Page 4: Historical Events In August - 24

1889  Simon Kimbangu/Kibangu, Congo prophet on this day in history.   

1889  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 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  On this day in history phil Baker, Phila, comedian (Who's Whose)   

1898  On this day in history albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)   

1899  On this day in history johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons)   

1900  Preston Foster, Ocean City NJ, actor (Waterfront, Gunslinger) on August - 24.   

1902  Fernand Braudel, French historian (Civililization & Capitalism) on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1906  On August - 24 cincinnati Red John Weimer no-hits Dodgers, 1-0 in 7 inning game   

1906  Alfred Stevens, Belgian painter, dies on this day in history.   

1907  Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on August - 24.   

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

1909  On this day in history workers start pouring concrete for Panama Canal   

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

1910  On August - 24 bernhard Heiden, composer   

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

1911  Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister on August - 24.   

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

1912  NYC ticker tape parade for Jim Thorpe & victorious US olympians on August - 24.   

1912  Territory of Alaska organized on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history uS passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt   

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 August - 24.   

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

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

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

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

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

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

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 August - 24.   

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

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on August - 24.   

1313  Henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies on August - 24.   

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

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on this day in history.   

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