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October 24, 2014

Revisit the music, news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

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Billboard 200

The Top 50 albums for the chart week of October 22, 2014, covering October 24, 2014.

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    Album cover for Old Boots; New Dirt by Jason Aldean

    Old Boots; New Dirt

    Jason Aldean

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    Album cover for Hozier by Hozier

    Hozier

    Hozier

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    Album cover for Partners by Barbra Streisand

    Partners

    Barbra Streisand

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    Album cover for Cheek To Cheek by Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

    Cheek To Cheek

    Tony Bennett & Lady Gaga

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    Album cover for Everything Will Be Alright In The End by Weezer

    Everything Will Be Alright In The End

    Weezer

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Notable Deaths

Mbulaeni Mulaudzi

2014Mbulaeni Mulaudzi, South African runner (born 1980)[†]

Mbulaeni Tongai Mulaudzi OIB was a South African middle-distance runner, and the 2009 world champion in the men's 800 metres.

S. S. Rajendran

2014S. S. Rajendran, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1928)[†]

Sedapatti Suryanarayana Rajendran, also known by his initials SSR, was an Indian actor, film director, film producer and politician who worked in Tamil theatre and cinema. He often referred as Latchiya Nadigar.

Marcia Strassman

2014Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (born 1948)[†]

Marcia Ann Strassman was an American actress and singer. She had roles on the TV programs Welcome Back, Kotter and M*A*S*H, as well as in the film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.

Historical Events

Chang'e 5-T1

2014The China National Space Administration launches an experimental lunar mission, Chang'e 5-T1, which will loop behind the Moon and return to Earth.[†]

Chang'e 5-T1 was an experimental robotic spacecraft that was launched to the Moon on 23 October 2014, by the China National Space Administration (CNSA) to conduct atmospheric re-entry tests on the capsule design planned to be used in the Chang'e 5 mission. As part of the Chinese Lunar Exploration Program, Chang'e 5, launched in 2020, was a Moon sample return mission. Like its predecessors, the spacecraft is named after the Chinese Moon goddess Chang'e. The craft consisted of a return vehicle capsule and a service module orbiter.

Historical Context for October 24, 2014

In 2014, the world population was approximately 7,381,616,244 people[†]