As of October 25, the AEC had reported 24 shots in the new Soviet series, 12 of them in a megaton range, including a super bomb with a yield of 30 to 50 megatons ( the equivalent of 30 million to 50 million tons of TNT ) ; ;

# Siegfried ( died 24 October 1184 ), Bishop of Brandenburg from 1173 – 1180, Prince-Archbishop of Bremen, the first ranked prince, from 1180 – 1184

The cities of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae are buried in volcanic ash ( note: this traditional date has been challenged, and many scholars believe that the event occurred on October 24 ).

For the first of these, he raised a large sum and a substantial force, arriving in Damietta on 24 October 1249, after the town had already been captured.

Thunderstorms can occur between October and March, and annual rainfall is 623 millimetres ( 24. 5 in ), with rainfall highest in spring and summer and lowest in winter.

Alessandro Scarlatti ( 2 May 1660 – 24 October 1725 ) was an Italian Baroque composer especially famous for his operas and chamber cantatas.

On October 24, 2009, North American company Super Fighter Team released Zaku, an all new, all original horizontal shooter for the Lynx developed by PenguiNet.

In Turin on 29 September 1781 ( by proxy ) and again in Dresden on 24 October 1781 ( in person ), Anton married firstly with the Princess Caroline of Savoy ( Maria Carolina Antonietta Adelaida ), daughter of the King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia and Maria Antonietta of Spain.

Showalter's arrival produced, or coincided with, a turnaround ; the Birds went 34 – 24 in August, September and October.

The case was heard on October 12, 1982, and on May 24, 1983, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled against Bob Jones University in Bob Jones University v. United States ( 461 U. S. 574 ).

The " Florida Keys for Katrina Relief " had originally been set for October 23, 2005, when Hurricane Wilma barreled through the Florida Keys on October 24, causing flooding and economic mayhem.

Costa Rican colones (₡) per US $ 1 – 512. 11 ( September 4, 2010 ), US $ 1 – 559. 51 ( October 24, 2008 ), per US $ 1 – 500. 10 ( December 2007 ), 516. 78 ( November 2007 ), 506. 11 ( April 2006 ), 479. 57 ( July 2005 ), 299. 63 ( February 2000 ), 285. 68 ( 1999 ), 257. 23 ( 1998 ), 232. 60 ( 1997 ), 207. 69 ( 1996 ) and 179. 73 ( 1995 )

The self-declared Emperor of the Central African Republic, Jean-Bédel Bokassa ( Emperor Bokassa I ), was tried on October 24, 1986 for several cases of cannibalism although he was never convicted.

Claudius ' ashes were interred in the Mausoleum of Augustus on 24 October, after a funeral in the manner of Augustus.

Despite being well out of playoff contention the Cubs went 24 – 13 under Quade, the best record in baseball during that 37 game stretch and was hired as manager on October 19.

From episode 2981 on Friday 20 October 1989 at 19: 30, a third weekly episode was introduced and this increased to four episodes a week from episode 4096 on Sunday 24 November 1996, again at 19: 30.

Tram 2549 at the Beckenham Junction station | Beckenham Junction terminus of Tramlink route 2 | route 2, on 24 October 2005.

The Dead Kennedys performed what appears to be their first new song in 24 years, " You're Such a Fake ", during their October 16, 2010, concert at the Rock and Roll Hotel in Washington, D. C.

The stadium opened on October 24, 1971, at a cost of $ 35 million and with a seating capacity of 65, 675.

Domitian (; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96 ) was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96.

Domitian was born in Rome on 24 October 51, the youngest son of Titus Flavius Vespasianus — commonly known as Vespasian — and Flavia Domitilla Major.

On 24 October 69 the forces of Vitellius and Vespasian clashed at the Second Battle of Bedriacum, which ended in a crushing defeat for the armies of Vitellius.

Launched on 24 October 1998, the Deep Space mission carried out a flyby of asteroid 9969 Braille, which was selected as the mission's science target.

