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October 24

5 sourced moments from October 24 in history: The 1861 telegraph ended the Pony Express in two days; Annie Edson Taylor survived Niagara Falls in a barrel at 63 (1901); Black Thursday began the Wall Street Crash (1929), plus 2 more.

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5 things happened on October 24

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2003 Technology · Transportation

Concorde crossed the Atlantic in under three hours

For 27 years, paying passengers could fly faster than a rifle bullet — then it stopped.

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1945 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The UN was founded in 1945 by 51 nations - and now has 193 members

Born from the ruins of a world war, the United Nations has grown to include nearly every country on Earth.

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1929 Society & Economy · Business & Markets

Black Thursday began the Wall Street Crash

On a single panic-stricken morning in 1929, the floor of the New York Stock Exchange buckled and an era of easy riches collapsed.

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1901 History · Modern

Annie Edson Taylor survived Niagara Falls in a barrel at 63

On her 63rd birthday in 1901 a broke Michigan teacher rode an oak barrel over the Horseshoe Falls. It earned her about $400.

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1861 History · Modern

The 1861 telegraph ended the Pony Express in two days

The first coast-to-coast telegraph line opened on 24 October 1861. Its first message took hours, not minutes, and the Pony Express folded two days later.

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