October 24
People born on this day are Scorpio.
- 1992
The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
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Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies.
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Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
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Arsenal Football Club loses 2–0 to Manchester United in a match dubbed the Battle of the Buffet, ending their Premier League record 49-match unbeaten streak.
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Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
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Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
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"Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
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The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.
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A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
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Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a police training centre in Balochistan, Pakistan, killing at least 59 cadets and injuring more than 165 others.
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The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.
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A 14 year old resident from Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina initiated a terrorist attack on the local police station, killing one police officer and injuring another.
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2008Liamani, American singer and actress
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1999Amon-Ra St. Brown, American football player
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1998Daya, American singer
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1997Bron Breakker, American wrestler
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1997Claudia Fragapane, English gymnast
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1997Raye, British singer-songwriter
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1996Jaylen Brown, American basketball player
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1996Rafael Devers, Dominican baseball player
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1996Océane Dodin, French tennis player
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1996Garrison Mathews, American basketball player
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1996Kyla Ross, American gymnast
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1995Vincent Leuluai, Australian rugby league player
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