October 24 - This Day in History

October 24: General Interest
1901: First barrel ride down Niagara Falls

On this day in 1901, a 63-year-old schoolteacher named Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to take the plunge over Niagara Falls in a barrel... read more


American Revolution
1775 : British naval fleet attacks Norfolk, Virginia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-naval-fleet-attacks-norfolk-virginia


Automotive
1931 : George Washington Bridge is dedicated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/george-washington-bridge-is-dedicated


Civil War
1862 : Union General Don Carlos Buell is replaced
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosecrans-replaces-buell


Cold War
1970 : Leftist Salvador Allende elected president of Chile
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/leftist-salvador-allende-elected-president-of-chile


Crime
1997 : Marv Albert faces sentencing in sexual assault case
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marv-albert-faces-sentencing-in-sexual-assault-case


Disaster
1947 : Commuter trains collide in England
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/commuter-trains-collide-in-england


General Interest
1648 : Thirty Years War ends
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/thirty-years-war-ends

1945 : U.N. formally established
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/un-formally-established

1969 : Burton buys Liz a diamond
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/burton-buys-liz-a-diamond

2003 : The Concorde makes its final flight
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-concorde-makes-its-final-flight


Hollywood
1969 : Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid opens
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/butch-cassidy-and-the-sundance-kid-opens


Literary
1958 : Raymond Chandler starts his last novel
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/raymond-chandler-starts-his-last-novel


Music
1962 : James Brown records breakthrough Live at the Apollo album
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/james-brown-records-breakthrough-live-at-the-apollo-album


Old West
1861 : Western Union completes the first transcontinental telegraph line
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/western-union-completes-the-first-transcontinental-telegraph-line


Presidential
1951 : Truman declares war with Germany officially over
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/truman-declares-war-with-germany-officially-over


Sports
1992 : Toronto Blue Jays finally win a World Series for Canada
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/toronto-blue-jays-finally-win-a-world-series-for-canada


Vietnam War
1954 : U.S. president pledges support to South Vietnam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-president-pledges-support-to-south-vietnam

1966 : Manila Conference attendees issue "Declaration of Peace"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/manila-conference-attendees-issue-declaration-of-peace


World War I
1917 : Battle of Caporetto
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-caporetto


World War II
1945 : The United Nations is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-united-nations-is-born