History for October 24 - On-This-Day.com
Anthony van Leeuwenhoek -1632- He created the first microscope lenses that were powerful enough to observe single-celled animals., Sarah J. Hale 1788 - She wrote the poem "Mary Had A Little Lamb.", Moss Hart 1904 - Playwright
F. Murray Abraham 1939 - Actor, Kevin Kline 1947 - Actor, Kweisi Mfume 1948 - President of NAACP
1795 - The country of Poland was divided up between Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.
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