October 24

Monday 24, 2005:

Rockstar Games releases ' for the Sony Playstation Portable. Also, Firaxis Games will release Civilization 4 for the PC.

Monday 24, 1960:

Nedelin catastrophe: An R-16 ballistic missile explodes on the launch pad at the Soviet Union's Baikonur Cosmodrome space facility, killing 165. Among the dead is Field Marshall Mitrofan Nedelin, whose death is reported to have occurred in a plane crash.

Wednesday 24, 1956:

Soviet Union invades Hungary

Tuesday 24, 1944:

World War II: The Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku is sunk.

Friday 24, 1360:

The Treaty of Brétigny is ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War.