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 August - 24.   

1916  Anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian on this day in history.   

1917  On August - 24 dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ)   

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

1918  On this day in history chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2)   

1918  On August - 24 ray McIntire, chemical engineer   

1919  Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning on August - 24.   

1919  On August - 24 "Drs P" [Heinz H Polzer], Swiss/Dutch songwriter/singer   

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

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

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

1929  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 24 australian Antarctic Territory created   

1937  On August - 24 republican offensive near Belchite Spain   

1938  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 germany and Russia sign a 10-year non-agression pact.   

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

1939  On this day in history w H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies   

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

1940  On this day in history luftwaffe bombs London   

1940  On this day in history paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80   

1942  On August - 24 sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands   

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1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

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 this day in history.   

1210  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.   

1371  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.