What happened on October 24 ?

996 - King Hugh Capet of France (b. 938)

1260 - Saif ad-Din Qutuz, Mamluk sultan of Egypt

1375 - King Valdemar IV of Denmark

1537 - Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII of England

1572 - Edward Stanley, 3rd Earl of Derby, English politician

1601 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)

1655 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (b. 1592)

1669 - William Prynne, English Puritan leader (b. 1600)

1672 - John Webb, English architect (b. 1611)

1708 - Kowa Seki, Japanese mathematician

1725 - Alessandro Scarlatti, Italian composer (b. 1660)

1799 - Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer (b. 1739)

1821 - Elias Boudinot, American President of the Continental Congress (b. 1740)

1852 - Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician (b. 1782)

1898 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (b. 1824)

1912 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian composer (b. 1842)

1915 - Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist (b. 1828)

1938 - Ernst Barlach, German sculptor

1944 - Louis Renault, French automobile manufacturer (b. 1877)

1945 - Vidkun Quisling, Norwegian traitor (executed) (b. 1887)

1948 - Franz Lehár, Austrian composer (b. 1870)

1957 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)

1971 - Carl Ruggles, American composer (b. 1876)

1972 - Jackie Robinson, baseball player (b. 1919)

1972 - Claire Windsor, American actress (b. 1897)

1974 - David Oistrakh, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1908)

1991 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (b. 1921)

1997 - Don Messick, voice actor (b. 1926)

2001 - Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German neo-Nazi (b. 1937)

2002 - Winton M. Blount, United States Postmaster General (b. 1921)

2002 - Adolph Green, American lyricist and playwright (b. 1914)

2002 - Harry Hay, American activist (b. 1912)

2004 - Randy Dorton, NASCAR crew member (b. 1954)

2004 - Ricky Hendrick, NASCAR team owner (b. 1980)

2004 - James Cardinal Hickey, American Catholic archbishop (b. 1920)

2005 - José Azcona del Hoyo, President of Honduras (b. 1926)

2005 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)