📅 October 24 in the Time Tunnel
What happened on October 24? Travel back in time and find out — then test yourself with the quiz.
🎉 Special days
- 🌐 United Nations Day
⏳ On this day in history
- 1851William Lassell discovered Umbriel and Ariel, two moons of Uranus
- 1857Sheffield FC was founded — the oldest soccer club in the world still playing
- 1901Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel — and survive
- 1945The United Nations officially came into existence — celebrated as United Nations Day
- 1946A camera on a rocket took the first picture of Earth from space
- 2018The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, the world’s longest sea crossing, opened
🎂 Born on October 24
- 🔬 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632) — first to see microbes
See everyone born on October 24 →
October 24 quiz
In what year? 🌙 William Lassell discovered Umbriel and Ariel, two moons of Uranus
In what year? ⚽ Sheffield FC was founded — the oldest soccer club in the world still playing
In what year? 🛢️ Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel — and survive
Which famous person was born on October 24?