Historical Events In October - 24

1917  On October - 24 marshall Goldberg, NFL halfback (Chicago Cardinals)   

1918  On this day in history alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86   

1920  On October - 24 louise H "Lous" Hensen, actress (Medea, Uncle Wanja)   

1922  German parliament mandates Ebert president until July 1925 on this day in history.   

1923  Gen Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship on this day in history.   

1923  Denise Levertov, American poet/essayist (Joy Beneath the Skin) on this day in history.   

1924  On October - 24 christian Gen Feng Joe Siang occupies Beijing   

1924  Jose Casanovas, composer on this day in history.   

1925  On October - 24 jayaaram N Reddy, South African politician/banker   

1925  Jindrich S Baar, Czech pastor/writer (Lusy), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1926  On October - 24 harry Houdini's last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.   

1926  Y A Tittle, AAFC/NFL QB (Baltimore, SF, NY Giants, MVP 1963) on October - 24.   

1927  On this day in history renato de Grandis, composer   

1928  On October - 24 gabriel Laub, Polish writer   

1929  On this day in history "Black Thursday", one of the biggest Wall Street crash, spells out the beginning of the great American depression.   

1929  "Black Thursday," beginning of stock market crash on this day in history.   

1929  "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history george H Crumb, Charleston WV, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time)   

1929  On this day in history peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74   

1930  On this day in history a bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."   

1930  On October - 24 big Bopper, [JP Richardson], Sabine Pass Tx, vocalist (Chantiily Lace)   

1930  Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor/director (Dr Faustus), dies at 26 on October - 24.   

1931  George Washington Bridge connecting NY to NJ opens on October - 24.   

1931  On October - 24 gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion   

1931  On this day in history sofiya Asgatovna Gubaydulina, composer   

1931  On this day in history murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies   

1932  On October - 24 british govt signs trade treaty with USSR   

1933  Langston Hughes' "Mulatto," premieres in NYC on October - 24.   

1933  On this day in history norman Rush, American writer   

1934  On this day in history arvind Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test)   

1935  On October - 24 italy invades Ethiopia   

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia [10/2] on October - 24.   

1936  Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politican (VVD) on this day in history.   

1938  On October - 24 uS forbids child labor in factories   

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0051  Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96) was born on October - 24.   

1378  On this day in history birth of david Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402)   

1607  John Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver was born on this day in history.   

1632  Antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions) was born on October - 24.   

1675  On October - 24 birth of richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)   

1710  On this day in history birth of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)   

1763  Dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839) was born on October - 24.   

1788  Sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb) was born on October - 24.   

0996  On October - 24 hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58   

1375  Death of King Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320) on this day in history.   

1521  On October - 24 robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57   

1537  Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies on this day in history.   

1572  On October - 24 death of edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508)   

1579  Albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1601  On this day in history tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54   

1649  On October - 24 ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89