October 24
1929 – "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of Earth from outer space.
1949 – The cornerstone of the United Nations Headquarters
is laid.
2002 – Police arrest spree killers John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, ending the Beltway sniper attacks in the area around Washington, D.C.
2003 – Concorde
makes its last commercial flight.
2008 – "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.
2015 – A driver, arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI), crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade in Stillwater, Oklahoma, killing four people and injuring 34.