History Events on October 24

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

#Harry_Houdini

Concorde makes its last commercial flight.

#Concorde

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

#Peace_of_Westphalia

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

#Deep_Space_1

President Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.

#South_Vietnam

An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California.

#Chinese_massacre_of_1871

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

#R-9_Desna

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

#Chartres_Cathedral

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

#V-2_No._13

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

#Annie_Edson_Taylor

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

#Brazilian_Revolution_of_1930

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

#Hurricane_Wilma

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

#Santa_María_(volcano)

At the request of the Stalinist regime of Ern? Ger?, a massive Soviet force invades Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution. Imre Nagy is reinstalled as Prime Minister.

#Ern?_Ger?

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

#Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf

The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union.

#Solidarity_(Polish_trade_union)

William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.

#William_Lassell

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

#Battle_of_Maloyaroslavets

Poland is completely consumed by Russia, Prussia and Austria.

#Third_Partition_of_Poland

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

#Battle_of_Kumanovo

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

#Battle_of_Kirk_Kilisse

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

#John_White_(colonist_and_artist)

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

#Chang'e_1

First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front.

#Battle_of_Caporetto

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

#George_Washington_Bridge

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

#Tenterfield_Oration

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

#House_Un-American_Activities_Committee

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

#Treaty_of_Brétigny

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

#Northern_Rhodesia

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

#2016_Malta_Fairchild_Merlin_crash

"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.

#Stock_market_crash

"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange.

#Wall_Street_Crash_of_1929

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.

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

Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.

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.

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

A ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people.

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

The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid.

The United Nations Charter comes into effect.

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

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

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

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

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