Historical Events In August - 24

1968  On this day in history france became world's 5th thermonuclear power   

1968  On August - 24 france becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.   

1968  Cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies on August - 24.   

1970  Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison on this day in history.   

1972  Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame on August - 24.   

1972  On this day in history carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59   

1973  On August - 24 billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76   

1975  Royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect on August - 24.   

1975  Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 on August - 24.   

1976  On this day in history soyuz 21 returns to Earth   

1976  On August - 24 michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76   

1978  On August - 24 louis Prima, singer, dies at 66   

1979  On August - 24 uN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps   

1981  Mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon on this day in history.   

1981  Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder on this day in history.   

1981  Mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison on August - 24.   

1982  On this day in history jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1983  On this day in history jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64   

1985  On August - 24 sTS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather   

1985  Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1987  On August - 24 announcement of possible Martian tornadoes   

1987  On August - 24 bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77   

1988  Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 on this day in history.   

1989  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on this day in history.   

1989  Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling on August - 24.   

1989  On August - 24 voyager 2 flies past Neptune   

1990  On August - 24 iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City   

1991  Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on this day in history.   

1991  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on August - 24.   

1991  On this day in history abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99   

1992  Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage on this day in history.   

1992  On August - 24 andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74   

1993  On this day in history professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101   

1994  Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.   

1420  On August - 24 birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on this day in history.   

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on August - 24.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.