1. On October 24, 1861, the Battle of Pocotaligo was fought in Beaufort County during the American Civil War. Confederate forces successfully defended a strategically important railroad line, defeating Union troops.

2. The first recorded football game in South Carolina history took place on October 24, 1874, between the Furman Academy and the Greenville High School. This was just two years after the first ever intercollegiate football game between Rutgers and Princeton.

3. On October 24, 1905, the Supreme Court of South Carolina ruled in the case of Southern Railway Company v. Busbin. This landmark case established the doctrine of "last clear chance," which holds that a defendant may still be held liable for negligence even if the plaintiff was also negligent, as long as the defendant had the last clear chance to prevent the harm.

4. The United States Naval Reserve Base located in Charleston, South Carolina was officially dedicated on October 24, 1943. The base served as a training center during World War II and continued to be an important naval facility for several decades.

5. On October 24, 1991, South Carolina Governor Carroll Campbell signed the first state lottery law in the state's history. The law authorized the South Carolina Education Lottery, which began selling scratch-off tickets in 2002 and has since raised billions of dollars for education in the state.