Today in History for 24th October 2022:
Historical Events
1596 – -26] Battle at Kerestes: Ottoman beat Austria-Hungary and Germany
1656 – Treaty of Vilnius: Russia and Poland sign anti-Swedish covenant
1940 – Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants
1958 – USSR lends Egypt 400 million rubles to build Aswan Dam
2012 – Hurricane Sandy makes landfall in Jamaica killing 1 person and causing over $ 50 million in damage
2020 – Deadliest shipwreck of the year claims 140 lives on a ship that sank with 200 migrants on board off the coast of Senegal
Famous Birthdays
1808 – Ernst Richter, German musical theorist and composer, born in Großschönau, Saxony, Germany (d. 1879)
1908 – John Alwyne Kitching, British zoologist (d. 1996)
1936 – Bill Wyman, English rock and jazz bassist (Rolling Stones, 1962-93 – “Under My Thumb”), born in Lewisham, London
1943 – José E. Serrano, American politician (Rep-D-New York), born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
1960 – Joachim Winkelhock, German race car driver, born in Waiblingen, West Germany
1972 – T. J. Cunningham, American NFL safety (Seattle Seahawks), born in Aurora, Colorado (d. 2019)
Famous Deaths
1852 – Daniel Webster, US Secretary of State (1841-43, 1850-52), politician and lawyer, dies at 70
1931 – Murray Bisset, South African cricketer (South African wicket-keeper 1899 and 1910), dies at 55
1935 – Abe Landau, American gangster (henchman for Dutch Schultz), murdered at 39
1938 – Ernst Barlach, German writer and artist, dies at 68
1996 – Bruce Matthews, Australian newspaper executive who worked for Rupert Murdoch, dies at 71
2004 – James Cardinal Hickey, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1920)