J. P. Richardson — The Legacy of the Big Bopper
Born on October 24, 1930, in Sabine Pass, Texas, Jiles Perry Richardson Jr.—better known as the Big Bopper—brought a radio showman’s personality to early rock and roll. As a disc ...
Sarah Josepha Hale — The Literary Architect of Thanksgiving
Born on October 24, 1788, in Newport, New Hampshire, author and editor Sarah Josepha Hale became an influential figure in nineteenth-century American publishing. Educated at home beyond the opportunities available ...
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Annie Edson Taylor — First Over Niagara in a Barrel
On October 24, 1901, her sixty-third birthday, schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel. Hoping the publicity would bring ...
Harry Houdini — The Final Curtain at the Garrick Theatre
On the evening of October 24, 1926, Harry Houdini took the stage at Detroit’s Garrick Theatre for what would become the final performance of his career. Suffering from severe abdominal ...
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Gunnery Sergeant Dan Daly — Courage in a Haitian Ravine
After dark on October 24, 1915, a reconnaissance detachment of United States Marines came under fire while crossing a river in a deep ravine near Fort Dipitie, Haiti. About 400 ...
Alonzo D. Phillips — An American Milestone in Friction Matches
On October 24, 1836, Alonzo Dwight Phillips of Springfield, Massachusetts, received U.S. Patent No. 68 for improvements in manufacturing friction matches. Recognized as the earliest American patent for a phosphorus ...
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George Washington in Boston — “To the Man Who Unites All Hearts”
On October 24, 1789, President George Washington arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts, during his New England tour. There he reviewed militia under General John Brooks, recording that they made “an excellent ...
Jay North: Bringing Dennis the Menace to Television
On the cover of TV Guide’s October 24–30, 1959, issue, young television star Jay North appeared alongside an illustration of Dennis the Menace. The cover came just weeks after CBS ...
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First Photograph of Earth from Space — The 1946 V-2 Breakthrough
On October 24, 1946, a 35-millimeter motion-picture camera aboard a captured German V-2 rocket recorded the first photographs of Earth from space. Launched from White Sands in New Mexico, the ...
The Transcontinental Telegraph — Linking a Divided Nation
On October 24, 1861, construction crews completed the first transcontinental telegraph connection at Salt Lake City, linking the existing telegraph networks of the eastern United States and California. Messages that ...
General Sherman — Commanding the Army and Department of the Tennessee
On October 24, 1863, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman began his tenure in command of the Union Army and Department of the Tennessee. Succeeding Ulysses S. Grant in that responsibility, ...
The Capitol Theatre — The Opening of a Broadway Palace
On October 24, 1919, the Capitol Theatre opened at 1645 Broadway, bringing movie-palace spectacle to Manhattan on an extraordinary scale. Designed by Thomas W. Lamb, the theater originally seated 5,230 ...
Black Thursday — The Panic and Chaos of 1929
On October 24, 1929, panic selling swept through the New York Stock Exchange in the session remembered as Black Thursday. Stock prices had already been falling, but the extraordinary rush ...
Gilda Gray — The Star Who Helped Popularize the Shimmy
Born Marianna Michalska on October 24, 1901, in Kraków, in present-day Poland, Gilda Gray became one of the distinctive dance personalities of America’s Roaring Twenties. She immigrated to the United ...
