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UDALOSTI 24. OKTóBER

Danish West Indies

Rok: 1900

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

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Annie Edson Taylor

Rok: 1901

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

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First Sino-Japanese War

Rok: 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

Rok: 1889

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

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Shinpūren rebellion

Rok: 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

Rok: 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

Rok: 1902

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

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Wright brothers

Rok: 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

Rok: 1926

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

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Wall Street crash of 1929

Rok: 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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NARODENIA 24. OKTóBER

Kray twins

Rok narodenia: 1933

Reginald Kray, English gangster (died 2000)

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Sammy Petrillo

Rok narodenia: 1934

Sammy Petrillo, American actor (died 2009)

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Margie Masters

Rok narodenia: 1934

Margie Masters, Australian golfer (died 2022)

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Kray twins

Rok narodenia: 1933

Ronald Kray, English gangster (died 1995)

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Norman Rush

Rok narodenia: 1933

Norman Rush, American author and educator

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Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Rok narodenia: 1932

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

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Stephen Covey

Rok narodenia: 1932

Stephen Covey, American author and educator (died 2012)

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John G. Cramer

Rok narodenia: 1934

John G. Cramer, American physicist and author

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Mark Tully

Rok narodenia: 1935

Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author

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Jimmy Dawkins

Rok narodenia: 1936

Jimmy Dawkins, American singer and guitarist (died 2013)

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ÚMRTIA 24. OKTóBER

Jo Siffert

Rok úmrtia: 1971

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

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Chuck Hughes

Rok úmrtia: 1971

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

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Carl Ruggles

Rok úmrtia: 1971

Carl Ruggles, American composer (born 1876)

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Claire Windsor

Rok úmrtia: 1972

Claire Windsor, American actress (born 1892)

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Jackie Robinson

Rok úmrtia: 1972

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

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Richard Hofstadter

Rok úmrtia: 1970

Richard Hofstadter, American historian and author (born 1916)

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Behçet Kemal Çağlar

Rok úmrtia: 1969

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

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G. E. Moore

Rok úmrtia: 1958

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

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Yaroslav Halan

Rok úmrtia: 1949

Yaroslav Halan, Ukrainian playwright and publicist (born 1902)

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Yevgeny Ostashev

Rok úmrtia: 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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