October 24th (2005) was a Monday. It's the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 68 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 24th October, 2005
» Hurricane Wilma makes landfall in Effects of Hurricane Wilma in Florida called Florida resulting in 35 direct 26 indirect fatalities and causing $20.6B USD in damage.
» Immanuel C.Y. Hsu, Chinese sinologist and scholar (b. 1923)
» Rosa Parks, American activist (b. 1913)
» Robert Sloman, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
October 24th Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Anthony Mary Claret
» October 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Zambia from United Kingdom in 1964.
» Public holidays in Egypt known as Suez Day (Egypt)
» United Nations Day, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations called 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International observance called International)
» World Development Information Day (International observance e.g International)