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Events on October 24 in history

R-9 Desna
1963Oct, 24

An oxygen leak from an R-9 missile at the Baikonur Cosmodrome triggers a fire that kills seven people.

The R-9 (NATO reporting name: SS-8 Sasin) was a two-stage IRBM of the Soviet Union, in service from 1964 to 1976.

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    Mona Lisa

    Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa is exhibited in the United States for the first time, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
  • 8Feb

    John F. Kennedy

    Travel, financial and commercial transactions by United States citizens to Cuba are made illegal by the John F. Kennedy administration.
  • 21Apr

    Bahá'í Faith

    The first election of the Universal House of Justice is held, marking its establishment as the supreme governing institution of the Bahá'í Faith.
  • 7Oct

    Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

    John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
  • 22Nov

    Assassination of John F. Kennedy

    U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded by Lee Harvey Oswald