It happened on this day, October 24
Events:
680 – The Battle of Karbala took place between Imam Hussein bin Ali bin Abi Talib, his family and companions, and the army of Yazid bin Muawiyah.
1147 – The Crusaders occupy the city of Lisbon.
1260 – Mamluk leader Sultan Saif al-Din Qutuz is killed and al-Zahir Baybars takes power after him.
1648 – European countries recognize the independence of the Netherlands.
1795 – Poland is divided between the Russian Empire, Austria and Prussia.
1917 – The October Revolution takes place in Russia, which leads to the Bolsheviks taking power.
1929 – The Wall Street index collapses, which is considered the first stage of the global economic crisis of the 1930s.
1934 – Mahatma Gandhi withdraws from the Indian National Congress.
1940 – French head of state Marshal Philippe Pétain meets Nazi leader Adolf Hitler.
(1945-More than 26 countries joined the United Nations including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United States, China, Syria and Lebanon
1954 – Declaration of a state of emergency in Pakistan.
1956 – The Sivers Protocol is signed between England, France and Israel, which defines the role of each country during the tripartite aggression against Egypt.
1964 – The United Kingdom grants independence to Zambia.
1970 – The Chilean Congress chooses Salvador Allende, a Marxist, as leader of the country.
1980 – Israeli President Yitzhak Navon visits Egypt following the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty and Egyptian President Mohamed Anwar Sadat's visit to Jerusalem.
1987 – Explosion at Pan American Airlines offices in Kuwait. The accident caused no casualties.
2003 – Final flight of Concorde, the only supersonic aircraft, from New York to France.
In 2012, Sudan accused Israel of bombing a weapons factory in the capital, Khartoum, using four military planes, killing two citizens and seriously injuring a third.
2013 – Announcement of the discovery of the galaxy Z8 GND 5296, the most distant galaxy known to date; It is 13.1 billion light years from Earth.
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Births:
1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch researcher.
1908 – Muhammad Tawfiq, Egyptian actor.
1928 – Muhammad Beheshti, Iranian Shiite theologian and politician, founder of the Islamic Republican Party, was head of the judiciary and head of the Islamic Revolutionary Council and the Assembly of Experts in Iran.
1957 – Safaa El-Sabaa, Egyptian actress.
** Ismail Al-Rashed, Kuwaiti actor.
1960 – Bushra al-Assad, sister of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
1965 – Youssef Buhlul, Bahraini actor.
1976 – Hasnaa Seif El-Din, Egyptian actress.
1978 – Nabil Issa, Egyptian actor.
1981 – Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress.
1990 – Muhammad Jahfali, Saudi footballer.
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Death:
1260 – Saif al-Din Qutuz: Mamluk sultan.
1601 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer.
1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian musician.
1898 – Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, French painter.
1978 – Naguib Sorour, Egyptian poet.
2005 – Zain al-Abidin Moatman, Iranian professor, novelist, poet and author.
2007 – Azar Habib, Lebanese singer.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⏪ United Nations Day.
⏪ World Development Information Day.
⏪ Independence Day in Zambia.
