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October 24
1648 - The treaties for the Peace of Westphalia were signed, ending the Thirty Years War, ultimately destroying the Holy Roman Empire, and ushering in the modern European state system.
1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co.
1901 - Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1931 - The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.
1939 - Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Delaware.
1940 - The 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
1945 - The United Nations officially came into being as its charter took effect.
1962 - A naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1989 - Former television evangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced by a judge in Charlotte, North Carolina to 45 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy. (The sentence was later reduced to eight years; it was further reduced to four years for good behavior.)
2002 - Authorities apprehended John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo near Myersville, Maryland, in the Washington-area sniper attacks. (Malvo was later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but Maryland’s highest court has agreed to reconsider that sentence in 2022; Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in 2009.)
2003 - The last Concordes landed in London, ending the era of supersonic air travel.
2005 - Civil rights activist Rosa Parks died in Detroit at age 92.
2007 - Facebook Inc. sold a 1.6 percent stake of the company to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search giant Google Inc.
2011 - President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief to hundreds of thousands of Americans during a visit to Las Vegas.
2016 - Campaigning in battleground Florida, a defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren pounded Trump, accusing him of disrespecting women and denigrating U.S. troops assisting Iraqis in their push to retake the city of Mosul.
2020 - Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.
Birthdays
25 - Kyla Ross (gymnast)
26 - Ashton Sanders (actor)
27 - Jalen Ramsey (football player)
32 - Eliza Taylor (actress)
32 - Shenae Grimes (actress)
35 - Drake (rapper)
36 - Tim Pocock (actor)
38 - Adrienne Bailon (singer)
40 - Tila Tequila (reality star)
41 - Casey Wilson (actor/comedian)
41 - Monica Arnold (singer/actress)
55 - Zahn McClarnon (actor)
61 - B.D. Wong (actor)
67 - Doug Davidson (actor)
74 - Kevin Kline (actor)
82 - F. Murray Abraham (actor)
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Today in Sports History - October 24
1857 - Recognized by FIFA as the oldest existing club playing football in the world, the Sheffield Football Club is founded in Yorkshire, England.
1943 - The Green Bay Packers intercepted nine passes in a 27-6 victory over the Detroit Lions.
1948 - The Chicago Cardinals scored 35 points in the third quarter on the way to a 49-27 victory over the Boston Yanks.
1965 - Fran Tarkenton (Minnesota Vikings) threw for 407 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-41 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
1972 - Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Connecticut at age 53.
1976 - Chuck Foreman (Minnesota Vikings) rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-12 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. baseball team to win the World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves in six games.
1998 - Ricky Williams (University of Texas) became the leading scorer in NCAA Division I history. At the end of the game he had a total of 428 points.
2004 - Ten people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports
1648 - The treaties for the Peace of Westphalia were signed, ending the Thirty Years War, ultimately destroying the Holy Roman Empire, and ushering in the modern European state system.
1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co.
1901 - Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1931 - The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.
1939 - Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Delaware.
1940 - The 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
1945 - The United Nations officially came into being as its charter took effect.
1962 - A naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1989 - Former television evangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced by a judge in Charlotte, North Carolina to 45 years in prison for fraud and conspiracy. (The sentence was later reduced to eight years; it was further reduced to four years for good behavior.)
2002 - Authorities apprehended John Allen Muhammad and teenager Lee Boyd Malvo near Myersville, Maryland, in the Washington-area sniper attacks. (Malvo was later sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, but Maryland’s highest court has agreed to reconsider that sentence in 2022; Muhammad was sentenced to death and executed in 2009.)
2003 - The last Concordes landed in London, ending the era of supersonic air travel.
2005 - Civil rights activist Rosa Parks died in Detroit at age 92.
2007 - Facebook Inc. sold a 1.6 percent stake of the company to Microsoft Corp. for $240 million, spurning a competing offer from online search giant Google Inc.
2011 - President Barack Obama offered mortgage relief to hundreds of thousands of Americans during a visit to Las Vegas.
2016 - Campaigning in battleground Florida, a defiant Donald Trump blamed his campaign struggles on “phony polls” from the “disgusting” media. Hillary Clinton and Sen. Elizabeth Warren pounded Trump, accusing him of disrespecting women and denigrating U.S. troops assisting Iraqis in their push to retake the city of Mosul.
2020 - Heavily protected crews in Washington state worked to destroy the first nest of so-called murder hornets discovered in the United States.
Birthdays
25 - Kyla Ross (gymnast)
26 - Ashton Sanders (actor)
27 - Jalen Ramsey (football player)
32 - Eliza Taylor (actress)
32 - Shenae Grimes (actress)
35 - Drake (rapper)
36 - Tim Pocock (actor)
38 - Adrienne Bailon (singer)
40 - Tila Tequila (reality star)
41 - Casey Wilson (actor/comedian)
41 - Monica Arnold (singer/actress)
55 - Zahn McClarnon (actor)
61 - B.D. Wong (actor)
67 - Doug Davidson (actor)
74 - Kevin Kline (actor)
82 - F. Murray Abraham (actor)
==================================
Today in Sports History - October 24
1857 - Recognized by FIFA as the oldest existing club playing football in the world, the Sheffield Football Club is founded in Yorkshire, England.
1943 - The Green Bay Packers intercepted nine passes in a 27-6 victory over the Detroit Lions.
1948 - The Chicago Cardinals scored 35 points in the third quarter on the way to a 49-27 victory over the Boston Yanks.
1965 - Fran Tarkenton (Minnesota Vikings) threw for 407 yards and three touchdowns in a 42-41 victory over the San Francisco 49ers.
1972 - Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color barrier in 1947, died in Stamford, Connecticut at age 53.
1976 - Chuck Foreman (Minnesota Vikings) rushed for 200 yards and two touchdowns in a 31-12 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.
1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. baseball team to win the World Series, defeating the Atlanta Braves in six games.
1998 - Ricky Williams (University of Texas) became the leading scorer in NCAA Division I history. At the end of the game he had a total of 428 points.
2004 - Ten people including NASCAR driver Ricky Hendrick and 4 family members are killed in a plane crash near Martinsville Speedway in Virginia; plane owned by NASCAR team Hendrick Motorsports
