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24 October, 2006
Justice Rutherford of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down the "motive clause", an important part of the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act.
24 October, 2003
Concorde makes its last commercial flight, bringing the era of airliner supersonic transport to a close, at least for the time being.
24 October, 2002
Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, DC.
24 October, 1998
Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission
24 October, 1995
A total solar eclipse is visible from Iran, India, Thailand, and SE Asia. [2]
24 October, 1990
Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio, the Italian "stay-behind" clandestine paramilitary NATO army.
24 October, 1986
Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing on an El Al flight at Heathrow. After the verdict, the United Kingdom breaks diplomatic relations with Syria, claiming that Hindawi was helped by Syrian officials.
24 October, 1980
Government of Poland legalises Solidarity trade union
24 October, 1977
Veterans Day is observed on the fourth Monday in October for the seventh and last time. (The holiday is once again observed on November 11 beginning the following year.)
24 October, 1973
Yom Kippur War ends
24 October, 1972
Loddon Viaduct Collapsed in Berkshire, England, killing 3 and injuring hundreds
24 October, 1964
Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes the Republic of Zambia (Southern Rhodesia remained a colony)
24 October, 1960
Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Unions Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing over 100. Among the dead is Field Marshall Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash
24 October, 1957
the USAF starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.
24 October, 1954
Dwight D. Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam
24 October, 1947
Walt Disney testifies to the House Un-American Activities Committee, naming Disney employees he believes to be communists.
24 October, 1945
Founding of the United Nations
24 October, 1944
World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku, and the battleship Musashi are sunk in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
24 October, 1935
Italy invades Ethiopia
24 October, 1931
The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic.
24 October, 1930
A bloodless coup détat in Brazil ousts Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, the last President of the First Republic. Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is then installed as "provisional president."
24 October, 1929
"Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
24 October, 1926
Harry Houdinis last performance, which was at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.
24 October, 1917
Battle of Caporetto starts on the Austro-Italian front of World War I. The day of the Russian revolution, The Red Revolution.
24 October, 1912
First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory.
24 October, 1911
Orville Wright remained in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina setting a new world record that stood for 10 years. [1]
24 October, 1901
Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagra Falls in a barrel.
24 October, 1861
The First Transcontinental Telegraph line across the United States is completed, spelling the end for the 18-month-old Pony Express.
24 October, 1857
Sheffield F.C., the worlds first football club, is founded in Sheffield, England.
24 October, 1812
Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow.
24 October, 1795
Partitions of Poland: The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth is completely divided between Austria, Prussia and Russia
24 October, 1648
The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years War.
24 October, 1593
Alleged teleportation of Gil Perez.
24 October, 1360
The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years War.
24 October, 1260
The spectacular Cathedral of Chartres is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France; the cathedral is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt, is assassinated by Baibars, who seizes power for himself.
24 October, 69
Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus, the commander of the Danube armies, loyal to Vespasian, defeat the forces of Emperor Vitellius.

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