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  On this day in history anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian   

1917  Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) on August - 24.   

1918  On this day in history 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  Ray McIntire, chemical engineer on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

1921  Battle of Sakaray Valley begins between Turkey & Greece on August - 24.   

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

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

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  On this day in history kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66   

1924  Louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus) on August - 24.   

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

1927  Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history a subway wreck occurs under Times Square in New York City.   

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  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  The first transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart on this day in history.   

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

1936  On August - 24 australian Antarctic Territory created   

1937  On this day in history republican offensive near Belchite Spain   

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

1939  Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact on this day in history.   

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

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  Last man hanged in New South Wales: axe murderer John Trevor Kelly on this day in history.   

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  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  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

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

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

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 August - 24 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  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 August - 24.