Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/October 24
Births
[edit]- 1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist (d. 1723)
- 1904 - Moss Hart, American dramatist (d. 1961)
- 1930 - The Big Bopper, American singer (d. 1959)
- 1939 - F. Murray Abraham, American actor
- 1947 - Kevin Kline, American actor (pictured)
- 1972 - Scott Peterson, American murderer
Deaths
[edit]- 1537 - Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII of England
- 1601 - Tycho Brahe, Danish astronomer (b. 1546)
- 1852 - Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician (b. 1782)
- 1944 - Louis Renault, French automobile manufacturer (b. 1877)
- 1957 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)
- 1972 - Jackie Robinson, baseball player (b. 1919)
- 1991 - Gene Roddenberry, American television producer (b. 1921)
- 2005 - Rosa Parks, American civil rights activist (b. 1913)