THE DAY IN HISTORY · OCTOBER 24
October 24 in history
What happened on October 24: 3 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1912, 1945 and 1975, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Battle of Kumanovo
23–24 Oct 1912 — North of Skopje, the Serbian army defeats the Ottoman Vardar Army. Within weeks Serbia overruns most of Macedonia. Small and landlocked, it is becoming the regional power that Austria-Hungary has feared since 1903.
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The United Nations Charter enters into force — the war’s survivors building the institution its outbreak proved necessary.
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— Icelandic women’s strike
24 Oct 1975 — Icelandic women stop work both at home and in offices: about 90 per cent take part, and some 25,000 rally in Reykjavík. Schools, shops and newspapers close. Five years later Iceland elects Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the world’s first woman elected president.
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