Thursday October 24, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

October 24: Day of the Week

October 24, 2024 is the 298th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 68 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Thursday.

If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is jueves.

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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

Scorpio is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

October 24 Historical Event(s)

69
Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius.
1260
Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
1812
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
1857
Sheffield F.C., the world’s first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
1912
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
1954
Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
1964
Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony until the next year, with the Unilateral Declaration of Independence)
2003
Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
2005
Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
2008
“Bloody Friday” saw many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.

Who were born on October 24?

1906
Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968)
1933
Reginald “Reggie” Kray, British gangster and murderer (d. 2000)
1940
Martin Campbell, New Zealand film director
1950
Steven Greenberg, American composer (Lipps Inc.)
1954
Doug Davidson, American actor
1961
Dave Meltzer, American wrestling journalist
1972
Scott Peterson, American murderer
1980
Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer
1982
Mohamed Fairuz Fauzy, Malaysian racing driver
1987
Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer

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