Events That Happened on October 24

The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.

A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.

Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.

A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.

The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.

"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.

Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.

Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League.

Concorde makes its last commercial flight.

Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.

The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.

Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian NATO force formed in 1956, intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion.

Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport.

The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.

In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.

Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia.

An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.

Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100 people, including Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin.

The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar crewed space program.

US President Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.

Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China: The People’s Liberation Army ceases all military operations in Tibet, ending the Battle of Chamdo.

The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.

Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.

United Air Lines Flight 608 crashes in the Bryce Canyon National Park in Garfield County, Utah, while attempting an emergency landing at Bryce Canyon Airport, killing 52 people.

A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.

The United Nations Charter comes into effect.

World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

World War II: The USS Shark (SS-314) was lost with all 87 hands in the Bashi Straits after torpedoing the Japanese freighter Arisan Maru.

World War II: The USS Tang (SS-306) sank in the Formosa Strait after being struck by its own torpedo, with 78 of its crew lost.

The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.

A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era.

"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.

Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.

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

World War I: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat at the Battle of Caporetto on the Austro-Italian front.

First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire.

Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.

First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.

Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship’s lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.

Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.

An estimated 17 to 22 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.

Convention of Peking: The Second Opium War formally comes to a close, with Qing China ceding Kowloon in perpetuity to the victorious British Empire.

Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.

William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.

Treaty of Gulistan: The Russo-Persian War of 1804-1813 comes to a close with the signing of the Treaty of Gulistan, under which terms Qajar Iran agrees to cede the bulk of its Caucasian territories, which comprise much of modern Dagestan, Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, to the Russian Empire.

Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.

Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War.

Felim O'Neill of Kinard, the leader of the Irish Rebellion, issues his Proclamation of Dungannon, justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England.

The second Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre forcing a retreat to port.

John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists.

The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.

Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France.

After defeating the Mongols at the Battle of Ain Jalut and assassinating the previous Mamluk sultan, Qutuz, Baybars ascends to the Egyptian throne as the fourth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate.

In the Second Battle of Bedriacum, troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius.

Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player

Daya, American singer

Bron Breakker, American wrestler

Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast

Raye, British singer-songwriter

Jaylen Brown, American basketball player

Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player

Océane Dodin, French tennis player

Garrison Mathews, American basketball player

Kyla Ross, American gymnast

Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player

Ashton Sanders, American actor

Krystal Jung, American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress

Tereza Martincová, Czech tennis player

Sean O'Malley, American mixed martial artist

Jalen Ramsey, American football player

R. J. Hunter, American basketball player

Marrion Gopez, Filipino actor, singer, and dancer

Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster

Torstein Andersen Aase, Norwegian footballer

Bojan Dubljević, Montenegrin basketball player

Elijah Greer, American middle-distance runner

İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer

Mohammed Jahfali, Saudi Arabia international footballer

Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer

Nikola Vučević, Montenegrin basketball player

David Castañeda, American actor

Anderson Conceição, Brazilian footballer

Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress

Eric Hosmer, American baseball player

PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber

Eliza Taylor, Australian actress

Mitch Inman, Australian rugby player

Christopher Linke, German race walker

Demont Mitchell, Bahamian footballer

Tarek Hamed, Egyptian footballer

Jeremy Evans, American basketball player

Chris Hogan, American football player

Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer

Charlie White, American figure skater

Drake, Canadian rapper and actor

Oliver Jackson-Cohen, English actor

John Ruddy, English footballer

Robert Cornthwaite, English-Australian footballer

Tim Pocock, Australian actor

Matthew Robinson, Australian snowboarder (died 2014)

Wayne Rooney, English footballer

Oscar Wendt, Swedish footballer

Lougee Basabas, Filipino singer-songwriter

Jonas Gustavsson, Swedish ice hockey player

Kaela Kimura, Japanese singer-songwriter

Adrienne Bailon, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress

Chris Colabello, American baseball player

Hernán Garin, Argentinian footballer

Michael Gordon, Australian rugby league player

Brian Vickers, American race car driver

Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian race car driver

Macay McBride, American baseball player

Kemal Aslan, Turkish footballer

Sebastián Bueno, Argentinian footballer

Fredrik Mikkelsen, Norwegian guitarist and composer

Tila Tequila, Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer

Alfred Vargas, Filipino actor and politician

Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer

Kerrin McEvoy, Australian jockey

Monica, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress

Anna Montañana, Spanish basketball player

Zac Posen, American fashion designer

Christian Vander, German footballer

Casey Wilson, American actress and screenwriter

Ben Gillies, Australian drummer and songwriter

Marijonas Petravičius, Lithuanian basketball player

Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer

James Hopes, Australian cricketer

Iván Kaviedes, Ecuadoran footballer

Matteo Mazzantini, Italian rugby player

Petar Stoychev, Bulgarian swimmer

Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer

Frank Seator, Liberian footballer (died 2013)

Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer

Kalen DeBoer, American football coach

Corey Dillon, American football player

Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player and scout

Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster

Meelis Friedenthal, Estonian author and academic

Kurt Kuenne, American filmmaker

Levi Leipheimer, American cyclist

Jackie McNamara, Scottish footballer and manager

Laura Veirs, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Jeff Wilson, New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host

Pat Williams, American football player and coach

Jeremy Wright, English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales

Aaron Bailey, American football player

Gustavo Jorge, Argentina international rugby union player

Zephyr Teachout, American academic

Diane Guthrie-Gresham, Jamaican track and field athlete

Caprice Bourret, American model and actress

Rob Leslie-Carter, English field hockey player and engineer

Jeff Mangum, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Emma Donoghue, Irish-Canadian author

Arthur Rhodes, American baseball player

Francisco Clavet, Spanish tennis player

Mark Walton, American voice actor and illustrator

Robert Wilonsky, American journalist and critic

Ian Bishop, Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster

Olo Brown, Samoan-New Zealand rugby player

Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress

Esther McVey, English television host and politician

Roman Abramovich, Russian businessman and politician

Simon Danczuk, English academic and politician

Zahn McClarnon, American actor

Kyriakos Velopoulos, German-Greek journalist and politician

Rosana Arbelo, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

Paul Bonwick, Canadian businessman and politician

Dmitri Gorkov, Russian footballer and manager

Janele Hyer-Spencer, American lawyer and politician

Ray LeBlanc, American ice hockey player

Doug Lee, American basketball player

Mark Grant, American baseball player and sportscaster

John Hendrie, Scottish footballer and manager

Yves Bertucci, French footballer and manager

Ian Dalziel, English footballer and manager

Jonathan Davies, Welsh rugby player and television host

Debbie Googe, English bass player and songwriter

Andrea Horwath, Canadian politician

Gibby Mbasela, Zambian footballer (died 2000)

Mary Bono, American gymnast and politician

Bruce Castor, American lawyer and politician

Ian Baker-Finch, Australian golfer and sportscaster

Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist (died 1999)

Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver

BD Wong, American actor

Dominique Baert, French lawyer and politician

Gunnar Bakke, Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen

Chihiro Fujioka, Japanese director and composer

Michelle Lujan Grisham, American lawyer and politician

Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter (died 2009)

Denis Troch, French footballer and manager

Annette Vilhelmsen, Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs

Ron Gardenhire, German-American baseball player and manager

John Kassir, American actor and voice actor

Jeff Merkley, American businessman and politician

Cheryl Studer, American soprano and actress

Doug Davidson, American actor

Tom Mulcair, Canadian lawyer and politician

Jožo Ráž, Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player

Mike Rounds, American businessman and politician

Brad Sherman, American accountant, lawyer, and politician

Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia

Christoph Daum, German footballer and manager (died 2024)

