Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of October 24:
1632 Antony van Leeuwenhoek Hol, naturalist (Philosophical Transactions)
1788 Sarah Josepha Hale author (Mary Had a Little Lamb)
1882 Dame Sybil Thorndike England, actress (Saint Joan)
1890 Chicago Mainbocher uniform designer (Red Cross, Girl Scouts, Waves)
19-- Doug Davidson actor (Paul-The Young & the Restless)
19-- Glenn Tipton rocker (Judas Priest-Breakin' the Law)
19-- James Whitmore Jr NYC, actor (Hunter, Baa Baa Black Sheep)
19-- Karen Austin Welch WV, actress (Carrie-Quest, Lana-Night Court)
19-- Maggie Pierce Detroit Mich, actress (Barbara-My Mother the Car)
19-- Ron Tomme Chicago Ill, actor (Charles-Dallas, Love of Life)
19-- Teri Keane actress (Loving)
1904 Moss Hart Bronx NY, playwright (You can't Take it With You, Act 1)
1911 Clarence M Kelley FBI head
1923 Denise Levertov American poet/essayist (Joy Beneath the Skin)
1925 Luciano Berio Oneglia Italy, composer (Chemins)
1926 YA Tittle AAFC, NFL QB (Baltimore, SF, NY Giants, MVP 1963)
1929 George Crumb Charleston WV, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time)
1929 James Brosnan baseball player/writer (The Long Season)
1936 Bill Wyman England, rocker (Rolling Stones-Under My Thumb)
1936 David Nelson NYC, actor (Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet)
1938 Fred E Finn SF Calif, pianist (Mickie Finn's)
1940 F Murray Abraham actor (Amadeus, Mad Man)
1947 Kevin Kline St Louis, actor (Sophie's Choice, Big Chill)
1951 Todd Crespi Frankfurt Germany, actor (The Magician)
1953 James di Donato twin who swam the butterfly 40.6 miles
1953 Jonathan di Donato twin who swam the butterfly 40.6 miles
1972 Louis Michael Anthony Sassin Boston, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun)
Deaths which occurred on October 24:
1537 Jane Seymour 3rd wife of Henry VIII, dies
1601 Tycho Brahe astronomer, dies in Prague at 54
1655 Pierre Gassendi French philosopher, dies at 63
1957 Christian Dior French designer, dies at 52 in Italy
1961 Dr Milan Stoyadinovich Fascist Yugoslavia PM (1935-9), dies at 73
1963 Beverly Wills actress (Beverly-I Married Joan), dies at 29
1971 Chuck Hughes Detroit Lion collapses during game & later, dies
1972 Jackie Robinson dies at 53
1973 Allan "Rocky" Lane actor (voice of Mr Ed, Red Ryder), dies at 72
1975 Ismail Erez Turkish ambassador killed by car bomb in Paris
1981 Deborah Baltzell actress (Karen-I'm a Big Girl Now), dies at 25
1982 James Philbrook actor (Islanders, Investigators), dies at 58
1983 Jessica Savitch news anchor (NBC-TV), dies at 35
1984 Edith Massey actress, dies at 66
1984 Walter Woolf King actor/TV host (Lights Cameras Action), dies at 85
1987 Constantin Alajalov Russian artist, dies at 86
1991 Gene Roddenberry Star Trek creator, dies of a heart attack at 70
Reported: MISSING in ACTION
( Expanded with full Bios, history, & MIA report )
1964 WOODS LAWRENCE CLARKSVILLE TN AC SHOOT/DOWN 7 REMAINS RECOVERED N/SUB
1967 CLARK RICHARD C. TACOMA WA GOOD CHUTE
1967 FRISHMANN ROBERT F. SAN FRANCISCO CA 08/05/69 RELEASED
1967 GILLESPIE CHARLES R. MERIDIAN MS 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV DECEASED
1967 LEWIS EARL G. CAPE GIRARDEAU MO 03/14/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE IN 98
1968 TYLER GEORGE E. ROYAL OAK MI
1970 HEIDEMAN THOMAS E. CHICAGO IL
1972 BIXEL MICHAEL SARGENT FORT WALTON BEACH FL