Page 7: Historical Events In August - 24

1968  On August - 24 france became world's 5th thermonuclear power   

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 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 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  Charles H Revson, US cosmetic magnate, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history soyuz 21 returns to Earth   

1976  Michael Dewar Head, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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

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  Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 yrs to life for Lennon's murder on August - 24.   

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  Jack Siedle, cricketer (batted in 18 Tests for S Africa), dies on August - 24.   

1983  On this day in history jack Somack, actor (Ball Four, Stockard Channing Show), dies at 64   

1985  On August - 24 sTS 51-I mission scrubbed at T -5m because of bad weather   

1985  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  On August - 24 pete Rose is suspended from baseball for life for gambling   

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  Ukraine declares independence from the USSR on August - 24.   

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 this day in history.   

1993  Professor D B Deodhar, cricketer (Ind non-Test bat o 30s), dies at 101 on August - 24.   

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

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

1113  Geoffrey of Anjou, Count of Anjou (d. 1151) was born on this day in history.   

1198  King Alexander II of Scotland (d. 1249) was born on this day in history.   

1210  On this day in history birth of floris IV, Count of Holland   

1358  King John I of Castile (d. 1390) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of ercole Bottrigari, composer   

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  Eustace "the Monk", French buccaneer, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1540  On this day in history death of girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Italian painter (b. 1503)   

1542  Death of Gasparo Contarini, Italian diplomat and cardinal (b. 1483) on this day in history.   

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