Page 8: Historical Events In October - 24

2017  Crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman vows to return Saudi Arabia to moderate Islam after announcing 500bn independent economic zone on October - 24.   

2017  On this day in history albert Einstein 's "Theory of Happiness", written as a note for a bellboy instead of a tip in Tokyo in 1922 sells for $1.56 million   

2018  On October - 24 pipe bombs sent to prominent US Democrats including the Obamas, Clintons, John Brennan and CNN, but safely defused   

2018  On October - 24 largest jackpot in US history at 1.6 billion won by one person in Southern Carolina   

2018  Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge named UN Person of the Year for setting a new marathon world record and for his work with AIDS/HIV in Kenya on October - 24.   

2018  Scientists confirm East Island in Hawaii, half a mile long, has been wiped out after contact with Hurricane Walaka on October - 24.   

2018  On October - 24 eU directive bans single-use plastics by 2021   

2019  Remains of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco removed from mausoleum in Valley of the Fallen and reburied in private family vault in Madrid on October - 24.   

2021  On this day in history michael Jordan 's 1984 Nike Air Ships sell for $1.472 million at Sotheby's, a new record for sneakers at auction [1]   

2021  On this day in history the 2021 Uzbek presidential election is held.[220]   

2023  American pop singer Britney Spears releases her memoir "The Woman in Me" [1] on October - 24.   

2023  Former lawyer to Donald Trump Jenna Ellis is the fourth person to plead guilty and accept a plea deal in the Georgia election interference case [1] on October - 24.   

2024  On October - 24 american rapper Lil Durk arrested on federal charges of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire as he attempts to flee the US [1]   

2024  The first case of the Kwango province disease outbreak is reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on October - 24.   

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0051  On October - 24 birth of domitian, Roman Emperor (d. 96)   

1378  David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay, heir to the throne of Scotland (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.   

1607  On October - 24 birth of john Lievensz, painter/etcher/wood carver   

1632  On this day in history birth of antony van Leeuwenhoek, Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)   

1675  On this day in history birth of richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, English soldier and politician (d. 1749)   

1710  On this day in history birth of alban Butler, English Catholic priest and writer (d. 1773)   

1763  On this day in history birth of dorothea von Schlegel, German novelist (d. 1839)   

1788  Sarah Josepha Hale, author (Mary Had a Little Lamb) was born on October - 24.   

0996  On October - 24 hugo Capet, king of France (987-96), dies at 58   

1375  On this day in history death of king Valdemar IV of Denmark (bc. 1320)   

1521  Robert Fayrfax, composer, dies at 57 on October - 24.   

1537  On this day in history jane Seymour, 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies   

1572  On this day in history death of edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician (bc. 1508)   

1579  On this day in history albrecht V von Wittelsbach, duke of Bavaria, dies at 51   

1601  On October - 24 tycho Brahe, astronomer, dies in Prague at 54   

1649  Ferdinand van Boisschot, South Neth diplomat, dies at about 89 on this day in history.