October 24

October 24th is a great day for food, as it’s known as Bologna Day and Food Day.

2023

Iceland's Prime Minister joined thousands of women on strike to protest gender inequality.

2021

A pair of Michael Jordan's 1984 Nike Air Ships broke the record for the highest-selling sneakers at auction.

2018

The EU declared that single-use plastics would be banned by 2021.

2018

Someone in South Carolina won a $1.6 billion lottery jackpot, making it the biggest win in US history at the time.

2003

The final commercial Concorde flight took place between New York and London Heathrow.

1995

People in South Asia witnessed a total eclipse that lasted 2 minutes and 9 seconds.

1979

The Guinness World Records awarded Paul McCartney the best-selling singer-songwriter of all time.

1973

When 65 cars collided during thick fog on the New Jersey Turnpike, nine people were killed.

1946

A V-2 rocket captured the first photograph of Earth from outer space.

1929

Dubbed 'Black Thursday,' the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.

1901

On her 63rd birthday, American school teacher Annie Taylor was the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

1857

The world's first soccer club, Sheffield F.C., was founded in England.

1851

British astronomer William Lassell discovered two of Uranus' moons, Ariel and Umbriel.

1818

The pianist Felix Mendelssohn performed for the first time in Berlin at just nine years old.

1593

Folklore states that injured soldier Gil Pérez was mysteriously transported from the Philippines to Mexico City.

1590

John White returned to England after failing to find the lost Roanoke colonists.