Notable Birthdays for October 24
Sarah Josepha Hale (1788-1879) - Author who wrote Mary Had A Little Lamb.
John Edwards (1815-1894) - Politician, Brigadier General in the Union Army.
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Belva Ann Lockwood (1830-1917) -First female attorney to argue before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Annie Edson Taylor (1838-1921) - Stuntwoman who became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
James S. Sherman (1855-1812) - Lawyer and the 27th Vice President of the U.S.
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B. A. Rolfe (1879-1956) - Musician known as the Boy Trumpet Wonder.
Earl Morris (1889-1956) - Archaeologist who created the Aztec Ruins National Monument.
Main Rousseau Bocher (1890-1976) - Uniform designer for the Red Cross and Girl Scouts.
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Brenda Ueland (1891-1985) - Author of If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit.
Merian C. Cooper (1893-1973) - Film director and producer of the original King Kong.
Marjorie Joyner (1896-1994) - First Black woman to create and patent a permanent hair-wave machine.
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Melvin Purvis (1903-1960) - FBI agent who captured bank robbers John Dillinger and Pretty Boy Floyd and later became a significant figure during the Nuremburg Trials against the Nazi's.
Thomas F. Connolly (1909-1996) - Naval admiral and Olympic Gymnast.
James K. Woolnough (1910-1996) - Commanding General of the U.S. Continental Army Command.
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Clarence M. Kelley (1911-1997) - Second Director of the FBI.
Nathaniel Wyeth (1911-1990) - Inventor of the PET plastic beverage bottle.
Sonny Terry (1911-1986) - Blind blues and harmonica musician.
Murray Golden (1912-1991) - Television director of Bonanza and Rawhide.
Bob Kane (1915-2003) - Illustrator and co-creator of Batman.
Roger Milliken (1915-2010) - Former CEO of Milliken & Company.
Frank Piasecki (1919-2008) - Engineer and pilot who created the compound helicopter concept of vectored thrust.
Yelberton Abraham Tittle (1926-2017) - Former professional quarterback.
Barbara Robinson (1927-2013) - Author of children's books The Best Christmas Pageant Ever and The Best School Year Ever.
Jack Angel (1930-2021) - Voice actor with credits in Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Disney and Nickelodeon.
The Big Bopper (1930-1959) - Musician of Chantilly Lace and Running Bear who died in a plane crash with fellow musicians Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens.
Stephen Covey (1932-2012) - Author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.
John G. Cramer (1934-Still Living) - Physicist known for his work in the development of quantum mechanics.
Sammy Petrillo (1934-2009) - Comedian said to be the best Jerry Lee Lewis intiminator of all time.
Sanger D. Shafer (1934-2019) - Country music writer who has written hits for Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and George Strait.
David Nelson (1936-2011) - Actor who played himself on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
Santo Farina (1937-Still Living) - Musician and one half of the musical duo Santo & Johnny.
Stephen Resnick (1938-2013) - Academic and economist who was known for his work in Marxian economics and class analysis.
F. Murray Abraham (1939-Still Living) - Stage and film actor known for his role as Mozart.
William H. Dobelle (1941-2004) - Medical researcher known for development of technology that restores partial vision.
Bettye Swann (1944-Still Living) - R&B singer from the 1960s best known for the song Make Me Yours.
Doug Davidson (1954-Still Living) - Soap opera actor who played Paul Williams The Young and the Restless.
Cheryl Studer (1955-Still Living) - Soprano singer who has been featured in nearly 100 opera house across the world.
John Kassir (1957-Still Living) - Voice actor best known as the voice of Cryptkeeper in Tales from the Crypt.
BD Wong (1960-Still Living) - Stage, film and television actor who played Dr. Johnathon Lee on Law & Order: SVU.
Zahn McClarnon (1966-Still Living) - Native American actor best known for his roles in Longmire, Reservation Dogs and Dark Winds.
Mark Walton (1968-Still Living) - Illustrator who has worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Warner Animation Group, and Illumination Studios.
Jeff Mangum (1970-Still Living) - Musician who is known as the founder of the the indie rock group Neutral Milk Hotel.
Caprice Bourret (1971-Still Living) - American model.
Levi Leipheimer (1973-Still Living) - Olympic cyclist.
Laura Veirs (1973-Still Living) - American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Zac Posen (1980-Still Living) - Famous fashion designer.
Adrienne Bailon (1983-Still Living) - Former singer of the group The Cheetah Girls.
Brian Vickers (1983-Still Living) - Race car driver.
Daniel Shalikar (1988-Still Living) - Child star with roles in Honey I Blew Up the Kid
Memorable Events for October 24
1836 - Alonzo Phillips receives a patent for a phosphorus friction match.
1861 - The first transcontinental telegraph line from San Francisco to Washington, D.C. is completed.
1861 - West Virginia secedes from Virginia
1871 - At least 22 Chinese immigrants are hanged in CA.
1881 - U.S. Ambassador Levi Morton inserts the first rivet in Statue of Liberty.
1900 - U.S. Government announces its plans to purchase the Danish West Indies for $7 million.
1901 - Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
1908- Take Me Out to the Ball Game hits the charts.
1911 - Orville Wright remains in the air 9:45 in his glider.
1926 - Harry Houdini makes his last performance.
1931 - The George Washington Bridge opens to public traffic over the Hudson River.
1931 - Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years for tax evasion.
1938 - The U.S. makes child labor in factories illegal.
1939 - Nylon stockings go on sale for first time in DE.
1940 - Minimum wage is set for $0.30 for a 44 hour work week.
1944 - The U.S. sinks Japanese battleship Musashi sinks.
1944 - Naval pilot David McCampbell shoots down 9 Japanese planes during Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines.
1947 - Forest fires burn over $30 million of timber on the east coast.
1947 - Walt Disney testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee giving the names of Disney employees he believes to be communists.
1947 - United Airlines Flight 608 crashes in Utah during an emergency landing and kills 52 people on board.
1949 - The first brick for the UN Headquarters in NY is laid.
1954 - President Eisenhower pledges support to South Vietnam.
1956 - Margaret Towner becomes first woman to be ordained into the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.
1970 - Nancy Walker creates Ida Morgenstern role on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
1973 - A 65 car collision kills 9 people on NJ Turnpike during heavy fog.
1973 - John Lennon sues U.S. government for tapping his phone.
1989 - Evangelist Jim Bakker is sentenced to 45 years in prison for fraud.
2002 - Police arrest John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo for sniper attacks around Washington, D.C.
2012 - An unknown gunman kills 3 people and injures 2 in CA.
2015 – A drunk driver crashes into students at Oklahoma State University.
2018 - A South Carolina person wins $1.6 billion, making it the largest jackpot in history.
2018 - Pipe bombs are sent to prominent U.S. Democrats.
2021 - Tom Brady completes his 600th touchdown pass.
2022 - The first U.S. currency featuring an Asian-American becomes a part of the American Women Quarters Program.
