October 24: Softball, Niagara Falls Bucket Rise, Black Thursday
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October 24: Softball, Niagara Falls Bucket Rise, Black Thursday
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History's headlines from today, October 24, before.
1861: Transcontinental telegraph system completed
1889: Formalized indoor baseball (softball) rules
1901: Annie Taylor is first to survive Niagara Falls in a bucket
1929: Black Thursday
1938: Fair Labor Standards Act goes into effect
Birthdays
1788: Sara Josepha Hale (writer, "Mary Had a Little Lamb")
1904: Moss Hart (playwright, "You Can't Take It With You")
1985: Wayne Rooney (British soccer legend)
Deaths
1601: Tycho Brahe (astronomer)
1972: Jackie Robinson (color barrier-breaking hall of fame baseball player)
1991: Gene Roddenbery (co-creator of Star Trek)
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