October 24 Events AD 69 - In the Second Battle of Bedriacum , troops loyal to Vespasian defeat those of Emperor Vitellius. 1260 - Chartres Cathedral is dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX of France . 1360 - The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. 1590 - John White , the governor of the second Roanoke Colony, returns to England after an unsuccessful search for the "lost" colonists. 1641 - Felim O'Neill of Kinard , the leader of the Irish Rebellion , issues his Proclamation of Dungannon , justifying the uprising and declaring continued loyalty to King Charles I of England . 1648 - The Peace of Westphalia is signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War. 1795 - Poland is completely consumed by Russia , Prussia and Austria. 1812 - Napoleonic Wars: The Battle of Maloyaroslavets takes place near Moscow. 1851 - William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus. 1857 - Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England. 1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed. 1871 - An estimated 17 to 20 Chinese immigrants are lynched in Los Angeles, California. 1889 - Henry Parkes delivers the Tenterfield Oration , effectively starting the federation process in Australia. 1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. 1902 - Guatemala's Santa María Volcano begins to erupt, becoming the third-largest eruption of the 20th century. 1911 - Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina . 1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kirk Kilisse concludes with a Bulgarian victory against the Ottoman Empire. 1912 - First Balkan War: The Battle of Kumanovo concludes with the Serbian victory against the Ottoman Empire. 1917 - First World War: Italy suffers a disastrous defeat on the Austro-Italian front. 1918 - First World War: Italy launches their final offensive against Austria-Hungary, which resulted in an armistice 12 days later. 1926 - Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit. 1929 - "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange . 1930 - A bloodless coup d'état in Brazil ends the First Republic, replacing it with the Vargas Era. 1931 - The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River. 1944 - World War II: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the Battle of Leyte Gulf . 1945 - The United Nations Charter comes into effect. 1946 - A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space. 1947 - Famed animator Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee , naming Disney employees he believes to be communists. 1949 - The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. 1954 - President Eisenhower pledges United States support to South Vietnam . 1956 - At the request of the Stalinist regime of Ernő Gerő , a massive Soviet force invades Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution . Imre Nagy is reinstalled as Prime Minister . 1957 - The United States Air Force starts the X-20 Dyna-Soar manned space program. 1960 - A ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad in the Soviet Union, killing over 100 people. 1963 - An oxygen leak from an R-9 Desna missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people. 1964 - Northern Rhodesia gains independence from the United Kingdom and becomes Zambia . 1975 - In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike , refusing to work in protest of gender inequality. 1980 - The government of Poland legalizes the Solidarity trade union . 1986 - Nezar Hindawi is sentenced to 45 years in prison, the longest sentence handed down by a British court, for the attempted bombing of an El Al flight at Heathrow Airport. 1990 - Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti reveals to the Italian parliament the existence of Gladio , the Italian NATO force formed in 1956 , intended to be activated in the event of a Warsaw Pact invasion. 1992 - The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series. 1998 - Deep Space 1 is launched to explore the asteroid belt and test new spacecraft technologies. 2002 - Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C. 2003 - Concorde makes its last commercial flight. 