Keith Bain, Canadian educator and politician

Francesco Camaldo, Italian priest

Ángel Torres, Dominican baseball player

George Tsontakis, American composer and conductor

Iggy Arroyo, Filipino lawyer and politician (died 2012)

Pablove Black, Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer

Miguel Ángel Pichetto, Argentinian lawyer and politician

Miroslav Sládek, Czech politician

Gabriella Sica, Italian poet and author

Maria Teschler-Nicola, Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist

John Markoff, American journalist and author

Keith Rowley, Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Phil Bennett, Welsh rugby player (died 2022)

Kweisi Mfume, American lawyer and politician

Kevin Kline, American actor and singer

Jerry Edmonton, Canadian drummer (died 1993)

Gérald Larose, Canadian educator and union leader

Viktor Prokopenko, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2007)

Bettye Swann, American singer-songwriter

Bill Dundee, Scottish-American wrestler and manager

Phil Hawthorne, Australian rugby player and coach (died 1994)

Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic

Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016)

Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017)

Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)

Fernando Vallejo, Colombian biologist and author

William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher (died 2004)

Peter Takeo Okada, Japanese archbishop (died 2020)

Merle Woo, Asian American activist

Martin Campbell, New Zealand director and producer

Rafał Piszcz, Polish canoe racer (died 2012)

David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville, English businessman and academic

Yossi Sarid, Israeli politician (died 2015)

F. Murray Abraham, American actor

Stephen Resnick, American economist and academic (died 2013)

Miguel Ángel Coria, Spanish composer and educator (died 2016)

Santo Farina, American guitarist and songwriter

John Goetz, American baseball player (died 2008)

Heribert Offermanns, German chemist and academic

M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic

Petar Stipetić, Croatian general (died 2018)

Jüri Arrak, Estonian painter (died 2022)

Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)

David Nelson, American actor, director, and producer (died 2011)

Bill Wyman, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer

Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator

Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013)

Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author

John G. Cramer, American physicist and author

Glen Glenn, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2022)

Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)

Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)

Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter (died 2019)

Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)

Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)

Norman Rush, American author and educator

Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

Adrian Mitchell, English journalist, author, poet, and playwright (died 2008)

Robert Mundell, Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2021)

Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025)

Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)

Jack Angel, American voice actor (died 2021)

The Big Bopper, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1959)

Elaine Feinstein, English poet, author, and playwright (died 2019)

Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist and mathematician (died 2024)

James Scott Douglas, English-born Scottish race car driver and 6th Baronet Douglas (died 1969)

Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019)

Hubert Aquin, Canadian activist, author, and director (died 1977)

George Crumb, American composer and educator (died 2022)

Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre, English wife of William Douglas-Home (died 2012)

Yordan Radichkov, Bulgarian author and playwright (died 2004)

Sos Sargsyan, Armenian actor (died 2013)

George Bullard, American baseball player (died 2002)

Gilbert Bécaud, French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 2001)

Jean-Claude Pascal, French actor and singer (died 1992)

Barbara Robinson, American author and poet (died 2013)

Rafael Azcona, Spanish author and screenwriter (died 2008)

Y. A. Tittle, American football player (died 2017)

Luciano Berio, Italian composer and educator (died 2003)

Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (died 2014)

Willie Mabon, American-French singer-songwriter and pianist (died 1985)

Ken Mackay, Australian cricketer (died 1982)

Ieng Sary, Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge (died 2013)

Paul Vaughan, English journalist and radio host (died 2014)

John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (died 2008)

Mary Lee, American actress and singer (died 1996)

Fuat Sezgin, Turkish historian and academic (died 2018)

Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000)

Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)

George Miller, American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson (died 2014)

Ted Ditchburn, English footballer and manager (died 2005)

R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator (died 2015)

Steve Conway, British singer (died 1952)

Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996)

