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Other Notable Events, Oct. 24
In 1861, the first telegram was transmitted across the United States from California Chief Justice Stephen Field to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Washington.
In 1901, daredevil Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
In 1945, following Soviet ratification, U.S. Secretary of State James Byrnes announced the U.N. charter was in effect. Establishment of the United Nations came less than two months after the end of World War II.
In 1984, the FBI arrested 11 alleged chiefs of the Colombo crime family on charges of racketeering in New York City.
In 1989, TV evangelist Jim Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $500,000 for fleecing his flock.
In 1993, the death of Burundi President Melchior Ndadaye in a military coup was confirmed.
In 1995, the United Nations marked its 50th anniversary with the largest gathering of world leaders in history.
In 2002, police arrested two suspects in the three-week series of sniper attacks in the Washington area that killed 10 and wounded three others. John Allen Muhammad, 41, and John Lee Malvo, 17, were found sleeping in a car at a rest stop outside Frederick, Md.
In 2003, an era in aviation history ended when the supersonic Concorde took off from New York to London on its final flight.
In 2004, a series of severe earthquakes in northern Japan killed 21 people and injured more than 1,500 others.
In 2005, Hurricane Wilma roared into Florida, packing 125 mph winds and lashing rain, inflicting heavy damage to beaches and buildings. Ten deaths were reported and some 2.5 million South Floridians were without power.
Also in 2005, U.S. President George Bush nominated Ben Bernanke, his chief economic adviser, to replace Alan Greenspan as Federal Reserve Board chairman.
In 2006, a CNN poll said 60 percent of U.S. citizens contracted said they believed neither the United States nor insurgents were winning the war in Iraq.
Also in 2006, U.S. military leaders said Iraq's own security forces wouldn't be ready to assume responsibility for the country for 12-18 months.
In 2007, strong and gusty winds fanning 15 large wildfires in Southern California began to ease after 656 square miles and at least 1,155 homes had been charred.
Also in 2007, a new U.S. government report revealed the federal terrorist watch list had grown to include more than 755,000 names.
This news arrived on: 10/23/2009
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10-28-2009 00:07
bobbyr54 wrote:
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that daredevil Annie Edson Taylor is a relative of mine on my mother's side. On my dad's side of the family I am also a Hatfield, both my great great grandmother and my great grandmothers being Hatfields.
10-24-2009 09:56
Noteable Events wrote:
Noteable Events
Why do they stop with 2007, what happened to 2008?
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