October 24
1857 – Sheffield F.C., the world’s oldest association football club still in operation, is founded in England.
1861 – The first transcontinental telegraph line across the United States is completed.
1911 – Orville Wright remains in the air nine minutes and 45 seconds in a glider at Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
1901 – Annie Edson Taylor becomes the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel. 1926 – Harry Houdini’s last performance takes place at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit.
1946 – A camera on board the V-2 No. 13 rocket takes the first photograph of earth from outer space.
1975 – In Iceland, 90% of women take part in a national strike, refusing to work in protest of gender inequality.
1992 – The Toronto Blue Jays become the first Major League Baseball team based outside the United States to win the World Series.
2003 – Concorde makes its last commercial flight.
