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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24" title="October 24">October 24</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1260" title="1260">1260</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qutuz" title="Qutuz">Qutuz</a></b>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mamluk_sultans" title="List of Mamluk sultans">sultan of Egypt</a>, was assassinated and replaced by fellow <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamluk" title="Mamluk">Mamluk</a> leader <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baybars" title="Baybars">Baybars</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1796" title="1796">1796</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_First_Coalition" title="War of the First Coalition">War of the First Coalition</a>: The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Schliengen" title="Battle of Schliengen">Battle of Schliengen</a></b> was fought between the French and Austrian armies, who both claimed victory.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations" title="Charter of the United Nations">Charter of the United Nations</a></b> entered into force after being ratified by the five <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_members_of_the_United_Nations_Security_Council" title="Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council">permanent members of the Security Council</a> and a majority of the other signatories.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975" title="1975">1975</a> – In protest against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_pay_gap" title="Gender pay gap">wage discrepancy</a> and unfair employment practices, 90 percent of Iceland's female population <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Icelandic_women%27s_strike" title="1975 Icelandic women's strike">went on strike for a day</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Afro-Asian_Games" title="2003 Afro-Asian Games">inaugural Afro-Asian Games</a></b> opened in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a>, with 2,040 athletes from 96 nations competing.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tycho_Brahe" title="Tycho Brahe">Tycho Brahe</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1601); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peng_Dehuai" title="Peng Dehuai">Peng Dehuai</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1898); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letitia_Woods_Brown" title="Letitia Woods Brown">Letitia Woods Brown</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1915); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Purtell" title="Regina Purtell">Regina Purtell</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1950)</p>
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