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What happened in history on this day: October 24?
On October 24 in ...
- 1871 - Mob in Los Angeles, California, hangs 18 Chinese.
- 1926 - Magician Harry Houdini performs in Detroit, Michigan, but collapses during intermissions from stomach pain.
- 1929 - First day of New York stock market crash, Black Thursday.
- 1929 - Song "Happy Days are Here Again" is published in the USA.
- 1931 - The George Washington Bridge connecting New York to New Jersey is dedicated.
- 1939 - Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (Wilmington, Delaware, USA).
- 1940 - 40 hour work week goes into effect in US (Fair Labor Standards of 1938).
- 1947 - Series of forest fires burn US$30 million of timber (New England States).
- 1962 - During the American blockade of Cuba, Soviet tanker Bucharest approaches the quarantine zone. U.S. military forces go to DEFCON 2, preparing for full-scale war with the Soviet Union.
- 1973 - Heavy fog causes 65-car collision killing nine on New Jersey Turnpike.
- 1984 - Intelsat 5 re-enters Earth's atmosphere five months after it failed.
- 1987 - NBC technicians accept pact, end 118 day strike.
- 1989 - Disgraced TV evangelist Jim Bakker is sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000 on 24 counts of fraud.
- 2005 - Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in southwestern Florida as a category 3 hurricane.
- 2007 - The inaugural Caesars Palace Classic poker tournament is held at Caesars Palace casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. David Singer wins, collecting US$1 million.
- 2007 - Merrill Lynch publishes its third quarter financial results, including a US$8.4 billion write-down resulting from bad mortgage loans. This is the company's first quarterly loss in six years.
- 2009 - The number of US bank failures this year has topped more than 100 after US federal regulators shut down three small Florida banks. More US banks have now failed this year than in any year since 1992.
- 2012 - (to October 30) Hurricane Sandy kills at least 209 people in the Caribbean, Bahamas, United States and Canada. Considerable storm surge damage causes major disruption to the eastern seaboard of the United States.
Births on October 24
- 1904 - Birth of Moss Hart in Bronx, New York, USA; playwright (You can't Take it With You, Act 1).
- 1925 - Birth of Teri Keane in New York City, New York, USA; radio actor (CBS Radio Mystery Theater (1974-82), Life Can be Beautiful, The Second Mrs. Burton), TV actor (Loving, Ryan's Hope, All My Children, One Life to Live, The Edge of Night, Guiding Light, Young Dr. Malone, The Road of Life, As the World Turns, Search for Tomorrow, Kitty Foyle).
- 1929 - Birth of George Crumb in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; composer (Pulitzer Prize 1968 - Echoes of Time).
- 1930 - Birth of Jiles Perry Richardson AKA The Big Bopper in Texas, USA; singer-songwriter, disc jockey.
- 1936 - Birth of David Nelson in New York City, New York, USA; actor/producer (Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Peyton Place).
- 1938 - Birth of Fred E Finn in San Francisco, California, USA; pianist (Mickie Finn's).
- 1947 - Birth of Kevin Kline in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; actor (Sophie's Choice, The Big Chill, Search for Tomorrow).
- 1972 - Birth of Louis Michael Anthony in Sassin, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; rocker (4 Fun - "Unbelievable Fun").
Deaths on October 24
- 1821 - Death of Elias Boudinot in Burlington, New Jersey, USA; US Mint Director (1795-1805), member of New Jersey Provincial Congress (1775), President of Continental Congress (1782-1783), signed peace treaty with Great Britain, member of House of Representatives (1789-1795), co-founded American Bible Society (1816), President of American Bible Society.
- 1852 - Death of Daniel Webster in Marshfield, Massachusetts, USA; lawyer, Representative (1813-17, 1823-27), US Senator (1827-41, 1843-50), Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), presidential candidate (1852).
- 1963 - Death of Beverly Wills at age 29 in a house fire at Palm Springs, California, USA; actress (Beverly Grossman - I Married Joan).
- 1972 - Jackie Robinson, major league baseball player (Brooklyn Dodgers 1947, Hall of Fame), dies of heart disease at age 53 at his home in Stamford, Connecticut.
- 1985 - Death of Virginia Culver; American Numismatic Association President.
- 1991 - Death of Gene Roddenberry of a heart attack at age 70; American television producer (Star Trek).
- 2002 - Death of Tom Dowd of emphysema; American record producer (Eric Clapton, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Rod Stewart, Aretha Franklin, Cream, Lulu, Chicago, The Allman Brothers Band, The J. Geils Band, Meat Loaf, Sonny and Cher, Willie Nelson, Diana Ross, Kenny Loggins, Dusty Springfield, The Drifters, Otis Redding).
- 2006 - Death of Enolia McMillan, first female president of the NAACP (born 1904).
- 2017 - Death of Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927).
- 2022 - Death of Ash Carter at age 68; US Defence Secretary.
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