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October 24, 1861: the first transcontinental telegraph system was completed by Western Union, making it possible to transmit messages rapidly (by mid-nineteenth-century standards) from coast to coast. This technological advance, pioneered by inventor Samuel F. B. Morse, heralded the end of the Pony Express. Only two days later, on October 26, the horseback mail service that had previously provided the fastest means of communication between the eastern and western United States officially closed.


The Transcontinental Telegraph and the End of the Pony Express


October 24, 1901: Annie Edson Taylor at age 63, became the 1st person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel with a cushioned interior. She was recovered from the bottom of the falls, 20 minutes after the feat, bleeding from the head, but otherwise uninjured, just a little dizzy. Her motives were financial but she never made much money from her adventure. She died penniless on April 29, 1921 at age 82 and her funeral was paid for by public donations.


The cat in photo is believed to be the same cat that went over the falls in a test run. Poor kitty!


October 23, 1910: Birthday remembrance for Dr. Alfred Bellows, USAF. William Henry Rorke known as Hayden Rorke (died August 19, 1987)





October 24, 1926: Escapologist & illusionist Harry Houdini gave his last performance at the Garrick Theatre, Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was suffering from peritonitis (swelling of the abdomen), possibly acute appendicitis and passed out during the show, but was revived. Afterwards, he was taken to Detroit's Grace hospital and died on 31 October 1926.


The bust has been stolen or destroyed four times between 1975 and 1993. The original was gladly donated to the Museum of the City of New York by wife Bess, but the replica was smashed by sledge hammer in 1975, replaced and then stolen in 1983, only to be recovered in 2003.

It was most recently replaced in 2011 by a group from the Society of American Magicians calling themselves the Houdini Commandos who made a replica bust (cast from one of the other replicas) and installed it in a guerrilla restoration operation. The bust is believed to be the sole graven image found in the Jewish cemetery...extremely rare.

Halloween, October 31st is Houdini Commandos Day.

There is long ongoing theories that Houdini was murdered to an unfortunate incident by a McGill University student who demanded of Houdini if the legends were true of his steel abdomen, but didn’t give Houdini time to prepare for an impact by receiving a surprise punch to the gut that possibly ruptured his appendix. Also, that he may have been covertly poisoned as believed by his great-nephew, George Hardeen.

Houdini made some enemies by trying to expose mediums in the then-popular spiritualist movement, saying their claims to be able to contact the dead were bogus. Houdini worked closely with the FBI to expose spiritualist charlatans. The theory goes that they may have killed the magician.


October 24, 1933: The Kray Twins: Brothers In Arms were born in Hoxton, Middlesex. The notorious gangster duo Reggie & Ronnie were heavily involved in organised crime in the East End of London during the 1950s and 1960s involving murder, armed robbery and various assaults until their arrest in May 1968.

They both went AWOL from the Army, both captured and became among the last prisoners to be held at the Tower of London before being transferred to Shepton Mallet military prison (Britain’s oldest prison) in Somerset for a month to await court-martial. Both were convicted and sentenced to life in prison.



Ronnie was certified insane and committed to Broadmoor Hospital in 1979 and remained there until his death on 17 March 1995 from a heart attack. While his brother Reggie was released from prison on compassionate grounds in August 2000, and died of cancer on October 1, 2000.

In the 1960s, the Kray twins were widely seen as prosperous and charming celebrity nightclub owners and were part of the Swinging London scene. A large part of their fame was due to their non-criminal activities as popular figures on the celebrity circuit, being photographed by David Bailey on more than one occasion and socialising with lords, MPs, socialites and show business characters, including Frank Sinatra, Peter Sellers, Joan Collins, Judy Garland, Diana Dors, George Raft, Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley Bassey, Liza Minnelli, Cliff Richard, Dusty Springfield, Jayne Mansfield, Richard Harris, Danny La Rue, and Barbara Windsor.

In 1985, Frank Sinatra was said to have hired 18 bodyguards from Krayleigh Enterprises, which was the Kray twin's protection company.

The Kray twins have seeded an extensive bibliography leading to many autobiographical accounts, biographical reconstructions, commentaries, analysis, fiction and speculation.

An extensive Wiki page.

14 amazing facts about the Kray twins

Getty Images for many more photos.



October 24, 1944: Hellcat pilots CDR David McCampbell and Ensign Roy Rushing attacked 60 Japanese aircraft that were approaching U.S. ships during the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Together they shot down 15 planes, causing so much chaos that the remaining Japanese aircraft abandoned their mission. By the time McCampbell returned to the carrier, his Hellcat only had 6 rounds left and was so low on fuel that the engine stopped as it taxied out of the arresting wires. For his "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" on these occasions, McCampbell was awarded the Medal of Honor. He became the U.S. Navy's leading ace, credited with downing a total of 34 Japanese aircraft. After 31 years he retired from the navy in 1964.




October 24, 1962: The Docu film WE'LL BURY YOU! opened in New York City. Yes, right in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis!




October 24, 1962: John Frankenheimer’s THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE premiered in New York City.


One of the filming locations was Jilly's Saloon owned by Ermenegildo "Jilly" Rizzo (May 6, 1917 – May 6, 1992) who was an American restaurateur and entertainer. He was a long-time friend of Frank Sinatra and his Saloon was a popular celebrity hangout in the 1960s. Rizzo was killed by a drunk driver in Rancho Mirage, Calif on his 75th birthday, May 6, 1992. Ironically, the place today is a Russian Samovar Restaurant and Piano Bar.


In 1990, Rizzo and five other men were convicted of fraud in relation to an $8 million loan scheme. He was given 1,000 hours of community service in a case presided over by judge Jack Bertrand Weinstein (August 10, 1921 – June 15, 2021). As a federal judge, he worked with a number of mass tort cases, including those relating to Agent Orange, asbestos, tobacco, breast implants, diethylstilbestrol (nonsteroidal estrogen medication), Zyprexa, and handguns. He was the last living federal judge appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson.


"Trump is everywhere" I been hearing all week from the media fanfare.
Trump in US News and World Report from 1999:




Flashback: "This Video Will Get Donald Trump Elected" posted October 24, 2016.



This video was originally posted under the account name "Berikande Mångfald". From their website which no longer exists...

We (the founders of this site) have our origins in Sweden and we have seen what the globalists have done to our country.

We started our Youtube channel in 2015 and before being silenced and demonitized we had a big affect on the debate climate in Sweden. The big chance happened when we released our inspiring video “This will get Trump elected” (if you haven’t seen the video, it’s a must watch…). We do believe we had a small impact in the election across the sea as millions of people viewed this video and many got convinced that this is not a battle between the left and right anymore, it’s a battle between the people and the globalists.

Enriching Diversity is translated to “Berikande Mångfald” in Swedish, which is something we use as a joke after e.g reading about things other cultures has brought to us. We see segregated swim times for men and women, we respond with saying -we have been enriched. Reading about all the murders and rapes etc, -we have been enriched. Culturally enriched. Enriched with diversity… You get the idea.

For reasons unknown to me, somehow that video survived the great Youtube purge.

Voice of Yoda: “Confused are you not? You will be. You will be.”