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

1891  On this day in history thomas Edison patents motion picture camera   

1891  On this day in history alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer   

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

1894  Jean Rhys, [Ella Williams], Dominica, writer (Voyage in the Dark) on this day in history.   

1895  John F Loudon, entrepreneur/colonial director, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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

1898  On August - 24 albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician (Nobel 1974)   

1899  On August - 24 johan J Fabricius, Dutch novelist (Island of Demons)   

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

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  Rod Redwing, NY, actor (Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings   

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  On August - 24 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  Ronnie Grieveson, S Afr cricket keeper/batsman (2 Tests v Eng 1939) on this day in history.   

1910  Bernhard Heiden, composer on August - 24.   

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

1911  Karl AF Schiller, West German economist/SPD-minister on this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 territory of Alaska organized   

1912  On August - 24 uS passes Anti-gag law, federal employees right to petition the govt   

1912  Durward Kirby, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Garry Moore Show) on this day in history.   

1913  Dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane) on August - 24.   

1914  Battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops on August - 24.   

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

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

1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

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  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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

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

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on August - 24.   

1103  On this day in history magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

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  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 August - 24.