Page 5: Historical Events In August - 24

1916  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 on this day in history.   

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

1917  On August - 24 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  Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history ray McIntire, chemical engineer   

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  Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey & Greece on this day in history.   

1921  Sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver on August - 24.   

1922  1st Phillie to hit for cycle (Cy Williams) on this day in history.   

1923  On August - 24 paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)   

1923  Helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady) on August - 24.   

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  Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist on this day in history.   

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

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

1931  On August - 24 france & USSR sign neutrality/no attack treaty   

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

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

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

1936  On August - 24 australian Antarctic Territory created   

1937  Republican offensive near Belchite Spain on August - 24.   

1938  On August - 24 england beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval   

1939  On this day in history germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact   

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  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 this day in history.   

1940  On August - 24 luftwaffe bombs London   

1940  On August - 24 paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80   

1942  On this day in history sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands   

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1217  On this day in history eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

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

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

1540  On August - 24 death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  On this day in history death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

1572  Death of Gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded on this day in history.