10-23-2009, 09:02 PM
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October 24th
1632 ~ Birthday of Anton van Leeuwenhoek, the “Father of Microbiology".
1799 ~ Death of Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Composer.
1929 ~ Death of George Cadbury, Chocolate Manufacturer & Philanthropist.
1929 ~ "Black Thursday" crash of the New York Stock Exchange.
1945 ~ Founding of the United Nations Organisation.
1947 ~ The expression “Cold War” was first used by Bernard Baruch to the U.S. Senate War Investigation Committee.
1992 ~ In the first real "World" Series, the Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-US team to win the World Series.
2003 ~ The Concorde completed its last commercial flight.
2006 ~ Death of William Watt, Islamic studies scholar & historian.
2008 ~ "Bloody Friday" stock market crash on the world's stock exchanges.
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