Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

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

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

1968  On August - 24 cyril Vincent, cricketer (84 wkts slow lefty for S Af 1927-35), dies   

1970  On August - 24 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 this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  On this day in history soyuz 21 returns to Earth   

1976  On this day in history michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76   

1978  Louis Prima, singer, dies at 66 on August - 24.   

1979  On this day in history uN's Vienna office begins issuing postage stamps   

1981  On this day in history 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  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  Jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1985  STS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather on August - 24.   

1985  Paul Creston [Giuseppe/Joseph Guttoveggio], US composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1987  Announcement of possible Martian tornadoes on August - 24.   

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 August - 24 voyager 2 flies past Neptune   

1990  Iraqi troops surround US & other embassies in Kuwait City on August - 24.   

1991  Gorbachev resigns as head of USSR Communist Party on this day in history.   

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  Hurricane Andrew hits the Florida coast, killing 20 people and causing billions of dollars in property damage on August - 24.   

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

1993  On August - 24 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  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  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

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

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on August - 24.   

1393  On August - 24 birth of arthur III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1458)   

1420  Albrecht van Eyb, German humanist/parson (Bamberg & Eichstattt) was born on August - 24.   

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  Magnus III Berbein, [Blootbeen], King of Norway (1093-1103), dies on this day in history.   

1217  On August - 24 eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle   

1313  On this day in history henry VII, Roman Catholic German King/emperor (1308/12-13), dies   

1371  On this day in history 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 August - 24 death of gaspard de Châtillon, Count the Coligny, French gen/admiral, beheaded