In context
- When
- Tuesday, October 24 199531 years ago
- Category
- BirthA notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
- Era
- 20th century · 1990s
- Recorded from
- Wikipedia “On this day” feed
- Person
- Ashton Sanders
Who they were
Ashton Durrand Sanders is an American actor best known for his acclaimed portrayal of teenage Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film Moonlight (2016). He has since acted in films such as The Equalizer 2 (2018), All Day and a Night (2020), and Judas and the Black Messiah (2021). He portrayed Bigger Thomas in Native Son (2019) and Bobby Brown in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022).
Why this date
Ashton Sanders appears on our October 24 calendar for 1995 as a birth entry.
October 24 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1995Ashton Sanders
- 2004Arsenal F.C.
- 2005Hurricane Wilma
- 2007Chang'e 1
- 2008Stock market crash
- 2014China National Space Administration
- 2015Lam Wing-kee
- 20152015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade attack
- 2016Islamic State – Khorasan Province
- 20162016 CAE Aviation Fairchild Merlin crash
- 2018Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge
Also in 1995
- September 11Mir EO-19Mir EO-19, the first expedition to the Russian space station Mir launched on an American Space Shuttle, returned to Earth after approxima…
- September 11Classical World Chess Championship 1995The first game of the PCA World Chess Championship 1995, pitting incumbent champion Garry Kasparov against challenger Viswanathan Anand,…
- March 14Norman ThagardNorman Thagard becomes the first American astronaut to ride to space on board a Russian launch vehicle.
- September 12Hurricane IsmaelHurricane Ismael formed off the southwest coast of Mexico; it went on to kill over a hundred people in the country.
- September 15Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133Malaysia Airlines Flight 2133 crashes at Tawau Airport in Malaysia, killing 34.
- October 20Space Shuttle ColumbiaSpace Shuttle Columbia launches on STS-73.
- July 13Space Shuttle DiscoverySpace Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite.
- August 10Oklahoma City bombingOklahoma City bombing: Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols are indicted for the bombing. Michael Fortier pleads guilty in a plea-bargain fo…
Sources
- Wikipedia article (text, CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 for adapted text · how we source this
Cite this page
“Ashton Sanders”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/ashton-sanders-1995-october-24, accessed October 27, 2026.
Cite the underlying source as well — the source links above go to the record this entry is adapted from.
Questions about this entry
When did Ashton Sanders happen?
October 24 1995 — 31 years ago, on a Tuesday.
Where does this text come from?
Wikipedia “On this day” feed. Summaries are short adaptations that link back to the source, not reprints.
How do I cite this page?
Use the ready-made citation near the sources at the bottom of the page, and follow the source link to cite the underlying record as well.
One entry a day, by email
The standout entry each morning. Kept for this site only.
Text adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0 and from Wikidata (CC0). Images come from Wikimedia Commons; credit and licence are shown with each image. Editorial entries are © What's On This Date. Sources & licensing · How this site works.