# On this day: October 24

October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years), with 68 days left until the end of the year.

## October 24 in one line

Headline entries for October 24, from Wikipedia: in 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; born 1632: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723); died 2005: Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (born 1913). In 2026 it is a Saturday, in 2027 a Sunday.

## Events on October 24

- 1260 Qutuz, the sultan of Egypt, was assassinated and replaced by fellow Mamluk leader Baybars. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutuz)
- 1260 Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartres_Cathedral)
- 1648 The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Westphalia)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabant_Revolution)
- 1796 War of the First Coalition: The Battle of Schliengen was fought between the French and Austrian armies, who both claimed victory. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Schliengen)
- 1851 William Lassell found Umbriel and Ariel, the third and fourth Uranian moons to be discovered. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbriel)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_ship_Dmitry)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenterfield_Oration)
- 1911 Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers)
- 1917 World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Caporetto)
- 1926 Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929)
- 1930 The Pacification Junta deposed Brazillian president Washington Luís, ending the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_military_junta_of_1930)
- 1931 The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York City to Fort Lee, New Jersey, and today the world's busiest motor-vehicle bridge, was dedicated. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington_Bridge)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Musashi)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations)
- 1949 The cornerstone of the United Nations headquarters was laid in New York City. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations)
- 1954 US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower)
- 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.. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_V%C4%83n_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c)
- 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. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loddon_Viaduct_collapse)
- 1975 In protest against wage discrepancy and unfair employment practices, 90 percent of Iceland's female population went on strike for a day. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Icelandic_women's_strike)
- 1980 The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union))
- 2003 The inaugural Afro-Asian Games opened in Hyderabad, with 2,040 athletes from 96 nations competing. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Afro-Asian_Games)
- 2003 Concorde makes its last commercial flight. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde)
- 2004 English football club Manchester United defeated rivals Arsenal 2–0 in the Battle of the Buffet, ending the latter's record-breaking unbeaten run. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Buffet)
- 2015 Lam Wing-kee, the owner of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, known for publishing political books banned in mainland China, was abducted by Chinese authorities. [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearances)

## Born on October 24

- 51 Domitian, Roman emperor (died 96) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50s)
- 1503 Isabella of Portugal (died 1539) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_of_Portugal)
- 1632 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonie_van_Leeuwenhoek)
- 1804 Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Eduard_Weber)
- 1855 James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_S._Sherman)
- 1868 Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_David-N%C3%A9el)
- 1891 Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Trujillo)
- 1925 Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciano_Berio)
- 1930 Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_Galtung)
- 1931 Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia_Gubaidulina)
- 1932 Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Gilles_de_Gennes)
- 1932 Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Covey)
- 1932 Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Mundell)
- 1939 F. Murray Abraham, American actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Murray_Abraham)
- 1947 Kevin Kline, American actor and singer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Kline)
- 1954 Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Turnbull)
- 1966 Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Abramovich)
- 1985 Wayne Rooney, English footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Rooney)
- 1986 Drake, Canadian rapper and actor [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_(musician))
- 1989 PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PewDiePie)
- 1990 İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0lkay_G%C3%BCndo%C4%9Fan)
- 1992 Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ding_Liren)

## Died on October 24

- 996 Hugh Capet, French king [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Capet)
- 1537 Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII (born c. 1508) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Seymour)
- 1601 Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (born 1546) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe)
- 1655 Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1592) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Gassendi)
- 1725 Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (born 1660) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Scarlatti)
- 1945 Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (born 1887) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling)
- 1958 G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (born 1873) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._E._Moore)
- 1972 Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1919) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson)
- 1991 Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Roddenberry)
- 2005 Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (born 1913) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Parks)
- 2011 John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCarthy_(computer_scientist))
- 2015 Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maureen_O'Hara)
- 2017 Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fats_Domino)
- 2025 Sirikit, Queen Mother of Thailand (born 1932) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirikit)

## Holidays and observances

- Christian feast day: Anthony Mary Claret [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Mary_Claret)
- Christian feast day: Arethas of Najran [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arethas_of_Najran)
- Christian feast day: Eberigisil (Evergitus) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eberigisil)
- Christian feast day: Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_of_Thibiuca)
- Christian feast day: Luigi Guanella [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Guanella)
- Christian feast day: Magloire of Dol [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magloire)
- Christian feast day: Martin of Vertou [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_of_Vertou)
- Christian feast day: Proclus of Constantinople [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proclus_of_Constantinople)
- Christian feast day: Rafael Guízar y Valencia [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael_Gu%C3%ADzar_y_Valencia)
- Christian feast day: Senoch [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senoch)
- Christian feast day: October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics))
- Food Day (United States) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_Day)
- International Day of Diplomats [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_of_Diplomats)
- United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International) [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations)
- World Development Information Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Development_Information_Day)
- World Polio Day [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Polio_Day)

## Sources

- [Wikipedia — “October 24”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24) — events, births, deaths and observances (text under CC BY-SA 4.0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikipedia — “Selected anniversaries/October 24”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/October_24) — the anniversaries editors chose for the date and the article each one is about (checked 2026-10-15)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/) — in how many language editions each entry's own article exists, used to fill the lists (CC0) (checked 2026-10-15)
- [vacanza/holidays (open-source holiday rules, MIT licence)](https://github.com/vacanza/holidays) — holiday rules used to build the lists (checked 2026-10-15)

The events, births, deaths and observances above are from the English Wikipedia article [“October 24”](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24) and the articles it links to ([authors and history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24?action=history)), retrieved 2026-10-15 through the Wikimedia “On this day” feed. They are licensed under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/); this selection is shared under the same licence. Every anniversary that Wikipedia's editors selected for October 24 stays on the list; the remaining places, up to 26 events, 22 births and 14 deaths, go to the entries whose own article — about the event itself, or else the person or thing it is about — appears in the most language editions (counted from Wikidata); an article about a person or thing, which covers far more than one day, counts half. An entry with no article of its own counts, also at half, by the least covered article it links, and one that links only places counts for nothing. Each list runs by year, and the wording is unchanged apart from removing references to pictures, audio and video.

## October 24 in the calendar

| Year | Weekday | ISO week | Moon (UTC) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026 | Saturday | 2026-W43 | 🌔 Waxing Gibbous |
| 2027 | Sunday | 2027-W42 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |
| 2028 | Tuesday | 2028-W43 | 🌒 Waxing Crescent |
| 2029 | Wednesday | 2029-W43 | 🌖 Waning Gibbous |
| 2030 | Thursday | 2030-W43 | 🌘 Waning Crescent |

Moon phases are for the day in UTC; at the edges of a phase your local date can differ.

## Public holidays on October 24

None of the 28 countries we track has a public holiday on October 24 in 2026 or 2027.

[Today's holidays in 28 countries →](https://whathappen.today/holidays/)

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