On this day 24th October
Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com
Facts
1260 Qutuz, Mamluk Sultans of Egypt (1259-60), is assassinated by Baibars, a fellow Mamluk leader, who seizes power for himself
1648 Treaty of Westphalia ends The Thirty Year's War in the Holy Roman Empire; Switzerland's independence recognized
1857 World's first soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in Yorkshire, England
1929 "Black Thursday", start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%
1962 Cuban missile crisis: US blockade of Cuba begins
2008 "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experienced the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
Deaths
1537 Jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies
1601 Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1898 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824)
1953 Ernest Irving, composer, dies at 74
1972 Jackie Robinson, 1st African American baseball player (Bkln Dodgers), dies at 53
1991 Gene Roddenberry, creator (Star Trek), dies of cardiac arrest at 70
1997 Don Messick, American cartoon voice (Scooby-Doo, Bamm Bamm Rubble), dies at 62
2005 Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white passenger, dies at 92
2016 Pete Burns, English singer (Dead or Alive, "Spin Me Round"), dies of a cardiac arrest at 57
Born on this day
1985 Wayne Rooney, English footballer (Manchester United), born in Liverpool, England
Tycho Brahe
Gene Roddenberry
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