Page 5: Historical Events In August - 24

1916  On this day in history 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 August - 24 anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian   

1917  Dennis James, Jersey City NJ, wrestling announcer/TV host (PDQ) on this day in history.   

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  Cleveland pitcher Ray Caldwell is flattened by a bolt of lightning on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 August - 24.   

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

1927  Roger Danneels, Flemish accordionist on August - 24.   

1928  A subway wreck occurs under Times Square in New York City on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 24.   

1936  On this day in history australian Antarctic Territory created   

1937  On August - 24 republican offensive near Belchite Spain   

1938  England beat Australia by an innings & 579 runs at The Oval on this day in history.   

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

1939  W H Moule, cricketer (Australia v England 1880)/High Court judge, dies on August - 24.   

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 August - 24 sea battle off Eastern Solomon Islands   

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1113  On August - 24 birth of geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy   

1113  On this day in history birth of geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151)   

1198  On August - 24 birth of king Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249)   

1210  On August - 24 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 August - 24.   

0079  On August - 24 death of pliny the Elder, Roman writer and naturalist (b. 23)   

1103  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on August - 24.   

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  Death of Eduard, duke of Gelre (1361-71), assasinated on August - 24.   

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