Daily Calendar for Monday, October 24, 2022

Daniel Webster (lawyer & statesman) – 1852
Franklin Carmichael (Canadian painter) – 1945
Gene Roddenberry (author & producer) – 1991
Raul Julia (actor) – 1994
George P. Oslin (Western Union executive) – 1996
Harry Hay (early activist in the gay-rights movement, founded Mattachine Society) – 2002
Rosa Parks (civil rights activist) – 2005
Marcia Strassman (actress) – 2014
Maureen O'Hara (actress) – 2015
Robert Guillaume (actor) – 2017
Antoine Fats" Domino" (singer) – 2017
Leslie Jordan (actor ) – 2022

Spain ratified treaty to cede Florida to the United States– 1820
Alonzo D. Phillips, of Springfield, Massachusetts, received a patent for phosphorus friction matches– 1836
Astronomer William Lassell discovered Uranus moons Ariel and Umbriel– 1851
The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Justice Stephen J. Field of California to President Lincoln in Washington, D.C.– 1861
Canadian schooner Bluenose won the International Fishermen’s Trophy– 1921
Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time, Wilmington, Delaware– 1939
First photos of Earth taken from space– 1946
Actor Richard Burton bought a $1.1 million, 69-carat diamond ring for his wife, Elizabeth Taylor.– 1969
The Concorde, the world’s only supersonic airliner, headed home to London for the last time– 2003
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 Series– 2007

Traffic in Buffalo, New York, was stalled for several hours as cars tried to maneuver through six inches of slushy snow– 1937
Thunderstorms in the Flagstaff, Arizona, area gave rise to three tornadoes– 1992