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24th October 1836 - earliest American patent for a phosphorus friction match by Alonzo Dwight Phillips

24th October 1929 - "Black Thursday", start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%

24th October 1932 - British government signs trade treaty with USSR

24th October 1942 - Second day of battle at El Alamein: British infantry

24th October 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis: Soviet ships approach but stop short of the US blockade of Cuba

24th October 1980 - Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

24th October 2008 - "Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experienced the worst declines in their history, with drops of around 10% in most indices.

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Captain WH Rollins