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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.

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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
1648 – The second treaty of the Peace of Westphalia was signed, ending both the Thirty Years' War and the Eighty Years' War, and officially recognising the Dutch Republic and the Swiss Confederation as independent states. referencing problem
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
1871 – The largest mass lynching in United States history took place when around 500 white rioters entered Chinatown in Los Angeles to attack, rob, and murder its residents. refimprove
1912First Balkan War: Serbian forces defeated the Ottoman army at the Battle of Kumanovo in the Kosovo Vilayet. single source
1918 – The Battle of Vittorio Veneto, the last major engagement on the Italian front of World War I, began. refimprove
2007Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center. unreferenced section

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October 24: Simchat Torah begins at sunset (Jewish diaspora)

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