Browsing: October 24

A Brief History On October 24, 2025, American black comedy thriller film Bugonia was released in theaters in the United States by Focus Features. Digging Deeper Starring the two time Oscar and two time Golden Globe winning actress, Emma Stone, this black comedy dives deep into the conspiracy theory world of one apparently delusional man (played by Jesse Plemons) assisted by his somewhat pathetic autistic cousin in a seemingly idiotic plot to kidnap a big pharma CEO believed by the conspiracy addled men to be an alien with evil intentions. With their suspected alien abductee firmly in their grasp, the…

A Brief History On October 24, 1260, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres was dedicated.  Taking about 26 years to build, the great church is on the site of previous iterations of the cathedral, going as far back as the 4th Century and having additions to the beautiful edifice through the years, and in 1979 designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.  The cathedral draws visitors to see the relic called the Sancta Camisa, a tunic worn by Mary when Christ was born. Digging Deeper Religious buildings often receive the highest efforts of architects and artists of their day,…

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 24th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 24, 1260, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres was dedicated. On October 24th, 1537, in a cruel twist of fate, Queen Jane Seymour died of complications following childbirth after having just 12 days earlier provided Henry VIII with his much longed-for son and heir. On October 24, 1871, a number of Chinese immigrants to the United States (perhaps 17…

A Brief History On October 24, 2017, rock and roll and New Orleans jazz pioneer Antoine “Fats” Domino died.  His 1949 song, “The Fat Man,” is considered by some to be the first rock and roll hit, selling over a million copies.  Elvis Presley and the Beatles were fans of Domino, and Fats is not the only great person of considerable girth. Digging Deeper Another rock and roller, Chubby Checker, got his stage name from a comparison to Fats Domino!  Yet another rock and roll great, Mama Cass Elliot, is enshrined in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and…

A Brief History On October 24, 1871, a number of Chinese immigrants to the United States (perhaps 17 to 20) were lynched in Los Angeles, California, the victims hanged by the neck until dead by a mob of White and Hispanic Americans.  The mob had heard that a Chinese man or men had shot a lawman and killed a rancher assisting that lawman while trying to effect the arrest of a Chinese man in the Chinatown section of LA known as “Calle de los Negros” (Street of the Blacks).  We previously discussed lynching in the United States, but recent events…