2004 - Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League. 2005 - Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Florida, resulting in 35 direct and 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage. 2007 - Chang'e 1 , the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program , is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center . 2008 - "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices. 2014 - The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1 , which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth . 2015 - A driver crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34. 2016 - A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.Births AD 51 - Domitian , Roman emperor 1378 - David Stewart, Duke of Rothesay 1503 - Isabella of Portugal 1561 - Anthony Babington , English conspirator 1632 - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek , Dutch biologist and microbiologist 1637 - Lorenzo Magalotti , Italian philosopher 1650 - Steven Blankaart , Dutch entomologist 1675 - Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham , English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire 1713 - Marie Fel , French soprano and actress 1763 - Dorothea von Schlegel , German author and translator 1784 - Moses Montefiore , British philanthropist, sheriff and banker 1788 - Sarah Josepha Hale , American author and poet 1798 - Massimo d'Azeglio , Piedmontese-Italian statesman, novelist and painter 1804 - Wilhelm Eduard Weber , German physicist and academic 1811 - Ferdinand Hiller , German composer and conductor 1830 - Marianne North , English biologist and painter 1838 - Annie Edson Taylor, American stuntwoman and educator 1854 - Hendrik Willem Bakhuis Roozeboom , Dutch chemist and academic 1855 - James S. Sherman, American lawyer and politician, 27th Vice President of the United States 1857 - Ned Williamson , American baseball player 1868 - Alexandra David-Néel , Belgian-French explorer and author 1872 - Peter O'Connor , Irish long jumper 1875 - Konstantin Yuon , Russian painter and set designer 1876 - Saya San , Burmese monk and activist 1879 - B. A. Rolfe, American bandleader and producer 1882 - Sybil Thorndike , English actress 1884 - Emil Fjellström , Swedish actor 1885 - Alice Perry , Irish engineer and poet 1887 - Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg 1887 - Octave Lapize , French cyclist and pilot 1891 - Rafael Trujillo , Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic 1891 - Brenda Ueland , American journalist, author, and educator 1894 - Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay , Indian author, poet, and playwright 1895 - Jack Warner , English actor and singer 1896 - Marjorie Joyner , American make-up artist and businesswoman 1898 - Peng Dehuai , Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China 1901 - Gilda Gray , Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer 1903 - Melvin Purvis , American FBI agent 1904 - Moss Hart , American director and playwright 1904 - A.K. Golam Jilani, Bangladeshi activist 1905 - Fran Zwitter , Slovenian historian and academic 1906 - Alexander Gelfond , Russian mathematician and cryptographer 1907 - Patricia Griffin , Montserratian nurse and social worker 1908 - John Tuzo Wilson , Canadian geologist and geophysicist 1909 - Bill Carr , American runner 1910 - Stella Brooks , American singer 1910 - Joe L. Evins, American lawyer and politician 1910 - Gunter d'Alquen , German SS officer and journalist 1910 - James K. Woolnough, American general 1910 - Yoel Zussman , Polish-Israeli lawyer and judge 1911 - Paul Grégoire , Canadian cardinal 1911 - Sonny Terry , American singer and harmonica player 1912 - Peter Gellhorn , German conductor 1912 - Murray Golden , American television director 1912 - Silviu Bindea , Romanian footballer 1913 - Tito Gobbi , Italian actor and singer 1914 - Charles Craig Cannon , American colonel 1914 - František Čapek , Czechoslovakian canoeist 1914 - Lakshmi Sahgal , Indian Independence movement revolutionary and Officer of Indian National Army 1915 - Bob Kane , American author and illustrator 1915 - Marghanita Laski , English journalist and author 1916 - Anne Sharp , Scottish soprano and actress 1917 - Marie Foster , American activist 1918 - Doreen Tovey , English author 1919 - Frank Piasecki , American engineer and pilot 1920 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger , French mathematician and academic 1921 - Ted Ditchburn , English footballer and manager 1921 - R. K. Laxman, Indian illustrator 1922 - George Miller , American educator and politician, Mayor of Tucson 1923 - Robin Day , English lieutenant and journalist 1923 - Denise Levertov , British-born American poet 1924 - John Brereton Barlow , South African cardiologist and physician 1924 - Mary Lee , American actress and singer 1924 - Fuat Sezgin , Turkish historian and academic 1925 - Luciano Berio , Italian composer and educator 1925 - Al Feldstein , American author and illustrator 1925 - Willie Mabon , American-French singer-songwriter and pianist 1925 - Ken Mackay , Australian cricketer 1925 - Ieng Sary , Vietnamese-Cambodian politician co-founded the Khmer Rouge 1925 - Paul Vaughan , English journalist and radio host 1926 - Rafael Azcona , Spanish author and screenwriter 1926 - Y. A. Tittle, American football player 1927 - Gilbert Bécaud , French singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor 1927 - Jean-Claude Pascal , French actor and singer 1927 - Barbara Robinson , American author and poet 1928 - George Bullard , American baseball player 1929 - Hubert Aquin , Canadian activist, author, and director 1929 - George Crumb , American composer and educator 1929 - Rachel Douglas-Home, 27th Baroness Dacre , English wife of William Douglas-Home 1929 - Yordan Radichkov , Bulgarian author and playwright 1929 - Sos Sargsyan , Armenian actor 1930 - Jack Angel , American voice actor 1930 - The Big Bopper , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1930 - Elaine Feinstein , English poet, author, and playwright 1930 - Johan Galtung , Norwegian sociologist and mathematician 1930 - James Scott Douglas , English-born Scottish racing driver and 6th Baronet Douglas 1930 - Ahmad Shah of Pahang 1931 - Sofia Gubaidulina , Russian-German pianist and composer 1931 - Ken Utsui , Japanese actor 1932 - Stephen Covey , American author and educator 1932 - Pierre-Gilles de Gennes , French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1932 - Adrian Mitchell , English journalist, author, poet, and playwright 1932 - Robert Mundell , Canadian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate 1933 - Reginald Kray , English gangster 1933 - Ronald Kray , English gangster 1933 - Norman Rush , American author and educator 1934 - John G. Cramer, American physicist and author 1934 - Glen Glenn , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1934 - Margie Masters , Australian golfer 1934 - Sammy Petrillo , American actor 1934 - Sanger D. Shafer, American singer-songwriter 1935 - Malcolm Bilson , American pianist, musicologist, and educator 1935 - Antonino Calderone , Italian mobster 1935 - Mark Tully , Indian-English journalist and author 1936 - Jüri Arrak , Estonian painter 1936 - Jimmy Dawkins , American singer and guitarist 1936 - David Nelson , American actor, director, and producer 1936 - Bill Wyman , English singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer 1937 - Miguel Ángel Coria , Spanish composer and educator 1937 - Santo Farina , American guitarist and songwriter 1937 - John Goetz , American baseball player 1937 - Heribert Offermanns , German chemist and academic 1937 - M. Rosaria Piomelli, Italian-American architect and academic 1937 - Petar Stipetić , Croatian general 1938 - Stephen Resnick , American economist and academic 1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor 1940 - Martin Campbell , New Zealand director and producer 1940 - Rafał Piszcz , Polish canoe racer 1940 - David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville , English businessman and academic 1940 - Yossi Sarid , Israeli politician 1941 - William H. Dobelle, American medical researcher 1941 - Peter Takeo Okada , Japanese archbishop 1941 - Merle Woo , Asian American activist 1942 - Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic 1942 - Maggie Blye , American actress 1942 - Frank Delaney , Irish journalist and author 1942 - Rafael Cordero Santiago , Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce 1942 - Fernando Vallejo , Colombian biologist and author 1943 - Bill Dundee , Scottish-American wrestler and manager 1943 - Phil Hawthorne , Australian rugby player and coach 1944 - Viktor Prokopenko , Ukrainian footballer and manager 1944 - Bettye Swann , American singer-songwriter 1945 - Gérald Larose , Canadian educator and union leader 1946 - Jerry Edmonton , Canadian drummer 1947 - Kevin Kline , American actor and singer 1948 - Phil Bennett , Welsh rugby player 1948 - Kweisi Mfume , American lawyer and politician 1949 - John Markoff , American journalist and author 1949 - Keith Rowley , Trinidadian volcanologist and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago 1950 - Iggy Arroyo , Filipino lawyer and politician 1950 - Pablove Black , Jamaican singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer 1950 - Miguel Ángel Pichetto , Argentinian lawyer and politician 1950 - Miroslav Sládek , Czech politician 1950 - Gabriella Sica , Italian poet and author 1950 - Maria Teschler-Nicola , Austrian biologist, anthropologist, and ethnologist 1951 - George Tsontakis , American composer and conductor 1952 - Keith Bain , Canadian educator and politician 1952 - Francesco Camaldo , Italian priest 1952 - Jane Fancher , American author and illustrator 1952 - Mark Gray , American country music singer-songwriter and keyboard player 1952 - Peter Smagorinsky , American theorist and educator 1952 - Ángel Torres , Dominican baseball player 1952 - Reggie Walton , American baseball player 1952 - David Weber , American author 1953 - John Barton , English footballer and manager 1953 - Charles Colbourn , Canadian computer scientist and mathematician 1953 - Christoph Daum , German footballer and manager 1953 - Steven Hatfill , American physician and virologist 1953 - Jim Pettie , Canadian ice hockey player 1953 - Andrew Turner , English academic and politician 1953 - David Wright , English keyboard player, songwriter, and producer 1954 - Doug Davidson , American actor 1954 - Tom Mulcair , Canadian lawyer and politician 1954 - Jožo Ráž , Slovak singer-songwriter and bass player 1954 - Mike Rounds , American businessman and politician, junior senator from South Dakota 1954 - Brad Sherman , American accountant, lawyer, and politician 1954 - Malcolm Turnbull , Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia 1955 - Cheryl Studer , American soprano and actress 1956 - Dale Maharidge , American journalist and author 1956 - Jeff Merkley , American businessman and politician 1956 - David Stergakos , American-Greek basketball player 1957 - Ron Gardenhire , German-American baseball player and manager 1957 - John Kassir , American actor and voice actor 1959 - Dominique Baert , French lawyer and politician 1959 - Gunnar Bakke , Norwegian banker and politician, 65th Mayor of Bergen 1959 - Mike Brewer , American baseball player 1959 - Chihiro Fujioka , Japanese director and composer 1959 - Michelle Lujan Grisham , American lawyer and politician 1959 - Rowland S. Howard, Australian guitarist and songwriter 1959 - Dave Meltzer , American journalist and historian 1959 - Shawn Moody , American businessman and politician 1959 - Ruth Perednik , English-Israeli psychologist and academic 1959 - Denis Troch , French footballer and manager 1959 - Annette Vilhelmsen , Danish educator and politician, Danish Minister of Social Affairs 1959 - Anthony Waller , English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter 1960 - Dennis Anderson , American monster truck driver 1960 - Ian Baker-Finch , Australian golfer and sportscaster 1960 - Jaime Garzón , Colombian journalist, lawyer, and activist 1960 - Joachim Winkelhock , German racing driver 1960 - BD Wong , American actor 1961 - Mary Bono , American gymnast and politician 1961 - Bruce Castor , American lawyer and politician 1962 - Yves Bertucci , French footballer and manager 1962 - Ian Dalziel , English footballer and manager 1962 - Jonathan Davies , Welsh rugby player and television host 1962 - Debbie Googe , English bass player and songwriter 1962 - Andrea Horwath , Canadian politician 1962 - Gibby Mbasela , Zambian footballer 1963 - Mark Grant , American baseball player and sportscaster 1963 - John Hendrie , Scottish footballer and manager 1964 - Rosana Arbelo , Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist 1964 - Paul Bonwick , Canadian businessman and politician 1964 - Grant Gee , English film maker, photographer, cinematographer 1964 - Dmitri Gorkov , Russian footballer and manager 1964 - Janele Hyer-Spencer , American lawyer and politician 1964 - Ray LeBlanc , American ice hockey player 1964 - Doug Lee , American basketball player 1964 - Paul Vigay , English computer programmer 1965 - Kyriakos Velopoulos , German-Greek journalist and politician 1966 - Roman Abramovich , Russian businessman and politician 1966 - Simon Danczuk , English academic and politician 1967 - Ian Bishop , Trinidadian cricketer and sportscaster 1967 - Olo Brown , Samoan-New Zealand rugby player 1967 - Jacqueline McKenzie , Australian actress 1967 - Esther McVey , English television host and politician 1968 - Francisco Clavet , Spanish tennis player 1968 - Mark Walton , American voice actor and illustrator 1968 - Robert Wilonsky , American journalist and critic 1969 - Emma Donoghue , Irish-Canadian author 1969 – Adela Noriega , Mexican actress 1970 - Rob Leslie-Carter , English field hockey player and engineer 1970 - Jeff Mangum , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1971 - Aaron Bailey , American football wide receiver 1971 - Gustavo Jorge , Argentina international rugby union player 1971 - Zephyr Teachout , American academic 1971 - Diane Guthrie-Gresham , Jamaican track and field athlete 1971 - Caprice Bourret , American model and actress 1972 - Pat Williams , American football player and coach 1972 - Jeremy Wright , English lawyer and politician, Attorney General for England and Wales 1973 - Meelis Friedenthal , Estonian author and academic 1973 - Kurt Kuenne , American filmmaker, known for the documentary 1973 - Levi Leipheimer , American cyclist 1973 - Jackie McNamara , Scottish footballer and manager 1973 - Laura Veirs , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 1973 - Jeff Wilson , New Zealand rugby player, cricketer, and radio host 1974 - Gábor Babos , Hungarian footballer 1974 - Corey Dillon , American football player 1974 - Wilton Guerrero , Dominican baseball player and scout 1974 - Jamal Mayers , Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster 1975 - Juan Pablo Ángel , Colombian footballer 1975 - Frank Seator , Liberian footballer 1976 - Matteo Mazzantini , Italian rugby player 1976 - Petar Stoychev , Bulgarian swimmer 1977 - Iván Kaviedes , Ecuadoran footballer 1978 - Carlos Edwards , Trinidadian footballer 1978 - James Hopes , Australian cricketer 1979 - Ben Gillies , Australian drummer and songwriter 1979 - Marijonas Petravičius , Lithuanian basketball player 1980 - Monica , American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress 1980 - Matthew Amoah , Ghanaian footballer 1980 - Kerrin McEvoy , Australian jockey 1980 - Zac Posen , American fashion designer 1980 - Christian Vander , German footballer 1980 - Casey Wilson , American actress and screenwriter 1981 - Kemal Aslan , Turkish footballer 1981 - Sebastián Bueno , Argentinian footballer 1981 - Fredrik Mikkelsen , Norwegian guitarist and composer 1981 - Tila Tequila , Singaporean-American model, actress, and singer 1981 - Alfred Vargas , Filipino actor and politician 1982 - Fairuz Fauzy , Malaysian racing driver 1982 - Macay McBride , American baseball player 1983 - Adrienne Bailon , American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress 1983 - Chris Colabello , American baseball player 1983 - Hernán Garin , Argentinian footballer 1983 - Michael Gordon , Australian rugby league player 1983 - Brian Vickers , American race car driver 1984 - Lougee Basabas , Filipino singer-songwriter 1984 - Jonas Gustavsson , Swedish ice hockey player 1984 - Kaela Kimura , Japanese singer-songwriter 1985 - Robert Cornthwaite , English-Australian footballer 1985 - Matthew Robinson , Australian snowboarder 1985 - Wayne Rooney , English footballer 1985 - Oscar Wendt , Swedish footballer 1986 - Drake , Canadian rapper and actor 1986 - John Ruddy , English footballer 1987 - Anthony Vanden Borre , Belgian footballer 1987 - Charlie White , American figure skater 1988 - Mitch Inman , Australian rugby player 1988 - Christopher Linke , German race walker 1988 - Demont Mitchell , Bahamian footballer 1989 - Anderson Conceição , Brazilian footballer 1989 - Eric Hosmer , American baseball player 1989 - PewDiePie , Swedish YouTuber 1990 - Peyton Siva , American basketball player 1990 - Mohammed Jahfali , Saudi Arabia international footballer 1990 - Jake Knott , American football linebacker 1990 - Elijah Greer , American male middle-distance runner 1990 - Danilo Petrucci , Italian motorcycle racer 1990 - İlkay Gündoğan , German footballer 1991 - Torstein Andersen Aase , Norwegian footballer 1991 - Bojan Dubljević , Montenegrin basketball player 1992 - Marrion Gopez , Filipino actor, singer, and dancer 1993 - Nabil Jeffri , Malaysian racing driver 1994 - Krystal , American-South Korean singer, dancer, and actress 1994 - Tereza Martincová , Czech tennis player 1994 - Jalen Ramsey , American football player 1995 - Vincent Leuluai , Australian rugby league player 1996 - Kyla Ross , American gymnast 1997 - Claudia Fragapane , English gymnast 1998 - Daya , American singerDeaths 935 - Li Yu , Chinese official and chancellor 996 - Hugh Capet , French king 1152 - Jocelin of Soissons , French theologian, philosopher and composer 1168 - William IV , French nobleman 1260 - Qutuz , Egyptian sultan 1375 - Valdemar IV , Danish king 1537 - Jane Seymour , English queen and wife of Henry VIII of England 1572 - Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby , English admiral and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire 1601 - Tycho Brahe , Danish astronomer and alchemist 1633 - Jean Titelouze , French organist and composer 1642 - Robert Bertie, 1st Earl of Lindsey , English peer and courtier 1655 - Pierre Gassendi , French priest, astronomer, and mathematician 1669 - William Prynne , English lawyer and author 1672 - John Webb , English architect and scholar 1725 - Alessandro Scarlatti , Italian composer and educator 1799 - Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf , Austrian violinist and composer 1821 - Elias Boudinot , American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the Continental Congress 1824 - Israel Bissell , American patriot post rider during American Revolutionary War 1852 - Daniel Webster , American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State 1875 - Raffaello Carboni , Italian-Australian author and poet 1898 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes , French painter and illustrator 1915 - Désiré Charnay , French archaeologist and photographer 1917 - James Carroll Beckwith , American painter and academic 1922 - George Cadbury , English businessman 1935 - Dutch Schultz , American mob boss 1937 - Nils Wahlbom , Swedish actor 1938 - Ernst Barlach , German sculptor and playwright 1943 - Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau , Canadian poet and painter 1944 - Louis Renault , French engineer and businessman, co-founded the Renault Company 1945 - Vidkun Quisling , Norwegian soldier and politician, Minister President of Norway 1948 - Franz Lehár , Austrian-Hungarian composer 1948 - Frederic L. Paxson, American historian and author 1949 - Yaroslav Halan , Ukrainian playwright and publicist 1958 - G. E. Moore, English philosopher and academic 1960 - Yevgeny Ostashev , the test pilot of rocket, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Lenin prize winner , Candidate of Technical Sciences 1964 - Toni Kinshofer , German mountaineer 1965 - Hans Meerwein , German chemist 1966 - Sofya Yanovskaya , Russian mathematician and historian 1969 - Behçet Kemal Çağlar , Turkish poet and politician 1970 - Richard Hofstadter , American historian and author 1971 - Carl Ruggles , American composer 1971 - Jo Siffert , Swiss race car driver and motorcycle racer 1972 - Jackie Robinson , American baseball player and sportscaster 1972 - Claire Windsor , American actress 1974 - David Oistrakh , Ukrainian violinist 1975 - İsmail Erez , Turkish lawyer and diplomat, Turkish Ambassador to France 1975 - Zdzisław Żygulski , Polish historian, author, and academic 1979 - Carlo Abarth , Italian automobile designer and founded of Abarth 1983 - Jiang Wen-Ye , Taiwanese composer and educator 1985 - Richie Evans , American race car driver 1985 - Maurice Roy , Canadian cardinal 1989 - Jerzy Kukuczka , Polish mountaineer 1991 - Gene Roddenberry , American captain, screenwriter, and producer, created Star Trek 1991 - Ismat Chughtai , Indian author and screenwriter 1992 - Laurie Colwin , American novelist and short story writer 1993 - Heinz Kubsch , German footballer 1994 - Yannis Hotzeas , Greek theoretician and author 1994 - Raul Julia , Puerto Rican-American actor and singer 1997 - Don Messick , American voice actor and singer 1999 - Berthe Qvistgaard , Danish actress 2001 - Kathleen Ankers , American actress and set designer 2001 - Wolf Rüdiger Hess , German author and critic 2001 - Jaromil Jireš , Czech director and screenwriter 2002 - Winton M. Blount, American soldier and politician, 59th United States Postmaster General 2002 - Hernán Gaviria , Colombian footballer 2002 - Harry Hay , English-American activist, co-founded the Mattachine Society and Radical Faeries 2002 - Peggy Moran , American actress and singer 2004 - Randy Dorton , American engineer 2004 - Ricky Hendrick , American race car driver and businessman 2004 - James Aloysius Hickey , American cardinal 2004 - Maaja Ranniku , Estonian chess player 2005 - Joy Clements , American soprano and actress 2005 - José Azcona del Hoyo , Honduran businessman and politician, President of Honduras 2005 - Mokarrameh Ghanbari , Iranian painter 2005 - Immanuel C. Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar 2005 - Rosa Parks , American civil rights activist 2005 - Robert Sloman , English actor and screenwriter 2006 - Enolia McMillan , American educator and activist 2006 - William Montgomery Watt , Scottish historian and scholar 2007 - Petr Eben , Czech organist and composer 2007 - Ian Middleton , New Zealand author 2007 - Alisher Saipov , Kyrgyzstan journalist 2007 - Anne Weale , English journalist and author 2008 - Moshe Cotel , American pianist and composer 2010 - Mike Esposito , American author and illustrator 2010 - Lamont Johnson , American actor, director, and producer 2010 - Joseph Stein , American author and playwright 2011 - Sansan Chien , Taiwanese composer and educator 2011 - John McCarthy , American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language 2012 - Peggy Ahern , American actress 2012 - Anita Björk , Swedish actress 2012 - Jeff Blatnick , American wrestler and sportscaster 2012 - Bill Dees , American singer-songwriter and guitarist 2012 - Margaret Osborne duPont , American tennis player 2013 - Antonia Bird , English director and producer 2013 - Brooke Greenberg , American girl with a rare genetic disorder 2013 - Ana Bertha Lepe , Mexican model and actress 2013 - Lew Mayne , American football player and coach 2014 - Mbulaeni Mulaudzi , South African runner 2014 - S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer 2014 - Marcia Strassman , American actress and singer 2015 - Michael Beetham , English commander and pilot 2015 - Alvin Bronstein , American lawyer and academic 2015 - Margarita Khemlin , Ukrainian-Russian author and critic 2015 - Ján Chryzostom Korec , Slovak cardinal 2015 - Maureen O'Hara , Irish-American actress and singer 2016 - Bobby Vee , American pop singer 2016 - Jorge Batlle Ibáñez , Uruguayan politician, former president 2017 - Fats Domino , American pianist and singer-songwriter 2017 - Robert Guillaume , American actor 2017 - Girija Devi , Indian classical singer 2018 - Tony Joe White , American singer/songwriterHolidays and observances Christian feast day: *Anthony Mary Claret *Eberigisil *Five Martyrs of Carthage *Luigi Guanella *Magloire of Dol *Martin of Vertou *Proclus of Constantinople *Rafael Guízar y Valencia *Senoch *October 24 Azad Kashmir Day Day of Special Forces of the Armed Forces Food Day Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zambia from United Kingdom in 1964. 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