Frank Piasecki, American engineer and pilot (died 2008)

Doreen Tovey, English author (died 2008)

Marie Foster, American activist (died 2003)

Anne Sharp, Scottish soprano and actress (died 2011)

Bob Kane, American author and illustrator (died 1998)

Marghanita Laski, English journalist and author (died 1988)

Charles Craig Cannon, American colonel (died 1992)

František Čapek, Czechoslovakian canoeist (died 2008)

Lakshmi Sahgal, Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army (died 2012)

Tito Gobbi, Italian actor and singer (died 1984)

Silviu Bindea, Romanian footballer (died 1992)

Peter Gellhorn, German conductor (music) (died 2004)

Murray Golden, American television director (died 1991)

Paul Grégoire, Canadian cardinal (died 1993)

Sonny Terry, American singer and harmonica player (died 1986)

Stella Brooks, American singer (died 2002)

Gunter d'Alquen, German SS officer and journalist (died 1998)

Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician (died 1984)

James K. Woolnough, American general (died 1996)

Yoel Zussman, Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge (died 1982)

Bill Carr, American runner (died 1966)

Thomas F. Connolly, American admiral (died 1996)

John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist and geophysicist (died 1993)

Patricia Griffin, Montserratian nurse and social worker (died 1986)

Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician and cryptographer (died 1968)

Fran Zwitter, Slovenian historian and academic (died 1988)

Moss Hart, American director and playwright (died 1961)

A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist (died 1932)

Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent (died 1960)

Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 1959)

Teikō Shiotani, Japanese photographer (died 1988)

Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China (died 1974)

Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman (died 1994)

Jack Warner, English actor and singer (died 1981)

Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (died 1987)

Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (died 1961)

Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator (died 1985)

Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (died 1969)

Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)

Alice Perry, Irish engineer and poet (died 1969)

Emil Fjellström, Swedish actor (died 1944)

Sybil Thorndike, English actress (died 1976)

B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer (died 1956)

Saya San, Burmese monk and activist (died 1931)

Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter and set designer (died 1958)

E. T. Whittaker, British mathematician and physicist (died 1956)

Peter O'Connor, Irish long jumper (died 1957)

Alexandra David-Néel, Belgian-French explorer and author (died 1969)

Ned Williamson, American baseball player (died 1894)

James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States (died 1912)

Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom, Dutch chemist and academic (died 1907)

Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator (died 1921)

Marianne North, English biologist and painter (died 1890)

Ferdinand Hiller, German composer and conductor (died 1885)

Georg August Wallin, Finnish explorer, orientalist, and professor (died 1852)

Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic (died 1891)

Massimo d'Azeglio, Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter (died 1866)

Sarah Josepha Hale, American author and poet (died 1879)

Moses Montefiore, British philanthropist, sheriff and banker (died 1885)

Dorothea von Schlegel, German author and translator (died 1839)

Marie Fel, French soprano and actress (died 1794)

Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire (died 1749)

Steven Blankaart, Dutch entomologist (died 1704)

Lorenzo Magalotti, Italian philosopher (died 1712)

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist (died 1723)

Anthony Babington, English conspirator (Babington Plot) (died 1586)

Isabella of Portugal (died 1539)

David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay heir to the throne of Scotland (died 1402)

Domitian, Roman emperor (died 96)

Amir Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player and coach (born 1981)

Abdelaziz Barrada, Moroccan footballer (born 1989)

Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (born 1938)

Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (born 1955)

James Michael Tyler, American actor (born 1962)

Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (born 1943)

Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)

Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)

Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)

Bobby Vee, American pop singer (born 1943)

Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (born 1927)

Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923)

Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928)

Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)

Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924)

Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920)

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)

S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)

Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)

Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)

Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993)

Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934)

Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920)

Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917)

Anita Björk, Swedish actress (born 1923)

Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1957)

Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)

Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (born 1918)

Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967)

John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)

Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (born 1927)

Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1922)

Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (born 1912)

Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (born 1943)

Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (born 1929)

Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (born 1928)

Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981)

Anne Weale, English journalist and author (born 1929)

Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (born 1904)

William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1909)

Joy Clements, American soprano and actress (born 1932)

José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras (born 1926)

Mokarrameh Ghanbari, Iranian painter (born 1928)

Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (born 1923)

Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (born 1913)

Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (born 1926)

Randy Dorton, American engineer (born 1954)

Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver and businessman (born 1980)

James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (born 1920)

Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (born 1941)

Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General (born 1921)

Hernán Gaviria, Colombian footballer (born 1969)

Harry Hay, English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries (born 1912)

Peggy Moran, American actress and singer (born 1918)

Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (born 1919)

Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (born 1937)

Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (born 1935)

Berthe Qvistgaard, Danish actress (born 1910)

Don Messick, American voice actor and singer (born 1926)

Yannis Hotzeas, Greek theoretician and author (born 1930)

Raul Julia, Puerto Rican-American actor and singer (born 1940)

Heinz Kubsch, German footballer (born 1930)

Laurie Colwin, American novelist and short story writer (born 1944)

Gene Roddenberry, American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek (born 1921)

Ismat Chughtai, Indian author and screenwriter (born 1915)

Jerzy Kukuczka, Polish mountaineer (born 1948)

Richie Evans, American race car driver (born 1941)

Maurice Roy, Canadian cardinal (born 1905)

Jiang Wen-Ye, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1910)

Carlo Abarth, Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth (born 1908)

İsmail Erez, Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France (born 1919)

Zdzisław Żygulski, Polish historian, author, and academic (born 1888)

David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (born 1908)

Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1919)

Claire Windsor, American actress (born 1892)

Carl Ruggles, American composer (born 1876)

Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1936)

Chuck Hughes, NFL player died during a game (born 1943)

Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916)

Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (born 1908)

Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (born 1896)

Hans Meerwein, German chemist (born 1879)

Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (born 1931)

Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin Prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (born 1924)

G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (born 1873)

Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (born 1902)

Franz Lehár, Austrian-Hungarian composer (born 1870)

Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author (born 1877)

Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway (born 1887)

Louis Renault, French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company (born 1877)

Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (born 1912)

Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (born 1870)

Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (born 1886)

Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (born 1902)

George Cadbury, English businessman (born 1839)

James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (born 1852)

Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (born 1828)

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (born 1824)

Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (born 1817)

Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (born 1782)

Israel Bissell, American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War (born 1752)

Elias Boudinot, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress (born 1740)

Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian violinist and composer (born 1739)

William Bartram, American scientist and politician (born 1711)

Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer and educator (born 1660)

John Webb, English architect and scholar (born 1611)

William Prynne, English lawyer and author (born 1600)

Pierre Gassendi, French priest, astronomer, and mathematician (born 1592)

Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey, English peer and courtier (born 1582)

Jean Titelouze, French organist and composer (born 1562/3)

Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer and alchemist (born 1546)

Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (born 1508)

Jane Seymour, English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England (born c. 1508)

Valdemar IV, Danish king (born 1320)

Qutuz, Egyptian sultan

William IV, Count of Nevers, French nobleman

Jocelin of Soissons, French theologian, philosopher and composer

Hugh Capet, French king

Li Yu, Chinese official and chancellor

Christian feast day: Anthony Mary Claret

Christian feast day: Eberigisil (Evergitus)

Christian feast day: Five Martyrs of Carthage (Felix and Companions)

Christian feast day: Luigi Guanella

Christian feast day: Magloire of Dol

Christian feast day: Martin of Vertou

Christian feast day: Proclus of Constantinople

Christian feast day: Rafael Guízar y Valencia

Christian feast day: Senoch

Christian feast day: October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Food Day (United States)

International Day of Diplomats

United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)

World Development Information Day

World Polio Day