10-24-2006, 12:45 PM
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October 24th
1632 ~ Birthday of Anton van Leeuwenhoek, microbiologist.
1799 ~ Death of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Composer.
1929 ~ "Black Thursday" crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1945 ~ Founding of the United Nations.
1947 ~ The expression “Cold War” was first used by Bernard Baruch to the U.S. Senate War Investigation Committee.
1948 ~ Death of Franz Lehár, Composer.
1991 ~ Death of Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek series.
1992 ~ In the first real "World" Series, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-US team to win the World Series.
2002 ~ Army veteran John Muhammad and teenager Lee Malvo were arrested in connection with the Washington D.C. area sniper attacks.
2003 ~ The Concorde completed its last commercial flight, bringing the first era of civil supersonic transport to a close.
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