Daily Calendar for Wednesday, October 24, 2029

Name: Daily Almanac Features
Start: 2029-10-24T00:00:00
End: 2029-10-24T23:59:59

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Daniel Webster (lawyer & statesman) – 1852
Franklin Carmichael (Canadian painter) – 1945
Gene Roddenberry (author & producer) – 1991
Raul Julia (actor) – 1994
George P. Oslin (Western Union executive) – 1996
Harry Hay (early activist in the gay-rights movement, founded Mattachine Society) – 2002
Rosa Parks (civil rights activist) – 2005
Marcia Strassman (actress) – 2014
Maureen O'Hara (actress) – 2015
Robert Guillaume (actor) – 2017
Antoine "Fats" Domino (singer) – 2017
Leslie Jordan (actor ) – 2022

Spain ratified treaty to cede Florida to the United States – 1820
Alonzo D. Phillips, of Springfield, Massachusetts, received a patent for phosphorus friction matches – 1836
Astronomer William Lassell discovered Uranus moons Ariel and Umbriel – 1851
The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Justice Stephen J. Field of California to President Lincoln in Washington, D.C. – 1861
The Eastman Kodak Company was incorporated in New Jersey. – 1901
Canadian schooner Bluenose won the International Fishermen’s Trophy – 1921
Nylon stockings went on sale for the first time, Wilmington, Delaware – 1939
First photos of Earth taken from space – 1946
Actor Richard Burton bought a $1.1 million, 69-carat diamond ring for his wife, Elizabeth Taylor. – 1969
The Concorde, the world’s only supersonic airliner, headed home to London for the last time – 2003
The Boston Red Sox took Game 1 of the World Series with a final score of 13-1, scoring more runs than any team in the first game of a World Series – 2007

Traffic in Buffalo, New York, was stalled for several hours as cars tried to maneuver through six inches of slushy snow – 1937
Thunderstorms in the Flagstaff, Arizona, area gave rise to three tornadoes – 1992