Page 4: Historical Events In August - 24

1889  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet on August - 24.   

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

1890  On August - 24 duke Kahanamoku, Hawaii, swimmer (Olympics-3 gold/2 silver-12, 20, 24)   

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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)   

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

1899  Johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons) on August - 24.   

1900  Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger) on this day in history.   

1902  On August - 24 fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism)   

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

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  On August - 24 cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game   

1906  On this day in history alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies   

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

1908  Tommy Burns KOs Bill Squires in 13 for heavyweight boxing title on August - 24.   

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

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

1910  Bernhard Heiden, composer on August - 24.   

1911  On August - 24 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 this day in history nYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians   

1912  Territory of Alaska organized on August - 24.   

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  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1531  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On August - 24 magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On August - 24 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  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded