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This is a list of selected October 24 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Ineligible

Blurb Reason
United Nations Day (1945); refimprove
Independence Day in Zambia (1964) refimprove section
1260 – The Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France, was dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX. unreferenced section
1360 – The Treaty of Brétigny was ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War. refimprove
1857Sheffield F.C., the world's oldest association football club still in operation, was founded. refimprove section
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States was completed from Omaha, Nebraska, to Carson City, Nevada, spelling the end of the Pony Express. unreferenced section
1929Wall Street Crash of 1929 Featured on October 29
1960 – A prototype of the Soviet R-16 intercontinental ballistic missile exploded on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam, Kazakh SSR, killing at least 90 people. refimprove section
2007Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. unreferenced section

Eligible

October 24

William Prynne (d. 1669) · Sarah Josepha Hale (b. 1788) · Lakshmi Sahgal (b. 1914)

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