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24 October
October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 51 - Roman emperor Domitian († 96)
- 1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, microbiologist
- 1788 - Sarah Hale, poet
- 1811 - Ferdinand Hiller, composer († 1885)
- 1855 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States
- 1868 - Alexandra David-Néel, French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, buddhist and writer
- 1887 - Victoria Eugenia, Queen of Spain († 1969)
- 1891 - Molina Trujillo, President of the Dominican Republic
- 1903 - Melvin Purvis, FBI chief († 1960)
- 1904 - Moss Hart, dramatist († 1961)
- 1915 - Bob Kane, cartoonist
- 1925 - Luciano Berio, Italian composer
- 1926 - Y. A. Tittle, American football star
- 1929 - George Crumb, composer
- 1930 - The Big Bopper (Jiles Perry Richardson, Jr.), rock and roll star († 1959)
- 1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina, composer
- 1936 - Bill Wyman, musician (the Rolling Stones)
- 1939 - F. Murray Abraham, actor
- 1948 - Kweisi Mfume, American civil rights activist. Congressman from Maryland
- 1960 - Ian Baker-Finch, golf champion
- 1961 - Mary Bono, Congresswoman from California
- 1962 - B.D. Wong, actor
- 1985 - Wayne Rooney, English football star
Deaths
- 1672 - John Webb, architect
- 1799 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, composer
- 1821 - Elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress
- 1852 - Daniel Webster, lawyer and politician
- 1898 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter
- 1944 - Louis Renault, automobile manufacturer, Nazi collaborator
- 1945 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian politician and famous traitor
- 1948 - Franz Lehár, composer
- 1971 - Carl Ruggles, composer
- 1972 - Jackie Robinson, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
- 1991 - Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek series
- 1997 - Don Messick, voice actor
- 2001 - Wolf Rüdiger Hess
Holidays
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
October 23 - October 25 - November 24 - September 24 - more historical anniversaries
Referenced By
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