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October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 68 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600. AD 69 ...
October 24, 1945 (Wednesday) [ edit ] The United Nations was established when the United Nations Charter came into effect at 4:50 p.m. EST, with ratification by the Soviet Union bringing the total number of signatories to 29.
United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 October, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, to "be devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for" its work.
It is most associated with October 24, 1929, known as "Black Thursday", when a record 12.9 million shares were traded on the NYSE in a single day (as compared to an average of four million), [1] [2] and October 29, 1929, known as "Black Tuesday", when about 16.4 million shares were traded. [3]
On October 24th in 1986, rapper, Drake (born Aubrey Graham), was born in Toronto, Ontario. Events on October 24th in history: 1945: The United Nations was created, two months after World War II ...
The Daksa executions took place on October 24/25 when Yugoslav Partisans killed 53 men accused of collaborationism. In the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the American aircraft carrier USS Princeton was crippled by a kamikaze aircraft attack and was scuttled. Japanese destroyer Wakaba was bombed and sunk by American aircraft from USS Franklin.
On October 24, Russia hosted a plenary session of the 16th BRICS Summit in the BRICS Plus/Outreach format, bringing together CIS leaders, delegations from Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American countries, and the heads of several international organizations. [10]
This is a list of selected October 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, ...