Allen's widow Fanny gave birth to a son, Ethan Alphonso, on October 24, 1789.

The first tank versus tank action took place on 24 April 1918 at Second Battle of Villers-Bretonneux, when three British Mark IVs met an advance of three German A7Vs, supported by infantry.

Today's Republic of Estonia regards itself as a continuation of the 1918-1940 republic, which gained its independence from the Russian Empire on 24 February 1918.

On 6 September 1918, the Bolshevik militias consolidated under the supreme command of the Revolutionary Military Council of the Republic ( Revvoyensoviet, Revolyutsionny Voyenny Sovyet ), People's Commissar for War ( 1918 – 24 ), Leon Trotsky, Chairman, and Jukums Vācietis, Commander-in-Chief of the Red Army.

On 24 February 1918, the Independence Manifesto was proclaimed in Tallinn, followed by Imperial German occupation and a war of independence with Russia.

# Arizona ( May 24, 1918 )

The combined total for Europe and Africa is 58, 637 Another estimate ( by the UK War Office in 1922 ) was 13, 716 killed and 24, 456 missing up until November 11, 1918.

* January 24 – Wallachia and Moldavia are united under Alexander John Cuza under the name Romania ( see December 1, 1918 for the final unification, Transylvania and other regions are still missing at that time ).

* May 24 – Elmore James, American blues guitarist ( b. 1918 )

* May 24 – John Riley Banister, American law officer and Texas Ranger ( d. 1918 )

* September 24 – Croatian – Hungarian Settlement (,, ) is concluded, governing Croatia's political status in the Hungarian-ruled part of Austria-Hungary until 1918.

*** SM UC-96, a Type UC III submarine launched in 1918 and surrendered on 24 November 1918 ; broken up at Morecambe in 1919 – 20

Ten days later, on January 24, 1918, Sfatul Ţării declared Bessarabia's independence as the Moldavian Democratic Republic.

Between October 24 and November 3, 1918, Italy launched the decisive Battle of Vittorio Veneto.

Work stated in February 1918 and was finished on 24 August 1918.

As Sassoon wrote in a letter to Robert Graves ( 24 July 1918 ):

* 24 December 1918 – The office of Minister of Blockade is abolished.

*** SM UB-28, a Type UB II submarine launched in 1916 and surrendered on 24 November 1918

Arrigo Boito (; 24 February 184210 June 1918 ), aka Enrico Giuseppe Giovanni Boito, pseudonym Tobia Gorrio, was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist and composer, best known today for his libretti, especially those for Giuseppe Verdi's operas Otello and Falstaff, and his own opera Mefistofele.

The Harp of Life ( 1924 ), Cowell said, " is another in the suite based on the early Irish mythological opera ," as, he explained, were The Voice of Lir ( 1920 ) and The Trumpet of Angus Og ( 1918 – 24 ).

1899 saw the start of the Kentucky Electrical Lamp Company, a light bulb manufacturing company which eventually was acquired by Kentucky Radio Company ( Ken-Rad ) in 1918 and later acquired by General Electric in 1945 and in 1987 acquired by MPD, Inc., created the light bulbs that illuminated the first night game in the history of Major League Baseball on May 24, 1935, between the Reds and Phillies at Cincinnati's Crosley Field.

His children from the first marriage were John Stephen Chennault ( 1913 – 1977 ), Max Thompson Chennault ( 1914 – 2001 ), Charles Lee Chennault ( 1918 – 1967 ), Peggy Sue Chennault Lee ( born 1919 ), Claire Patterson Chennault ( November 24, 1920 – October 3, 2011 ), David Wallace Chennault ( 1923 – 1980 ), Robert Kenneth Chennault ( 1925 – 2006 ), and Rosemary Louise Chennault Simrall ( born 1928 ).

The flag became associated with Estonian nationalism and was used as the national flag ( riigilipp ) when the Estonian Declaration of Independence was issued on February 24, 1918.