What are the important events that happened on October 24? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

October 24: Facts & Myths About This Day

October 24 is the 297^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 68 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is October 11, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,354,400 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectaenneacontaheptagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 116 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,690 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

October 24 Historical Events

• 1260 –
  Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
• 1360 –
  The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years’ War.
• 1590 –
  John White, The governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the “lost” colonists.
• 1857 –
  Sheffield F.C., the world’s first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
• 1861 –
  The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
• 1946 –
  A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
• 1954 –
  Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
• 1960 –
  Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union’s Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshal Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash
• 1990 –
  Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian “stay-behind” clandestine paramilitary NATO army, which was implicated in false flag terrorist attacks implicating communists and anarchists as part of the strategy of tension from the late 1960s to early 1980s.
• 2005 –
  Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.

Who were born on October 24?

• 1911 –
  Paul Grégoire, French Canadian archbishop of Montreal (d. 1993)
• 1925 –
  Luciano Berio, Italian composer (d. 2003)
• 1950 –
  Steven Greenberg, American composer (Lipps Inc.)
• 1955 –
  Katherine Knight, Australian murderess
• 1956 –
  Jeff Merkley, American politician, junior senator of Oregon
• 1960 –
  Jaime Garzón, Colombian journalist and comedian (d. 1999)
• 1967 –
  Jacqueline McKenzie, Australian actress
• 1971 –
  Caprice Bourret, American model and actress
• 1983 –
  Hernán Garin, Argentine footballer
• 1989 –
  Shenae Grimes, Canadian actress

Who died on October 24?

• 1537 –
  Jane Seymour, consort of Henry VIII of England (b. 1508)
• 1601 –
  Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)
• 1875 –
  Raffaello Carboni, Italian writer (b. 1817)
• 1922 –
  George Cadbury, British chocolate and cocoa manufacturer (b. 1839)
• 1958 –
  George Edward Moore, British philosopher (b. 1873)
• 1964 –
  Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (b. 1931)
• 2002 –
  Winton M. Blount, United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)
• 2004 –
  Randy Dorton, American race car crew member (b. 1954)
• 2005 –
  José Azcona del Hoyo, Honduran statesman (b. 1926)
• 2005 –
  Robert Sloman, British television writer (b. 1926)