Historical Events In August - 24

1968  On this day in history france became world's 5th thermonuclear power  

1968  On August - 24 france becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific.  

1968  On this day in history cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies  

1970  On this day in history bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison  

1972  Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame on August - 24.  

1972  Carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1973  On this day in history billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76  

1975  Royal Commission in Australia finds women in public service work in poor conditions and are underpaid and had limited promotion prospect on August - 24.  

1975  On this day in history charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69  

1976  On August - 24 soyuz 21 returns to Earth  

1976  Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 on August - 24.  

1978  On August - 24 louis Prima, singer, dies at 66  

1979  UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps on this day in history.  

1981  On August - 24 mark Chapman begins a life sentence for killing 'Beatles' legend John Lennon  

1981  On this day in history mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder  

1981  On this day in history mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison.  

1982  On August - 24 jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies  

1983  On August - 24 jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64  

1985  STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather on this day in history.  

1985  On August - 24 paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78  

1987  On this day in history announcement of possible Martian tornadoes  

1987  Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 on August - 24.  

1988  Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 on August - 24.  

1989  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on August - 24.  

1989  Pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling on August - 24.  

1989  On this day in history voyager 2 flies past Neptune  

1990  Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City on this day in history.  

1991  Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on August - 24.  

1991  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on this day in history.  

1991  On this day in history abel Kivlat, US 1500m runner (Olympic-silver-1912), dies at 99  

1992  Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage on this day in history.  

1992  On this day in history andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74  

1993  On this day in history professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101  

1994  On August - 24 jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23  

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1113  Geoffrey Plantagenet, France, conquered Normandy was born on this day in history.  

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

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on August - 24.  

1210  Floris IV, Count of Holland was born on August - 24.  

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

1393  Arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458) was born on this day in history.  

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 24 henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies  

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 this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded