Today in History - October 24, 2024

Dutch microscopist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Eighty Years War-Peace of Westphalia, First transcontinental telegram, WWI-Battle of Caporetto, Benito Mussolini, Crash of 1929-Black Thursday, US Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, United Nations established, American thriller "The Manchurian Candidate", Salvador Allende, Toronto Blue Jays, Concorde flight, Civil Rights activist Rosa Parks, American musician Fats Domino