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United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)

Name: United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International)
Start: 2000-10-24
End: 2000-10-24
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On October 24, in the year 0, United Nations Day, the anniversary of the 1945 Charter of the United Nations (International). This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 24, one of 534 recorded events on this date across all of history.

United Nations Day is an annual commemorative day, reflecting the official creation of the United Nations on 24 October 1945. In 1947, the United Nations General Assembly declared 24 October, the anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations, to "be devoted to making known to the people of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations and to gaining their support for" its work.

Key Facts

This event took place on October 24, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 3 Wikipedia articles.
Wikipedia source last updated on 19 June 2026.

On This Date in History 534

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2025	Oct 24	Sirikit, Queen Mother of Thailand (born 1932)
Historical Events	2024	Oct 24	A 14 year old resident from Bosanska Krupa, Bosnia and Herzegovina initiated a terrorist attack on the local police…
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 24	Amir Abdur-Rahim, American basketball player and coach (born 1981)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 24	Abdelaziz Barrada, Moroccan footballer (born 1989)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 24	Jeri Taylor, American screenwriter (born 1938)
Notable Deaths	2022	Oct 24	Leslie Jordan, American actor, writer, and singer (born 1955)
Notable Deaths	2021	Oct 24	James Michael Tyler, American actor (born 1962)
Historical Events	2018	Oct 24	The world's longest sea crossing, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge, opens for public traffic.
Notable Deaths	2018	Oct 24	Tony Joe White, American singer/songwriter (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2017	Oct 24	Fats Domino, American pianist and singer-songwriter (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2017	Oct 24	Robert Guillaume, American actor (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2017	Oct 24	Girija Devi, Indian classical singer (born 1929)
Historical Events	2016	Oct 24	A French surveillance aircraft flying to Libya crashes on takeoff in Malta, killing all five people on board.
Historical Events	2016	Oct 24	Three heavily armed terrorists from the Islamic State – Khorasan Province open fire on and eventually suicide bomb a…
Notable Deaths	2016	Oct 24	Bobby Vee, American pop singer (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2016	Oct 24	Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan politician, former president (2000-2005) (born 1927)
Historical Events	2015	Oct 24	A driver deliberately crashes into the Oklahoma State Homecoming parade, killing four people and injuring 34.
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 24	Michael Beetham, English commander and pilot (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 24	Alvin Bronstein, American lawyer and academic (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 24	Margarita Khemlin, Ukrainian-Russian author and critic (born 1960)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 24	Ján Chryzostom Korec, Slovak cardinal (born 1924)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 24	Maureen O'Hara, Irish-American actress and singer (born 1920)
Selected Events	2015	Oct 24	Lam Wing-kee, the owner of Causeway Bay Books in Hong Kong, known for publishing political books banned in mainland…
Historical Events	2014	Oct 24	The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind…
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 24	Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 24	S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 24	Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 24	Antonia Bird, English director and producer (born 1951)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 24	Brooke Greenberg, American girl with a rare genetic disorder (born 1993)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 24	Ana Bertha Lepe, Mexican model and actress (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 24	Lew Mayne, American football player and coach (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 24	Peggy Ahern, American actress (born 1917)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 24	Anita Björk, Swedish actress (born 1923)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 24	Jeff Blatnick, American wrestler and sportscaster (born 1957)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 24	Bill Dees, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 24	Margaret Osborne duPont, American tennis player (born 1918)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 24	Sansan Chien, Taiwanese composer and educator (born 1967)
Notable Deaths	2011	Oct 24	John McCarthy, American computer scientist and academic, developed the Lisp programming language (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 24	Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (born 1927)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 24	Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2010	Oct 24	Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (born 1912)
Historical Events	2008	Oct 24	"Bloody Friday" saw many of the world's stock exchanges experience the worst declines in their history, with drops of…
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 24	Moshe Cotel, American pianist and composer (born 1943)
Historical Events	2007	Oct 24	Chang'e 1, the first satellite in the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, is launched from Xichang Satellite Launch…
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 24	Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 24	Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (born 1928)
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 24	Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981)
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 24	Anne Weale, English journalist and author (born 1929)
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 24	Enolia McMillan, American educator and activist (born 1904)
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 24	William Montgomery Watt, Scottish historian and scholar (born 1909)