Daily Almanac: October 24, 2023

Sunrise/Sunset:
RISE: 8:06 a.m.
SET: 6:57 p.m.

High/Low Temperatures:
HIGH: 63 °F
LOW: 46 °F

Today is…:
• Black Thursday
• United Nations Day
• World Polio Day

What Happened On This Day:
• 2007 China Launches Chang’e 1. It was the first spacecraft of China’s Lunar Exploration Program, which is responsible for sending unmanned robotic space probes to the Moon and the lunar orbit in order to better understand Earth’s largest natural satellite. The space probe crashed into the lunar surface on March 2, 2009, after orbiting the Moon for over a year.
• 1945 United Nations founded. The U.N. charter was ratified by the then 5 permanent members and 46 member states.
• 1926 Last performance of Houdini. The world famous escape artist performed for the last time at the Garrick Theater in Detroit, Michigan.

Births On This Day:

• 1962 Dave Blaney

American race car driver

• 51 Domitian

Roman Emperor

Deaths On This Day:

• 2005 Rosa Parks

American activist

• 1972 Jackie Robinson

American baseball player