Thursday, October 31, 2024
October 31
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
October 30
President John Adams born (1735); Orson Welles broadcasts "The War of the Worlds" radio hoax, causing mass panic in US (1938); Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman in historic Rumble in the Jungle (1974); Ivanka Trump born (1981).
October 29
Sir Walter Raleigh is executed (1618); "Joy of Painting" host Bob Ross born (1942); Actress Winona Ryder born (1971); Actress Gabrielle Union born (1972); Astronaut John Glenn becomes the oldest NASA astronaut in space at age 77 (1998).
Monday, October 28, 2024
October 28
Saturday, October 26, 2024
October 26
Friday, October 25, 2024
October 25
Thursday, October 24, 2024
October 24
Black Thursday US stock market crash, exchange falls 11% in one day (1929); Jackie Robinson dies (1972); Rapper Drake born (1986); Rosa Parks dies (2005); Bloody Friday worldwide stock market crash with most indexes dropping 10% in single day (2008).
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
October 23
Tuesday, October 22, 2024
October 22
Monday, October 21, 2024
October 21
USS Constitution first launched (1797); Inventor Alfred Nobel, founder of Nobel Prizes, born (1833); Actress Carrie Fisher born (1956); Guggenheim Museum opens to the public (1959); Poet and novelist Jack Kerouac dies (1969); Kim Kardashian born (1980).
Saturday, October 19, 2024
October 19
Friday, October 18, 2024
October 18
"Moby-Dick" is first published (1851); The US purchases Alaska from Russia (1867); Thomas Edison dies (1931); Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch conduct first all-female spacewalk (2019); Former Secretary of State Colin Powell dies (2021).
Thursday, October 17, 2024
October 17
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
October 16
Marie Antoinette executed (1793); Author Oscar Wilde born (1854); The Walt Disney Co. founded (1923); Actress Angela Lansbury born (1925); Tony-, Academy-, and Emmy-winning actress Shirley Booth dies (1992).
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
October 15
Monday, October 14, 2024
October 14
Christopher Columbus
Saturday, October 12, 2024
October 12
Friday, October 11, 2024
October 11
GENERAL PULASKI MEMORIAL DAY
Thursday, October 10, 2024
October 10
October 9
John Lennon born (1940); Landslide in Italy kills more than 2,000 (1963); Cuban Revolution figure Che Guevara is executed (1967); Women and girl's education activist Malala Yousafzai survives assassination attempt (2012).
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
October 8
American politician John Hancock dies (1793); Great Chicago Fire begins, killing about 300 people and destroying most of the city (1871); Actress Sigourney Weaver born (1949); "Cats" debuts on Broadway (1982); Office of Homeland Security is created in the wake of 9/11 attacks (2001).
Monday, October 7, 2024
October 7
Saturday, October 5, 2024
October 4
October 5
Thursday, October 3, 2024
October 3
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
October 2
October 1
Yosemite National Park is established (1890); Bonnie Parker, half of the infamous crime duo Bonnie and Clyde, born (1910); President Jimmy Carter born (1924); Actress Dame Julie Andrews born (1935); Walt Disney World opens (1971); 58 killed, 869 injured from mass shooting in Las Vegas (2017).