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 this day in history.   

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

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

1891  On August - 24 alexander Mikhaylovich Dzegelyonok, composer   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  On August - 24 chicago Cubs beat Phillies 2-1 in 20 innings   

1905  On this day in history 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  Pieter Louis Tak, writer (Chronicle), dies at 58 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history bernhard Heiden, composer   

1911  Manuel d'Arriaga elected 1st president of Portugal on August - 24.   

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  On August - 24 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  Dorothy Comingore, [Linda Winters], LA CA, actress (Citizen Kane) on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 24 battle at Bergen: Germans defeat Belgian/British troops   

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

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on August - 24.   

1113  On August - 24 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 August - 24.   

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  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

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

0079  Death of Pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23) on this day in history.   

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

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

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