Page 4: Historical Events In October - 24

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

1918  Alexander Charles Lecocq, composer, dies at 86 on October - 24.   

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  On October - 24 gen Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship   

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  On October - 24 jose Casanovas, composer   

1925  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 October - 24 renato de Grandis, composer   

1928  Gabriel Laub, Polish writer on October - 24.   

1929  On October - 24 "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 October - 24.   

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

1929  George H Crumb, Charleston WV, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time) on this day in history.   

1929  Peter J Blok, Dutch historian, dies at 74 on October - 24.   

1930  On October - 24 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 this day in history 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  Murray Bisset, cricketer (S Afr)/Chief Justice of Rhodesia, dies on this day in history.   

1932  British govt signs trade treaty with USSR on this day in history.   

1933  Langston Hughes' "Mulatto," premieres in NYC on this day in history.   

1933  On October - 24 norman Rush, American writer   

1934  On October - 24 arvind Apte, cricketer (brother of Madhav Scored 8 & 7 in one Test)   

1935  On this day in history italy invades Ethiopia   

1935  Italy invades Ethiopia [10/2] on this day in history.   

1936  Annelien Kappeyne van de Coppello, Dutch politican (VVD) on October - 24.   

1938  On October - 24 uS forbids child labor in factories   

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0051  Domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96) was born on this day in history.   

1378  David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402) was born on October - 24.   

1607  On October - 24 birth of john Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver   

1632  On October - 24 birth of antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)   

1675  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1788  On this day in history birth of sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)   

0996  Hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58 on October - 24.   

1375  On this day in history death of king Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320)   

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

1537  On October - 24 jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies   

1572  Death of Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508) on October - 24.   

1579  On October - 24 albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51   

1601  On October - 24 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54   

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