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HENDELSER 24. OKTOBER

Danish West Indies

År: 1900

U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.

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Annie Edson Taylor

År: 1901

Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

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First Sino-Japanese War

År: 1894

First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Jiuliancheng: Under the command of General Yamagata Aritomo, the Imperial Japanese Army covertly crosses the Yalu River into Qing territory and launches an assault on the fortifications at Hushan.

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Henry Parkes

År: 1889

Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration, effectively starting the federation process in Australia.

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Shinpūren rebellion

År: 1876

Shinpūren rebellion: Upset at the Westernisation of Meiji Japan and the abolition of the Tokugawa feudal hierarchy, the Keishintō, a group of extremist Shinto former samurai, launch a surprise attack against the Meiji government in Kumamoto Prefecture.

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Normanton incident

År: 1886

Normanton incident: As the British merchant vessel Normanton sinks off the coast of Japan, her European officers appear to commandeer the ship's lifeboats for themselves, leaving her Asian crew and passengers to die and conjuring significant political outrage in Japan.

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1902 eruption of Santa María

År: 1902

Guatemala's Santa María volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century.

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Wright brothers

År: 1911

Orville Wright remains in the air for nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.

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Harry Houdini

År: 1926

Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.

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Wall Street crash of 1929

År: 1929

"Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression.

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FøDSLER 24. OKTOBER

Kray twins

Fødselsår: 1933

Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)

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Sammy Petrillo

Fødselsår: 1934

Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)

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Margie Masters

Fødselsår: 1934

Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)

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Kray twins

Fødselsår: 1933

Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)

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Norman Rush

Fødselsår: 1933

Norman Rush, American author and educator

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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Fødselsår: 1932

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

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Stephen Covey

Fødselsår: 1932

Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)

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John G. Cramer

Fødselsår: 1934

John G. Cramer, American physicist and author

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Mark Tully

Fødselsår: 1935

Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author

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Jimmy Dawkins

Fødselsår: 1936

Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)

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DøDSFALL 24. OKTOBER

Jo Siffert

Dødsår: 1971

Jo Siffert, Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer (born 1936)

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Chuck Hughes

Dødsår: 1971

Chuck Hughes, NFL player died during a game (born 1943)

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Carl Ruggles

Dødsår: 1971

Carl Ruggles, American composer (born 1876)

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Claire Windsor

Dødsår: 1972

Claire Windsor, American actress (born 1892)

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Jackie Robinson

Dødsår: 1972

Jackie Robinson, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1919)

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Richard Hofstadter

Dødsår: 1970

Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916)

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Behçet Kemal Çağlar

Dødsår: 1969

Behçet Kemal Çağlar, Turkish poet and politician (born 1908)

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G. E. Moore

Dødsår: 1958

G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic (born 1873)

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Yaroslav Halan

Dødsår: 1949

Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (born 1902)

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Yevgeny Ostashev

Dødsår: 1960

Yevgeny Ostashev, the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin Prize winner, Candidate of Technical Sciences (born 1924)

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