SomeFacts | October 24

On this day - October 24

69 — In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian ...

1260 — After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and ...

1260 — Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis ...

1360 — The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the ...

1590 — John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns ...

1596 — The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, ...

1641 — Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish ...

1648 — The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the ...

1795 — Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

1812 — Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place ...

1813 — Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes ...

1851 — William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting ...

1857 — Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football ...

1860 — Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a ...

1861 — The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United ...

1871 — An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los ...

1876 — Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji ...

1886 — Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton ...

1889 — Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively ...

1894 — First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the ...

1900 — U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for ...

1901 — Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara ...

1902 — Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming ...

1911 — Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 ...

1912 — First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the ...

1912 — First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a ...

1917 — World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle ...

1918 — World War I: Italian victory in the Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

1926 — Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the ...

1929 — "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the ...

1930 — A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First ...

1931 — The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the ...

1944 — World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait ...

1944 — World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 ...

1944 — World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily ...

1945 — The United Nations Charter comes into effect.

1946 — A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first ...

1947 — United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon ...

1947 — Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House ...

1949 — The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.

1950 — Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: ...

1954 — US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States ...

1957 — The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed ...

1960 — Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the ...

1963 — An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur ...

1964 — Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom ...

1975 — In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, ...

1980 — The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.

1986 — Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest ...

1990 — Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian ...

1992 — The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball ...

1998 — Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test ...

2003 — Concorde makes its last commercial flight.

2004 — Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row ...

2005 — Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 ...

2007 — Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar ...

2008 — "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock ...

2014 — The China National Space Administration launches an ...

2015 — A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State ...

2016 — Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – ...

2016 — A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on ...

2018 — The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong ...