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This Day
24October
28 indexed achievements across recorded history.
1537
Science
Death at Hampton Court Palace
Jane Seymour died at Hampton Court Palace, likely from postnatal complications, twelve days after giving birth to Prince Edward.
View details1788
Literature
Birth of Sarah Josepha Hale
Birth of Sarah Josepha Buell (later Hale) in Newport, New Hampshire, to Gordon and Martha Buell.
View details1830
Science
Birth in Royalton, New York
Born Belva Ann Bennett in Royalton, Niagara County, New York, to a farming family.
View details1838
1850
Science
First National Woman's Rights Convention Continues
The Worcester convention continued into its second day, with Stanton among its principal speakers and organizers.
View details1868
Exploration
Birth of Alexandra David-Neel
Alexandra David-Neel was born on October 24, 1868.
View details1896
Activism
Birth of Marjorie Stewart Joyner
Marjorie Stewart Joyner was born in Monterey, Virginia, later becoming an influential beautician, inventor, educator, and activist.
View details1897
Activism
Arrest in New Haven on Frick-related warrant
Goldman is arrested in New Haven under an old warrant related to Frick's assassination attempt.
View details1901
Exploration
First person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel
Annie Edson Taylor survives Niagara Falls descent in a barrel, a pioneering first.
View details1906
Arts
Born in Vienna
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky was born on 24 October 1906 in Vienna into a wealthy, cultured Austrian family.
View details1911
Medicine
Birth of Tsai-Fan Yu
Birth of Tsai-Fan Yu in Shanghai, China, on 24 October 1911.
View details1922
Politics
Postum Cereal Company goes public
Postum Cereal Company completes its going-public process under Post's leadership.
View details1929
Science
Virginia Woolf memorializes Behn in A Room of One's Own
On 24 October 1929, Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own hailed Behn as the first Englishwoman to earn her living by writing, cementing her feminist legacy.
View details1949
Politics
Senate confirmation as first woman U.S. ambassador
On October 24, 1949, the U.S. Senate confirmed Eugenie Anderson as ambassador to Denmark, making her the first woman formally approved for ambassadorial rank.
View details1963
Science
First woman scientist to receive Max Weinstein Award
Rita Levi-Montalcini received the Max Weinstein Award in 1963.
View details1981
Science
Death of Edith Head
Edith Head died of myelofibrosis in Los Angeles, California, four days before what would have been her 84th birthday.
View details1983
Activism
Order of Merit (UK)
Mother Teresa receives the Order of Merit from Queen Elizabeth II.
View details1989
Activism
Death of Carol Ann DiMaiti Stuart
Carol Ann DiMaiti Stuart died on October 24, 1989, at Brigham and Women's Hospital from the gunshot wound inflicted by her husband.
View details1990
Arts
Awarded France’s Grand Prix National de la Sculpture
Received France's national sculpture prize, 1990.
View details1998
Sports
Bronze medal, World Junior Championship
Krush secured a bronze at the 1998 World Junior Championship for Girls U20.
View details2001
2006
Science
Grant of U.S. Patent 7,125,621 B2 for solid acid proton-conducting membrane
U.S. Patent 7,125,621 B2 granted for a 'Proton Conducting Membrane Using a Solid Acid', naming Haile as an inventor.
View details2006
Science
Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the Life Sciences 2006 Presentation
Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the Life Sciences presented in Paris to May-Britt Moser for her contributions to neuroscience and life sciences.
View details2006
2006
2012
Sports
Died in El Paso, Texas
Margaret Osborne duPont died on October 24, 2012, in El Paso, Texas, at the age of 94, closing out a legendary tennis career and life.
View details2015
Activism
Induction into the National Abolition Hall of Fame
Levi and Catharine Coffin were jointly inducted into the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro, New York, on October 24, 2015.
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