Born on October 24
October 24 birthdays & history
If you were born on October 24, you share a birthday with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Wayne Rooney and Drake. October 24 babies are Scorpio, with opal as their birthstone and the marigold as their birth flower. October 24 is the 298th day of the year in leap years (297th in other years).
Famous people born on October 24
- 1632Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch biologist and microbiologist
- 1985Wayne Rooney, English footballer
- 1986Drake, Canadian rapper and actor
- 1989PewDiePie, Swedish YouTuber
- 1954Malcolm Turnbull, Australian journalist and politician, 29th Prime Minister of Australia
- 1804Wilhelm Eduard Weber, German physicist and academic
- 1932Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1939F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- 1947Kevin Kline, American actor and singer
- 1990İlkay Gündoğan, German footballer
What happened on October 24
- 1851Umbriel and Ariel, the third- and fourth-largest moons of Uranus, were discovered by William Lassell.
- 1851William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel and Ariel orbiting Uranus.
- 1857Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
- 1861The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
- 1889Sir Henry Parkes, Premier of the Colony of New South Wales, gave a speech in which he called for the federation of the six Australian colonies.
- 1900U.S. Government announces plans to buy Danish West Indies for $7 million.
- 1901Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
- 1926Harry Houdini's last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
- 1945The Charter of the United Nations entered into force after being ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council and a majority of the other signatories.
- 1946A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
- 1949The cornerstone of the United Nations headquarters was laid in New York City.
- 2003The inaugural Afro-Asian Games opened in Hyderabad, with 2,040 athletes from 96 nations competing.
Also observed on October 24
- Food Day (United States)
- International Day of Diplomats
- United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
- World Development Information Day
- World Polio Day
Questions, answered
What star sign is October 24?
People born on October 24 are Scorpio. Their birthstone is opal and their birth flower is the marigold.
Which famous people were born on October 24?
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632), Wayne Rooney (1985), Drake (1986), PewDiePie (1989), Malcolm Turnbull (1954), Wilhelm Eduard Weber (1804) were all born on October 24.
What happened on October 24 in history?
Among other things: in 1946, A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space; in 1949, The cornerstone of the United Nations headquarters was laid in New York City; in 2003, The inaugural Afro-Asian Games opened in Hyderabad, with 2,040 athletes from 96 nations competing.
Can I get a newspaper front page from October 24?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any October 24 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “October 24”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.