About the day » Thursday October 24, 1895Calender converter

• Abraham Sanders, Venlo († 1942)
• Andrée Louise Laure WECKBECKER, Mersch, L7501 († 1980)
• Andries Johannes De Jager († 1972)
• Albertus Hoek, Katwijk aan Zee († 1974)
• Adrianus Philippus van Lijssel, Mill en Sint Hubert († 1896)
• Anna Elisabeth Coumans, Elsloo (Stein), Limburg, Nederland († 1976)
• Aaltje Wensink, Oldebroek, Nederland
• Andries van der Meulen, Harlingen
• AEbe de Jong, Franeker, Friesland, Nederland († 1967)
• Livina (Silvia) Maria Prudencia Verdonck, St. Niklaas (B)

• Apolonia Smeelen (75), 's-Gravenhage, Provincie Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Beeltje Alida Aleida Pelepina Herrebrugh (72), Groot Banda, Lonthor/Banda Neira, Nederlands-Indië
• Anne Frances Falconer (89), St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies
• Apolonia Smeele (75), Den Haag, 6000, Zuid-Holland, NL
• Bor Kuikhoven (0), Harderwijk, Gelderland, Nederland
• Anne Annes Berntsen (1), Arnhem {GE}
• Annechien Bebingh (78), Groningen
• Anton Hauschop (0), Werne, Unna, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
• Antonia Berendina van den Born (38), Arnhem
• Albertje Hendriks Prins (60), Nieuw-Amsterdam, Emmen, Drenthe, Nederland

• 1887 » Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot († 1917)
• 1887 » Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg († 1969)
• 1891 » Brenda Ueland, American journalist, author, and educator († 1985)
• 1891 » Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic († 1961)
• 1894 » Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright († 1987)
• 1895 » Jack Warner, English actor and singer († 1981)
• 1896 » Marjorie Joyner, American make-up artist and businesswoman († 1994)
• 1898 » Peng Dehuai, Chinese general, 1st Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China († 1974)
• 1901 » Gilda Gray, Polish-American actress, singer, and dancer († 1959)
• 1903 » Melvin Purvis, American FBI agent († 1960)

• 1852 » Daniel Webster, American lawyer and politician, 14th United States Secretary of State (b. 1782)
• 1875 » Raffaello Carboni, Italian-Australian author and poet (b. 1817)
• 1898 » Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter and illustrator (b. 1824)
• 1915 » Désiré Charnay, French archaeologist and photographer (b. 1828)
• 1917 » James Carroll Beckwith, American painter and academic (b. 1852)
• 1922 » George Cadbury, English businessman (b. 1839)
• 1935 » Dutch Schultz, American mob boss (b. 1902)
• 1937 » Nils Wahlbom, Swedish actor (b. 1886)
• 1938 » Ernst Barlach, German sculptor and playwright (b. 1870)
• 1943 » Hector de Saint-Denys Garneau, Canadian poet and painter (b. 1912)

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
• March 22 » Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
• April 3 » The trial in the libel case brought by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
• April 8 » In Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. the Supreme Court of the United States declares unapportioned income tax to be unconstitutional.
• June 27 » The inaugural run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
• October 8 » Korean Empress Myeongseong is assassinated by Japanese infiltrators.
• November 28 » The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.

The temperature on October 24, 1895 was about 2.9 °C. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 75%.