{"id":208290,"date":"2020-01-01T13:39:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/october-24\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:36:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:36:45","slug":"october-24","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/october-24\/","title":{"rendered":"October 24: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 24th is a great day for food, as it’s known as Bologna Day and Food Day.

Welcome to the 297^{th day of the year! We’re slowly getting through the year, and now have only days remaining in 2025.}

The events of this day in history were incredibly varied and include transportation events, environment, music and so much more.

Did you know that on this day in 2003, the last commercial Concorde flight took place? British Airways ran this final flight from New York’s JFK airport to London Heathrow.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about October 24^{th in history!\r\n\r\n}

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What memorable events happened on October 24 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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2023\r\n\r\n
Iceland’s Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
This was the seventh Kvennafrí, or “Women’s Day Off,” with the first strike held on this day in 1975. Icelandic PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir joined the strike this time, putting off her ministerial duties for the day in solidarity with Iceland’s women. Issues raised included wage discrimination and gender-based violence.\r\n\r\n
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2021\r\n\r\n
A pair of Michael Jordan’s 1984 Nike Air Ships broke the record for the highest-selling sneakers at auction.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
This particular pair of Nikes sold for $1.472 million, as they are the earliest-known shoes Jordan wore in a regular season.\r\n\r\n
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2018\r\n\r\n
The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.\r\n\r\n
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2018\r\n\r\n
Someone in South Carolina won a $1.6 billion lottery jackpot, making it the biggest win in US history at the time.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
The winner chose the lump sum payout (instead of the 30-year annual payments), which was worth $904 million!\r\n\r\n
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2003\r\n\r\n
The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1995\r\n\r\n
People in South Asia witnessed a total eclipse that lasted 2 minutes and 9 seconds.\r\n\r\n
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1979\r\n\r\n
The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1973\r\n\r\n
When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1946\r\n\r\n
A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1929\r\n\r\n
Dubbed “Black Thursday,” the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.\r\n\r\n
$OTD in 1929: Dubbed \"Black Thursday$ \r\n\r\n
The market tanked 11% and began the decade-long Great Depression.\r\n\r\n
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1901\r\n\r\n
On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Her reasoning for doing so was to secure herself financially in her later years. She lived to tell the tale, although she didn’t make much money from the act.\r\n\r\n
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1857\r\n\r\n
The world’s first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in England.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1851\r\n\r\n
British astronomer William Lassell discovered two of Uranus’ moons, Ariel and Umbriel.\r\n\r\n
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1818\r\n\r\n
The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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1593\r\n\r\n
Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Twentieth-century paranormal investigators have suggested that teleportation and alien abduction are possible reasons for this occurrence.\r\n\r\n
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1590\r\n\r\n
John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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