Major Events
- 1260 Qutuz, Mamluk Sultan of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself
- 1648 Treaty of Westphalia ends the Thirty Years’ War in the Holy Roman Empire; Switzerland’s independence is recognized
- 1929 On “Black Thursday,” the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops 12.8%, marking the start of the stock market crash of 1929
- 1962 Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- 2008 On “Bloody Friday,” many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst decline in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices
Oct 24 in Film & TV
- 1962 “The Manchurian Candidate,” directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra and Laurence Harvey, is released
Oct 24 in Music
- 1979 Guinness Book of Records presents Paul McCartney with a rhodium disc as the all-time best-selling singer-songwriter
Oct 24 in Sport
- 1857 Recognized by FIFA as the oldest existing club still playing football in the world, Sheffield FC is founded in Yorkshire, England, and is now based in Dronfield, Derbyshire
Fun Fact About October 24
Alleged teleportation of Spanish soldier Gil Perez from the Philippines to Mexico
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