Right this moment is Thursday, Oct. 24, the 298th day of 2024. There are 68 days left within the 12 months.
Right this moment in historical past:
On Oct. 24, 2002, authorities apprehended John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo close to Myersville, Maryland, within the Washington-area sniper assaults. (Malvo was later sentenced to life in jail. Muhammad was sentenced to demise and executed in 2009.)
Additionally on this date:
In 1537, Jane Seymour, the third spouse of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days after giving start to Prince Edward, later King Edward VI.
In 1929, an enormous sell-off on the opening bell of the New York Inventory Alternate led to chaos as stockbrokers couldn’t sustain with commerce requests. Although the market recovered some loses by the top of the day, “Black Thursday” marked the start of the Wall Road Crash of 1929.
In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York Metropolis with New Jersey, was devoted. It was the world’s longest suspension bridge at the moment.
In 1945, the United Nations formally got here into existence because the Constitution of the United Nations, ratified by 29 nations, took impact. The date is now noticed as United Nations Day.
In 1952, Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower vowed to go to Korea as he promised to finish the continued battle there. (Eisenhower would certainly go to Korea in December, after profitable the election however previous to his inauguration.)
In 2003, a British Airways flight from New York to London marked the ultimate industrial flight of the supersonic Concorde jet.
In 2012, Hurricane Sandy roared throughout Jamaica and headed towards Cuba on its technique to the jap United States.
In 2021, closely protected crews in Washington state labored to destroy the primary nest of so-called homicide hornets found in the USA.
Right this moment’s Birthdays:
Rock musician Invoice Wyman is 88.
Actor F. Murray Abraham is 85.
Actor Kevin Kline is 77.
Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., is 70.
Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is 68.
Actor B.D. Wong is 64.
Singer Monica Arnold is 44.
Clothier Zac Posen is 44.
Singer-rapper Drake is 38.
Actor Ashton Sanders is 29.
NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown is 28.
Actor Hudson Yang is 21.
