In context
- When
- Saturday, October 24 199234 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
- Ding Liren
Who they were
Ding Liren, Chinese chess grandmaster
Why this date
Ding Liren appears on our October 24 calendar for 1992 as a birth entry.
October 24 through the years
Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.
- 1992Ding Liren
- 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
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“Ding Liren”, What's On This Date, https://whatsonthisdate.com/app/event/ding-liren-1992-october-24, accessed October 26, 2026.
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Questions about this entry
When did Ding Liren happen?
October 24 1992 — 34 years ago, on a Saturday.
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