Historical Events In August - 24

1916  On August - 24 official inauguration of the Australian Comforts Fund (ACF) The ACF coordinated the activities of the various State "patriotic funds" set up in 1914 to collect money to send comfort parcels to service personnel overseas   

1916  On August - 24 anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian   

1917  Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) on this day in history.   

1918  Sgt. Samuel Forsyth, NZ Engineers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Grevillers, France on August - 24.   

1918  On August - 24 chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)   

1918  Ray McIntire, chemical engineer on August - 24.   

1919  On August - 24 cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning   

1919  On this day in history "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer   

1921  On August - 24 battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey & Greece   

1921  On August - 24 sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver   

1922  On August - 24 1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams)   

1923  Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2) on this day in history.   

1923  On August - 24 helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady)   

1923  Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 on August - 24.   

1924  Louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history 39th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62)   

1927  On this day in history roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist   

1928  On August - 24 a subway wreck occurs under Times Square in New York City.   

1929  43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) on this day in history.   

1931  On this day in history france & USSR sign neutrality/no attack treaty   

1932  Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the U.S. nonstop, completing a 19-hour flight from Los Angeles to Newark, NJ on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history the first transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart   

1932  1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart on this day in history.   

1936  Australian Antarctic Territory created on this day in history.   

1937  On August - 24 republican offensive near Belchite Spain   

1938  England beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval on August - 24.   

1939  Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact on August - 24.   

1939  Germany and Russia sign a 10-year non-agression pact on August - 24.   

1939  Last man hanged in New South Wales axe murderer John Trevor Kelly on August - 24.   

1939  W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies on August - 24.   

1939  Last man hanged in New South Wales: axe murderer John Trevor Kelly on August - 24.   

1940  On this day in history luftwaffe bombs London   

1940  Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 on August - 24.   

1942  On August - 24 sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands   

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

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 this day in history.   

1420  On this day in history birth of albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt)   

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

1217  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1371  On this day in history death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

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