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 this day in history anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian  

1917  On this day in history dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)  

1918  Sgt. Samuel Forsyth, NZ Engineers, attached to 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment, won the Victoria Cross at Grevillers, France on this day in history.  

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

1918  Ray McIntire, chemical engineer on August - 24.  

1919  On this day in history cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning  

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

1921  On this day in history battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey & Greece  

1921  Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver on this day in history.  

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

1923  Paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2) on August - 24.  

1923  Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady) on this day in history.  

1923  Kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1924  On August - 24 louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus)  

1925  On August - 24 39th US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats K McKane (36 60 62)  

1927  Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist on August - 24.  

1928  A subway wreck occurs under Times Square in New York City on August - 24.  

1929  On August - 24 43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62)  

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 August - 24.  

1932  On August - 24 the first transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart  

1932  On August - 24 1st transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart  

1936  Australian Antarctic Territory created on this day in history.  

1937  Republican offensive near Belchite Spain on August - 24.  

1938  On this day in history england beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval  

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

1939  On August - 24 germany and Russia sign a 10-year non-agression pact.  

1939  On this day in history last man hanged in New South Wales axe murderer John Trevor Kelly.  

1939  On August - 24 w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies  

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

1940  Luftwaffe bombs London on August - 24.  

1940  Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1942  Sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands on this day in history.  

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on August - 24.  

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  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer  

0079  On this day in history 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 August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.  

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

1542  On this day in history 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