Page 4: Historical Events In August - 24

1889  On August - 24 simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet   

1889  On August - 24 jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies   

1890  Duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24) on this day in history.   

1891  On August - 24 thomas Edison patents motion picture camera   

1891  Alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer on this day in history.   

1893  Tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die on August - 24.   

1894  On August - 24 jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)   

1895  On August - 24 john F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74   

1896  Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose) on August - 24.   

1898  Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974) on August - 24.   

1899  Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons) on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 24 preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)   

1902  On this day in history fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism)   

1904  24th US Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97) on August - 24.   

1904  On this day in history rod Redwing, NY, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory)   

1905  Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings on August - 24.   

1905  On August - 24 donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again)   

1906  Cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game on August - 24.   

1906  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies on August - 24.   

1907  On this day in history pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58   

1908  On August - 24 tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

1909  Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal on August - 24.   

1909  Ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history bernhard Heiden, composer   

1911  On this day in history manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal   

1911  On this day in history karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister   

1912  On August - 24 alaska becomes a U.S. territory.   

1912  On August - 24 nYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians   

1912  On August - 24 territory of Alaska organized   

1912  US passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show)   

1913  On this day in history dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane)   

1914  On this day in history battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops   

1915  On August - 24 alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful)   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.   

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

1358  On August - 24 birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on August - 24.   

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

1531  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

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  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded