October 24th in History
October 24th
79 Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae and killing thousands. New research in 2018 suggests the eruption occurred around this date, not the previously used August 24.
On 24th October 1055, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn allied with Aelfgar of Mercia, defeated a force led by the Earl of Hereford, Ralph the Timid and then sacked the city of Hereford and destroyed its castle.
Porthaethwy Fair (Ffair Borth) occurs on 24th October every year in Menai Bridge. The fair dates back to 1691, when it was predominately a horse fair and cattle market. The fair now features traditional fair rides and stalls take over most of the roads and streets in the town.
Cardiff University was founded on 24th October 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, it is the second oldest university in Wales.
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The South Wales Miners' Federation, nicknamed 'The Fed' was a trade union for miners in South Wales and was founded on 24th October 1898.
1901 Annie Edson Taylor is the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, surviving the plunge on her 63rd birthday
1908 Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel were sent to prison for ‘inciting the public to rush the House of Commons’. Two Cabinet ministers were witnesses for the defence including Lloyd-George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer.
24 Oct 1966
Newsweek interviewed The Monkees. They are asked how the music is created. Singer Davy Jones tells them, "This isn't a rock 'n' roll group. This is an act."
24 Oct 1963
On the first day of their first foreign tour, The Beatles spent the day in Stockholm, Sweden, recording a performance for a radio program entitled "The Beatles popgrupp fran Liverpool pa besok i Stockholm", (The Beatles pop group from Liverpool visiting Stockholm). The Beatles, enthused by the chance to play before an audience that wasn't screaming, played seven songs, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’ ‘Money’, ‘You Really Got a Hold On Me’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ and ‘Twist and Shout.’
79 Mt. Vesuvius erupts, burying the cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, Oplontis, and Stabiae and killing thousands. New research in 2018 suggests the eruption occurred around this date, not the previously used August 24.
On 24th October 1055, Gruffydd ap Llywelyn allied with Aelfgar of Mercia, defeated a force led by the Earl of Hereford, Ralph the Timid and then sacked the city of Hereford and destroyed its castle.
Porthaethwy Fair (Ffair Borth) occurs on 24th October every year in Menai Bridge. The fair dates back to 1691, when it was predominately a horse fair and cattle market. The fair now features traditional fair rides and stalls take over most of the roads and streets in the town.
Cardiff University was founded on 24th October 1883 as the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, it is the second oldest university in Wales.
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The South Wales Miners' Federation, nicknamed 'The Fed' was a trade union for miners in South Wales and was founded on 24th October 1898.
1901 Annie Edson Taylor is the first woman to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel, surviving the plunge on her 63rd birthday
1908 Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter Christabel were sent to prison for ‘inciting the public to rush the House of Commons’. Two Cabinet ministers were witnesses for the defence including Lloyd-George, then Chancellor of the Exchequer.
24 Oct 1966
Newsweek interviewed The Monkees. They are asked how the music is created. Singer Davy Jones tells them, "This isn't a rock 'n' roll group. This is an act."
24 Oct 1963
On the first day of their first foreign tour, The Beatles spent the day in Stockholm, Sweden, recording a performance for a radio program entitled "The Beatles popgrupp fran Liverpool pa besok i Stockholm", (The Beatles pop group from Liverpool visiting Stockholm). The Beatles, enthused by the chance to play before an audience that wasn't screaming, played seven songs, ‘I Saw Her Standing There’, ‘From Me to You’ ‘Money’, ‘You Really Got a Hold On Me’, ‘She Loves You’, ‘Roll Over Beethoven’ and ‘Twist and Shout.’
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