24 October It Happened Today

1648  The Treaty of Westphalia is signed, ending the Thirty Years War.

1937  Jean Batten, the New Zealand aviator, flies from Australia to England in a record time of five days, eighteen hours and eighteen minutes.

1945  Vidkun Quisling, the Norwegian who headed the ‘puppet’ government in Norway during WWII, is executed.

1957  Death of fashion designer Christian Dior.

2002  Two suspects arrested in connection with a spate of sniper shootings in Washington.

2003  The supersonic aircraft Concorde made its final passenger flights