Today In History

Today is Tuesday, Oct. 24, the 297th day of 2017. There are 68 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1952: Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower declared in Detroit, “I shall go to Korea” as he promised to end the conflict. (He made the visit over a month later.)

ON THIS DATE

› 1648: The Peace of Westphalia ended the Thirty Years War and effectively destroyed the Holy Roman Empire.

› 1861: The first transcontinental telegraph message was sent by Chief Justice Stephen J. Field of California from San Francisco to President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., over a line built by the Western Union Telegraph Co.

› 1936: The short story “The Devil and Daniel Webster” by Stephen Vincent Benet was published in The Saturday Evening Post.

› 1939: DuPont began publicly selling its nylon stockings in Wilmington, Delaware. Benny Goodman and His Orchestra recorded their signature theme, “Let’s Dance,” for Columbia Records in New York.

› 1945: The United Nations officially came into existence as its charter took effect.

› 1962: A naval quarantine of Cuba ordered by President John F. Kennedy went into effect during the missile crisis.

› 1992: The Toronto Blue Jays became the first baseball team based outside the U.S. to win the World Series as they defeated the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, in Game 6.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Rock musician Bill Wyman is 81. Actor F. Murray Abraham is 78. Movie director-screenwriter David S. Ward is 72. Actor Kevin Kline is 70. Former NAACP President Kweisi Mfume is 69. Country musician Billy Thomas (Terry McBride and the Ride) is 64. Actor Doug Davidson is 63. Actor B.D. Wong is 57. Actor Zahn McClarnon is 51. Singer Michael Trent (Americana duo Shovels & Rope) is

40. Rock musician Ben Gillies (Silverchair) is 38. Singer-actress Monica Arnold is 37. Actress-comedian Casey Wilson is 37. Rhythm and blues singer Adrienne Bailon (3lw) is

34. Actor Tim Pocock is 32. R&B singer-rapper-actor Drake is 31. Actress Shenae Grimes is 28. Actress Eliza Taylor is 28. Actor Ashton Sanders (Film: “Moonlight”) is 22. Olympic gold medal gymnast Kyla Ross is 21. Actor Hudson Yang is 14.