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  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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1921  On this day in history sam Tingle, Zimbabwean racing driver   

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

1923  On this day in history paavo Nurmi runs world record 3 mile (14:11.2)   

1923  On August - 24 helena Carter, [Helen Rickerts], US model/actress (River Lady)   

1923  On August - 24 kate Douglas Wiggin, author (US kindergarten movement), dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

1927  Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist on August - 24.   

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

1929  43rd US Womens Tennis: Helen Wills Moody beats Phoebe H Watson (64 62) on this day in history.   

1931  France & USSR sign neutrality/no attack treaty on August - 24.   

1932  On August - 24 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  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  Australian Antarctic Territory created on this day in history.   

1937  Republican offensive near Belchite Spain on August - 24.   

1938  England beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval on August - 24.   

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

1939  On this day in history 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  Luftwaffe bombs London on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on this day in history.   

1358  On this day in history birth of king John I of Castile (d. 1390)   

1393  On this day in history 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  Ercole Bottrigari, composer was born on August - 24.   

0079  On this day in history death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  On this day in history 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  On August - 24 death of eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated   

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

1542  On August - 24 death of gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483)   

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