Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

1968  France became world's 5th thermonuclear power on this day in history.   

1968  France becomes a nuclear power, exploding a hydrogen bomb in the South Pacific on this day in history.   

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

1970  Bomb kills 1 at U of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison on this day in history.   

1972  Gordie Howe & Jean Beliveau inducted in Hockey Hall of Fame on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 24 carlos Wesley "Don" Byas, US jazz saxophonist, dies at 59   

1973  Billy Greene, actor (Burton-One Man's Family), dies at 76 on August - 24.   

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

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  On this day in history michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76   

1978  On this day in history louis Prima, singer, dies at 66   

1979  UN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps on August - 24.   

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

1981  On August - 24 mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder   

1981  Mark David Chapman, convicted assassin of ex-Beatle John Lennon, is sentenced in New York to 20-years-to-life in prison on August - 24.   

1982  On this day in history jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1983  On this day in history 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 August - 24.   

1985  On this day in history paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78   

1987  Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes on August - 24.   

1987  Bayard Rustin, US civil rights activist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1988  Leonard Frey, actor (Tattoo, Magic Christian), dies of AIDS at 49 on this day in history.   

1989  Cincinnati Reds manager Pete Rose is banned from baseball for gambling by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti on this day in history.   

1989  On this day in history pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling   

1989  Voyager 2 flies past Neptune on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City   

1991  On August - 24 gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party   

1991  On August - 24 ukraine declares independence from the USSR   

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

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

1992  Andreas M Donner, Dutch state leader/jurist (Constitution), dies at 74 on August - 24.   

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

1994  Jason McRoy, downhill MTB racer, dies at 23 on August - 24.   

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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  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 24.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1540  On August - 24 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  On this day in history death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded