October 24
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[edit] Events
- 1648 - The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War.
- 1861 - The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
- 1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
- 1917 - The day of the October revolution in Russia
- 1929 - "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
- 1935 - Italy invades Ethiopia
- 1945 - Founding of the United Nations
- 1964 - Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony)
- 1973 - Yom Kippur War ends
- 1980 - Government of Poland legalizes Solidarity trade union
- 2002 - Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC.
[edit] Births
- 1855 - James S. Sherman, Vice President of the United States (d. 1912)
- 1948 - Kweisi Mfume, American politician and activist
- 1953 - Steven J. Hatfill, bio-weapons expert
- 1966 - Roman Abramovich, Russian oil magnate
[edit] Deaths
- 1601 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)
- 1852 - Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician (b. 1782)
- 1935 - Dutch Schultz, American gangster (b. 1902)
- 1945 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian National Socialist (b. 1887)
- 2005 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)
