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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_24" title="October 24">October 24</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukur_Tihar" title="Kukur Tihar">Kukur Tihar</a></b> (Hinduism, 2022); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labour_Day" title="Labour Day">Labour Day</a></b> in New Zealand (2022)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1789" title="1789">1789</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brabant_Revolution" title="Brabant Revolution">Brabant Revolution</a></b>, sometimes considered to be the first expression of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_nationalism" title="Belgian nationalism">Belgian nationalism</a>, began with the invasion of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Netherlands" title="Austrian Netherlands">Austrian Netherlands</a> by an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89migr%C3%A9" title="Émigré">émigré</a> army from the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1851" title="1851">1851</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lassell" title="William Lassell">William Lassell</a> found <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbriel_(moon)" title="Umbriel (moon)">Umbriel</a></b> and <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_(moon)" title="Ariel (moon)">Ariel</a></b>, the third and fourth <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moons_of_Uranus" title="Moons of Uranus">Uranian moons</a> to be discovered.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: The Japanese battleship <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Musashi" title="Japanese battleship Musashi">Musashi</a></b></i>, one of the heaviest and most powerfully armed ever constructed, was sunk by American aircraft during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Battle of Leyte Gulf</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a> – The cornerstone of the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations" title="Headquarters of the United Nations">United Nations headquarters</a></b> was laid in New York City.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lam_Wing-kee" title="Lam Wing-kee">Lam Wing-kee</a>, the owner of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books" title="Causeway Bay Books">Causeway Bay Books</a> in Hong Kong, known for publishing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_in_China" title="Censorship in China">political books banned in mainland China</a>, was <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causeway_Bay_Books_disappearances" title="Causeway Bay Books disappearances">abducted by Chinese authorities</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanae_Yamamoto_(artist)" title="Kanae Yamamoto (artist)">Kanae Yamamoto</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1882); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pin_Malakul" title="Pin Malakul">Pin Malakul</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1903); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasumi_Matsuno" title="Yasumi Matsuno">Yasumi Matsuno</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1965)</p>
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