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 Caliph 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.
1960 – Nedelin disaster: Dozens die at the Baikonur cosmodrome in the Soviet Union after a rocket explodes on the launch pad.
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 plane, from New York to France.
2012 – Sudan accuses Israel of bombing an arms 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.
2021 – Military coup in Sudan and arrest of a number of ministers, led by Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok.
2022 – Rishi Sunak wins election to lead the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom unopposed, becoming the first British person of Asian descent to serve as Prime Minister.
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Births:
51 – Emperor Domitian, emperor of the Roman Empire.
1632 – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch researcher.
1804 – Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist.
1885 – Ali Al-Ghayati, Egyptian poet, journalist and activist.
1908 – Muhammad Tawfiq, Egyptian actor.
1924 – Abdel Moneim Ibrahim, Egyptian actor.
1925 – Berio, Italian musician.
1928 – Muhammad Beheshti, Iranian Shiite scholar and politician.
1932 – Pierre de Gennes, French physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1991.
++ Robert Mandel, Canadian economist who won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1999.
++ Stephen Covey, American writer.
1939 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor.
1947 – Kevin Kline, American actor.
1957 – Safaa El-Sabaa, Egyptian actress.
1965 – Youssef Buhlul, Bahraini actor.
1967 – Hoda Al-Daghfak, Saudi poet and journalist.
1969 – Adela Noriega, Mexican actress.
1973 Abdel Halim Ali, Egyptian footballer.
1974 – John Bergmeier, American voice actor.
1975 – Juan Pablo Ángel, Colombian footballer.
1976 – Hasnaa Seif El-Din, Egyptian actress.
1977 – Ivan Cavides, Ecuadorian footballer.
1978 – Carlos Edwards, Trinidadian footballer.
++ Nabil Issa, Egyptian actor.
1980 – Matthew Amoah, Ghanaian footballer.
1981 – Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress.
1985 – Wayne Rooney, English footballer.
1986 – John Ruddy, English footballer.
1988 – Tariq Hamed, Egyptian footballer.
1987 – Anthony Vanden Borre, Belgian footballer.
1990 – Muhammad Jahfali, Saudi footballer.
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Death:
996 – Hugues Capet, king of France.
1260 – Saif al-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan.
1537 – Queen Jane Seymour, Queen of England, wife of Henry VIII of England.
1601 – Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer.
1725 – Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian musician.
1898 – Pierre Cécile Puvis de Chavannes, French painter.
1955 – Muhammad Salim Al-Jundi, Syrian linguist, professor and poet.
1978 – Naguib Sorour, Egyptian poet.
1997 – Don Messick, American voice actor.
2005 – Zain al-Abidin Motman, Iranian professor, 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.
