Today is United Nations Day. This was reported by Qazaqyia.kz citing Sputnik Kazakhstan.

The organization currently comprises 193 states. The UN is a peacekeeping organization; thanks to its work, there is an opportunity to prevent conflicts and confrontations between countries. It also extends a helping hand to states in difficult situations. The UN emblem is a globe surrounded by wheat ears.

Also, today is National Annoyance Day. The term "annoyance" was invented by ancient doctors. Because physicians compared nerves to musical strings.

Another interesting holiday is Kind and Generous Bosses Day. Whether you can leave work early on this day, whether management will give a bonus or not – we don't know. However, it is worth congratulating your boss on his holiday, perhaps you will get lucky.

Today is also World Toilet Day. How this holiday is celebrated is unknown to us. It is enough to know about this important date. Why does the question of importance arise? Because a person spends three years of their life in the toilet. By the way, an interesting fact: the most remarkable toilet in the world is made of pure gold. It was made by the Federation of Hong Kong Jewelers to attract tourists to the country.

Historical events on October 24 in the world

  • 01In 1648, the Peace of Westphalia was signed, ending the Thirty Years' War;
  • 02In 1851, astronomer William Lassell discovered the Uranian moons Ariel and Umbriel;
  • 03In 1857, the world's first football club was founded in England;
  • 04In 1901, Annie Edson Taylor became the first known person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel;
  • 05In 1917, during World War I, the Battle of Caporetto began;
  • 06In 1931, the George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened;
  • 07In 1939, nylon stockings went on sale in the US for the first time in the world;
  • 08In 1945, the Charter of the United Nations came into force, and the UN was officially established;
  • 09In 1964, Zambia gained independence from the United Kingdom;
  • 10In 2003, the Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft made its last commercial flight;
  • 11In 2007, China launched its first lunar probe, Chang'e-1.

Historical events on October 24 in Kazakhstan

  • 01In 1931, the first issue of the Kazakh-language newspaper "Zhymysshy" was published in Ridder;
  • 02In 1963, during testing of the R-9A intercontinental ballistic missile at Baikonur, a fire broke out in the silo-launch facility of the fueled missile, killing 8 people;
  • 03In 1996, a memorial plaque was installed on the house where writer Balgabek Kydyrbekuly lived in Almaty;
  • 04In 2000, a monument to poet Sultanmakhmut Toraigyrov was unveiled in Pavlodar;
  • 05In 2005, a new apartment-type student dormitory opened at Pavlodar State Pedagogical Institute.

Famous people born on October 24 in the world

  • 01In 1862, Daniel Swarovski, founder of the Austrian crystal empire Swarovski, was born;
  • 02In 1911, Soviet theater, film, and stage artist, entertainer, theater director, and comedian Arkady Raikin was born. Lenin Prize laureate (1980);
  • 03In 1939, American actor F. Murray Abraham was born. He received an Oscar for his role in the film "Amadeus";
  • 04In 1966, Russian entrepreneur, billionaire, and former governor of Chukotka Roman Abramovich was born;
  • 05In 1985, English footballer Wayne Rooney was born;
  • 06In 1986, Canadian rapper, singer, and actor Drake was born.

Who was born on October 24 in Kazakhstan

  • 01In 1910, scientist, doctor of biological sciences, professor, academician of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, honored scientist of Kazakhstan Temirbay Darkanbaev was born;
  • 02In 1948, poet, laureate of the Makhambet Prize, honored figure of Kazakhstan Koishygul Zhylkyshiev was born;
  • 03In 1964, former Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development Kairbek Uskenbayev was born;
  • 04In 1968, Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan Yerzhan Sadenov was born;
  • 05In 1986, Vice Minister of Energy Sanzhar Zharkeshov was born.