Today in History: What happened on October 24? Developments in Turkey and the world on October 24...

1857 - The first football club, Sheffield FC, was founded.

1882 - German scientist Robert Koch discovered the tuberculosis bacterium.

1911 - Orville Wright set a new world record by staying in the air for 9 minutes and 45 seconds with an aircraft in North Carolina. This record would remain unbroken for 10 years.

1912 - The Battle of Kumanovo between the Ottoman and Serbian armies during the First Balkan War ended with a Serbian victory.

1914 - World War I: The Caucasus Campaign between the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire began.

1926 - Famous illusionist Harry Houdini performed his final show at the Garrick Theatre in Detroit, Michigan.

1929 - Stocks on the New York Stock Exchange fell. The depression that followed this collapse caused a severe contraction in world foreign trade.

1935 - Italy invaded Ethiopia.

1935 - The 1st Congress of Municipalities began.

1939 - Nylon stockings were sold for the first time in Wilmington.

1945 - The United Nations Charter was published and the UN was established.

1945 - During World War II, Vidkun Quisling, the leader of the Fascist Party who helped the Nazis occupy Norway and was later made Prime Minister of Norway by Hitler, was executed by firing squad.

1947 - Walt Disney testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and provided the committee with the names of some of his employees whom he believed to be Communists.

1949 - Ordinaryus Prof. Dr. Fahrettin Kerim Gökay, known as the "Tiny Governor," began his duties as the Governor and Mayor of Istanbul.

1956 - Journalist Bedii Faik was sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting the President.

1964 - American civil rights activist Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1965 - A census was conducted. Turkey's population: 31,391,207

1975 - Turkey's Ambassador to Paris, İsmail Erez, and his official driver, Talip Yener, were assassinated. The organization called the 'Justice Commandos of the Armenian Genocide' claimed responsibility for the attack.

1980 - The Polish government legally recognized the labor union Solidarność (Solidarity).

1991 - Journalist Uluç Gürkan and Ministry of Foreign Affairs official Hande Mumcu were acquitted in the crypto case.

1996 - Osmaniye became Turkey's 80th province.

1992 - Hezarfen, Turkey's first private airport, began operations in Büyükçekmece, Istanbul.

1992 - Aachen Communiqué, Ulum el-hikme school

1996 - The 1st Eurasian Islamic Council convened in Turkey.

2003 - The final flight of the Concorde took place between New York and London.