Page 4: Historical Events In August - 24

1889  On this day in history simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet   

1889  Jan E Matzeliger, Suriname inventor (shoe lacing machine), dies on August - 24.   

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

1891  Thomas Edison patents motion picture camera on August - 24.   

1891  On August - 24 alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer   

1893  On this day in history tornado destroys coast of Savannah & Charleston, about 1000 die   

1894  On this day in history jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark)   

1895  On this day in history john F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74   

1896  Phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose) on this day in history.   

1898  Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974) on this day in history.   

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

1900  On this day in history preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger)   

1902  Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism) on August - 24.   

1904  On this day in history 24th US Mens Tennis: Holcombe Ward beats William Clothier (108 64 97)   

1904  On August - 24 rod Redwing, NY, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory)   

1905  Chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings on this day in history.   

1905  Donald Douglas, Scotland, actor (I Love You Again) on August - 24.   

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  Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title   

1909  Workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal on this day in history.   

1909  On August - 24 ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939)   

1910  On August - 24 bernhard Heiden, composer   

1911  On August - 24 manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal   

1911  On August - 24 karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister   

1912  Alaska becomes a U.S. territory on August - 24.   

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 August - 24.   

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  Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops on this day in history.   

1915  Alice B[radley] Sheldon, US, sci-fi author (Byte Beautiful) on this day in history.   

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

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

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

1210  On August - 24 birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

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

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.   

1531  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1313  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on August - 24.