October 24<\/p>\n
1590 \u2013 John White, the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the “lost” colonists.<\/p>\n
1596 \u2013 The second<\/em> <\/strong>Spanish armada sets sail to strike against England, but is smashed by storms off Cape Finisterre, off the northwest coast of the Iberian peninsula,\u00a0 forcing a retreat to port.<\/p>\n 1861 \u2013 Western Union, <\/em>a combined partnership of the Pacific Telegraph Company and Overland Telegraph Company,\u00a0completes construction of the first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States.<\/p>\n 1900 \u2013 The U.S. government announces plans to buy the Danish West Indies islands of St. Thomas, St. John, St. Croix and later Water- now called the Virgin Islands – for $7 million<\/p>\n 1901 \u2013 Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.<\/p>\n 1911 \u2013 Orville Wright remains in the air 9 minutes and 45 seconds flying a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.<\/p>\n 1912 \u2013 During the First Balkan War, Bulgarian forces near modern K\u0131rklareli, Turkey and Serbians near modern Kumanovo, North Macedonia, are victorious against those of the Ottoman Empire.<\/p>\n 1929 \u2013 The Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange crashes \u00a012.82% (38.33 points) marking the beginning of a world wide economic crisis.<\/p>\n 1930 \u2013 A coup d’\u00e9tat in Brazil ousts President Washington Luis, ending the First Republic<\/p>\n 1931 \u2013 The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.<\/p>\n 1944 \u2013 Off Leyte Gulf, the Japanese naval force attacked earlier by U.S. submarines is engaged and repulsed by U.S. naval surface forces in the Sibuyan Sea<\/p>\n 1945 \u2013 The United Nations Charter comes into effect. 1946 \u2013 A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket, launched from White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.<\/p>\n 1947 \u2013 United Airlines Flight 608, a Douglas DC-6, crashes over the Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, killing all 52 passengers and crew onboard.<\/p>\n 1954 \u2013 President Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam.<\/p>\n 1960 \u2013 A prototype of the R-16 ICBM ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people.<\/p>\n 1963 \u2013 An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills 7 people.<\/p>\n 1992 \u2013 The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.<\/p>\n 1998 \u2013 NASA’s probe, Deep Space 1<\/em> is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.<\/p>\n 2002 \u2013 Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n 2003 \u2013 The A\u00e9rospatiale\/BAC Concorde<\/em> makes its last commercial flight.<\/p>\n 2005 \u2013 After earlier crossing the Yucatan peninsula at category 5 power, Hurricane Wilma,<\/em> at category 3 power, strikes Cape Romano, Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing over $20 billion in damage.<\/p>\n 2008 \u2013 Many of the world’s stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices while the Dow Jones Industrial Average on the New York Stock Exchange drops 3.6%. (312 points)<\/p>\n 2015 \u2013 A driver intentionally crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing 4 people and injuring 34. 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\nVidkun Quisling is executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway for high treason against the Norwegian state<\/p>\n