About October 24

October 24, 2023 is the 297th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 68 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

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Scorpio is the sun 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 109 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On October 24

  • 1147 –
    After a siege of 4 months crusader knights led by Afonso Henriques reconquered Lisbon.
  • 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.
  • 1360 –
    The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War.
  • 1648 –
    The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years’ War.
  • 1795 –
    Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided among Austria, Prussia, and Russia
  • 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.
  • 1901 –
    Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
  • 1911 –
    Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a Wright Glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
  • 1912 –
    First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
  • 1929 –
    “Black Thursday” stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • 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.”
  • 1945 –
    Founding of the United Nations
  • 1946 –
    A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
  • 1973 –
    Yom Kippur War ends
  • 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.)
  • 1998 –
    Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
  • 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.
  • 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.

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