Daily Calendar for Friday, October 24, 2014
Born
- Sarah Hale (poet; magazine editor) β
- Belva A. Lockwood (lawyer) β
- Melvin Purvis (FBI agent) β
- Moss Hart (playwright) β
- Bob Kane (cartoonist; co-creator of Batman) β
- Denise Levertov (poet) β
- The Big Bopper (singer) β
- Bill Wyman (bassist; formerly of The Rolling Stones) β
- F. Murray Abraham (actor) β
- Kevin Kline (actor) β
- Monica (singer) β
Died
- Daniel Webster (lawyer & statesman) β
- Franklin Carmichael (Canadian painter) β
- Gene Roddenberry (author & producer) β
- Raul Julia (actor) β
- George P. Oslin (Western Union executive) β
- Harry Hay (early activist in the gay-rights movement, founded Mattachine Society) β
- Rosa Parks (civil rights activist) β
- Marcia Strassman (actress) β
- Maureen O'Hara (actress) β
- Robert Guillaume (actor) β
- Antoine "Fats" Domino (singer) β
- Leslie Jordan (actor
) β
Events
- Spain ratified treaty to cede Florida to the United Statesβ
- Alonzo D. Phillips, of Springfield, Massachusetts, received a patent for phosphorus friction matchesβ
- Astronomer William Lassell discovered Uranus moons Ariel and Umbrielβ
- The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Justice Stephen J. Field of California to President Lincoln in Washington, D.C.β
- Canadian schooner Bluenose won the International Fishermen’s Trophyβ
- Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time, Wilmington, Delawareβ
- First photos of Earth taken from spaceβ
- Actor Richard Burton bought a $1.1 million, 69-carat diamond ring for his wife, Elizabeth Taylor.β
- The Concorde, the world’s only supersonic airliner, headed home to London for the last timeβ
- The Boston Red Sox took Game 1 of the World Series with a final score of 13-1, scoring more runs than any team in the first game of a World Seriesβ
Weather
- Traffic in Buffalo, New York, was stalled for several hours as cars tried to maneuver through six inches of slushy snowβ
- Thunderstorms in the Flagstaff, Arizona, area gave rise to three tornadoesβ
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