Births on October 24

Danilo Petrucci

Born on October 24, 1990

Danilo Petrucci, Italian motorcycle racer

Danilo Carlo Petrucci (born 24 October 1990) is an Italian former Grand Prix motorcycle racer. After losing his KTM ride in MotoGP at the end of the 2021 season, he entered the 2022 Dakar Rally with a Tech3 KTM rally raid 450 cc machine in January 2022. He won two races in the MotoGP World Championship, and also won the Italian Superbike Championship (CIV) in 2011.

References

Danilo Petrucci

Choose Another Date

Events on 1990

2 Aug

Gulf War
Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War.
8 Aug

Gulf War
Iraq occupies Kuwait and the state is annexed to Iraq. This would lead to the Gulf War shortly afterward.
23 Aug

Gulf War
Saddam Hussein appears on Iraqi state television with a number of Western "guests" (actually hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf War.
28 Aug

Kuwait
Iraq declares Kuwait to be its newest province.
28 Nov

Margaret Thatcher
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and the prime ministry, and is succeeded as both by John Major.

Births on October 24

Danilo Petrucci

Born on October 24, 1990

References

Choose Another Date

Events on 1990

Gulf War

Gulf War

Gulf War

Kuwait

Margaret Thatcher