On October 24
On October 24, the Human Saga records one pivotal event: Wall Street Crash and onset of the Great Depression (1929).
On this day
After a speculative boom, the New York Stock Exchange collapsed in late October 1929.
Also this week in history (Oct 21 – Oct 27)
On 21 October 1805, off Cape Trafalgar on the southwest coast of Spain, a British fleet of 27 ships of the line under Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson decisively defeated a combined Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships commanded by Admiral…
The Hungarian Revolution began on 23 October 1956 when student-led demonstrations in Budapest, demanding political reform and an end to Soviet domination, escalated into a nationwide revolt.
On 26 October 2025, Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured El Fasher, the Sudanese army's last stronghold in the Darfur region, after a brutal siege lasting some 18 months.
On 26 October 1958 Pan American World Airways inaugurated transatlantic jet service with the Boeing 707, flying from New York to Paris.
On 27 October 2002 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former metalworker and union leader, won Brazil's presidency with about 61 percent of the runoff vote, and was inaugurated on 1 January 2003 as the country's first working-class president.