athletes from 96 nations competing.
- Tycho Brahe (d. 1601)
- Peng Dehuai (b. 1898)
- Letitia Woods Brown (b. 1915)
- Regina Purtell (d. 1950)