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Events on Thursday 10 October 2024 3
1928 – 2024Ethel Kennedy (1928-2024)Died 10 October 2024, aged 96American advocate for social justice and human rights, widow of Robert F. Kennedy.
1934 – 2024Fleur Adcock (1934-2024)Died 10 October 2024, aged 90New Zealand-born British poet of tranquil domestic lyrics cut with irony and the macabre.
2024Hurricane Milton strikes FloridaA rapid intensification to Category 5 in the GulfHurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, on 9 October 2024, two weeks after Helene. It had intensified to Category 5 over the Gulf before weakening at landfall.