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24 Oct 1924
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Jose Casanovas: Composer
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24 Oct 1924
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birth
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Piet Roozenburg: World champ checker player (1948 . . 55)
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24 Oct 1924
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Christian General Feng Joe Siang occupies Beijing
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24 Oct 1924
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Nobel prize for fysiologie / medicine awarded to W Einthoven
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24 Oct 1924
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birth
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Mary Lee, American actress and singer (d. 1996) |
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24 Oct 1924
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birth
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John Brereton Barlow, South African cardiologist and physician (d. 2008) |
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| 75 years anniversary |
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24 Oct 1949
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death
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Joaquin Nin y Castellanos: Composer, dies at 70
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24 Oct 1949
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birth
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Francisco Rafael Arellano Félix, Mexican drug lord (d. 2013) |
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24 Oct 1949
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birth
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Chester Marcol, American football player |
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24 Oct 1949
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birth
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John Markoff, American journalist and author |
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24 Oct 1949
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birth
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Robert Pickton, Canadian serial killer |
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24 Oct 1949
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birth
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Keith Rowley, Trinidadian politician |
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24 Oct 1949
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birth
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Stan White, American football player and sportscaster |
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24 Oct 1949
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The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters is laid. |
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| 50 years anniversary |
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24 Oct 1974
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birth
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Alexander PGR Duke of Ulster: Son of English Prince Richard
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24 Oct 1974
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birth
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Nathan Parks: Tackle (KC Chiefs)
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24 Oct 1974
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death
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David Oistrach: Russian violinist, dies at 65
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24 Oct 1974
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Billy Martin named AL Manager of Year (Texas Rangers)
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24 Oct 1974
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birth
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Gábor Babos, Hungarian footballer |
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24 Oct 1974
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birth
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Corey Dillon, American football player |
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24 Oct 1974
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birth
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Wilton Guerrero, Dominican baseball player |
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24 Oct 1974
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birth
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Jamal Mayers, Canadian ice hockey player |
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24 Oct 1974
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death
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David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908) |
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24 Oct 1974
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Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Texas Rangers)
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| 25 years anniversary |
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24 Oct 1999
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music
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Westlife went to No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Flying Without Wings'. It made the Irish boy band only the third act to debut at No.1 with their first three singles, B*Witched and Robson and Jerome being the other two.
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| 20 years anniversary |
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24 Oct 2004
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death
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Randy Dorton, American engineer (b. 1954) |
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24 Oct 2004
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death
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Ricky Hendrick, American race car driver (b. 1980) |
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24 Oct 2004
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death
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James Aloysius Hickey, American cardinal (b. 1920) |
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24 Oct 2004
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death
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Maaja Ranniku, Estonian chess player (b. 1941) |
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24 Oct 2004
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Arsenal Football Club loses to Manchester United, ending a row of unbeaten matches at 49 matches, which is the record in the Premier League. |
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24 Oct 2004
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music
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Queen became the first rock act to receive an official seal of approval in Iran. Western music was still strictly censored in the Islamic republic, where homosexuality is considered a crime, but an album of Queen's greatest hits was released this week in Iran. Freddie Mercury, was proud of his Iranian ancestry, and illegal bootleg albums and singles had made Queen one of the most popular bands in Iran.
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| 15 years anniversary |
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24 Oct 2009
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music
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Michael Buble' went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Crazy Love', the Canadian singers fourth studio album.
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| 10 years anniversary |
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24 Oct 2014
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death
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Kim Anderzon, Swedish actress (b. 1943) |
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24 Oct 2014
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death
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Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (b. 1980) |
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24 Oct 2014
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death
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S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor (b. 1928) |
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24 Oct 2014
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death
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Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (b. 1948) |
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24 Oct 2014
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death
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Alvin Wiederspahn, American lawyer and politician (b. 1949) |
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24 Oct 2014
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The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth. |
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