Page 5: 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  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  Chicago Cubs, win earliest pennent ever (season ended Sept 2) on August - 24.   

1918  Ray McIntire, chemical engineer on August - 24.   

1919  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history louis Teicher, pianist (Ferante & Teicher-Exodus)   

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

1927  On August - 24 roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist   

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

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

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  The first transcontinental non-stop flight by a woman, Amelia Earhart on August - 24.   

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  England beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 24 germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact   

1939  On this day in history germany and Russia sign a 10-year non-agression pact.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1940  Luftwaffe bombs London on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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1113  On this day in history 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  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

1103  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

1371  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

1540  Death of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503) on August - 24.   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

1572  On August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded