Today in History: October 24, D.C. Sniper apprehended

Today is Thursday, Oct. 24, the 298th time of 2024. There are 68 days near successful the year.

Today successful history:

On Oct. 24, 2002, authorities apprehended John Allen Muhammad and teen Lee Boyd Malvo adjacent Myersville, Maryland, successful the Washington-area sniper attacks. (Malvo was aboriginal sentenced to beingness successful prison. Muhammad was sentenced to decease and executed successful 2009.)

Also connected this date:

In 1537, Jane Seymour, the 3rd woman of England’s King Henry VIII, died 12 days aft giving commencement to Prince Edward, aboriginal King Edward VI.

In 1861, the archetypal transcontinental telegraph connection was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln successful Washington, D.C.

In 1929, a monolithic sell-off astatine the opening doorbell of the New York Stock Exchange led to chaos arsenic stockbrokers couldn’t support up with commercialized requests. Though the marketplace recovered immoderate loses by the extremity of the day, “Black Thursday” marked the opening of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.

In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York City with New Jersey, was dedicated. It was the world’s longest suspension span astatine that time.

In 1945, the United Nations formally came into beingness arsenic the Charter of the United Nations, ratified by 29 nations, took effect. The day is present observed arsenic United Nations Day.

In 1952, Republican statesmanlike campaigner Dwight D. Eisenhower vowed to spell to Korea arsenic helium promised to extremity the ongoing struggle there. (Eisenhower would so sojourn Korea successful December, aft winning the predetermination but anterior to his inauguration.)

In 2003, a British Airways formation from New York to London marked the last commercialized formation of the supersonic Concorde jet.

In 2012, Hurricane Sandy roared crossed Jamaica and headed toward Cuba connected its mode to the eastbound United States.

In 2021, heavy protected crews successful Washington authorities worked to destruct the archetypal nest of alleged execution hornets discovered successful the United States.

Today’s Birthdays:

• Rock instrumentalist Bill Wyman is 88.
• Actor F. Murray Abraham is 85.
• Actor Kevin Kline is 77.
• Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., is 70.
• Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, is 68.
• Actor B.D. Wong is 64.
• Singer Monica Arnold is 44.
• Fashion decorator Zac Posen is 44.
• Singer-rapper Drake is 38.
• Actor Ashton Sanders is 29.
• NBA All-Star Jaylen Brown is 28.
• Actor Hudson Yang is 21.