DAY IN HISTORY
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2023
Today is the 297th day of 2023 and the 32nd day of autumn.
TODAY’S HISTORY:
In 1926, magician Harry Houdini gave his last performance at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
In 1945, the charter establishing the United Nations took effect.
In 1987, the Teamsters union was readmitted to the AFL-CIO, 30 years after its expulsion.
In 2002, authorities arrested John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo in connection with sniper attacks in the Washington,
D.C., area.
In 2003, the last commercial Concorde flight was made.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:
Sarah Josepha Hale (17881879), writer/publisher; Bob Kane (1915-1998), writer/illustrator; Jiles Perry “The Big Bopper” Richardson (1930-1959), singer-songwriter; Stephen Covey (1932-2012), author/educator; Bill Wyman (1936- ), musician; F. Murray Abraham (1939- ), actor; Kevin Kline (1947- ), actor; BD Wong (1960- ), actor; Monica (1980- ), singer; Wayne Rooney (1985- ), soccer player; Drake (1986- ), actor/rapper; Jalen Ramsey (1994- ), football player.
TODAY’S FACT: In 1901, teacher and adventurer Annie Edson Taylor celebrated her 63rd birthday by becoming the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
TODAY’S SPORTS: In 2014, computer scientist Alan Eustace broke the world record for a free-fall parachute jump from the stratosphere, free-falling from a height of 135,898 feet.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“There will be days when I walk in an arena and people will cheer and then there might be days when I walk in an arena and people might boo, but it all sounds the same to me because it’s all just noise that lets me know that I’m relevant.” -- Drake
TODAY’S NUMBER: 3 -- jersey numbers in the four major American professional sports leagues that are retired throughout the league. The No. 42 worn by Jackie Robinson (who died on this day in 1972) was retired by Major League Baseball in 1997; the No. 99 worn by Wayne Gretzky was retired by the NHL in 2000; and the No. 6 worn by Bill Russell was retired by the NBA in 2022.
TODAY’S MOON: Between first quarter moon (Oct. 21) and full moon (Oct. 28).