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 — The Serbian army defeats the Ottoman Vardar Army north of Skopje and overruns most of Macedonia within weeks. Small, landlocked Serbia is becoming the regional power 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 — About 90 per cent of Icelandic women stop work, at home and in offices, 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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